Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: On the Money
In this lesson, students explore what money is and how it differs around the world. They will compare U.S. currency with play money and with foreign currency. They will then use their knowledge to design their own money.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Mystery of the Voters Who Don't Vote
This lesson plan from the Council for Economic Education for students, grades 9-12, examines the question of why many Americans don't vote. It interestingly ties the answer to some economic terms such as choice, cost/benefit analysis,...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Here's Your Chance to Make Millions in the Stock Market (Part 2)
In Part II of this lesson, young scholars will have the opportunity to complete an interactive exercise that will take them on a historical tour of the stock market from 1920 until just after WWII. Students will learn the difference...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Economics of Voting
Since the 1960s, many Americans eligible to vote have not bothered to do so- not even in presidential elections. Low rates of participation in voting have been worrisome to people interested in preserving our democratic traditions....
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Here's Your Chance to Make Millions in the Stock Market (Part 3)
In Part III of this lesson, students will have the opportunity to complete an interactive exercise that will take them on a historical tour of the stock market from Post WWII through the year 2001. Students will learn the difference...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: You Can Bank on This! (Part 3)
Building on the first two lessons in the series, this lesson deals with savings and interest. This is the Teacher Version. There is also a link to the Student Version.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Scarcity With the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Teacher Version)
The Lewis and Clark expedition was filled with scarcity issues. They made life and death choices based on scarcity. In this lesson, you will travel back to the early 1800's in a time machine and travel with Lewis and Clark. See if you...
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Khan Academy: Lesson Overview Total Utility and Marginal Utility
This lesson focuses on total utility and marginal utility including definitions and examples.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Clipping Coupons
Explore this website to find out how and why consumers make choices on what products to buy. Learn how producers entice consumers into buying their products. This is a very informative lesson plan.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Education: Weigh Your Options
Getting and keeping a job often requires special education or training. While an employer may provide or pay for some additional education or training, workers often have to obtain it on their own. In this lesson, students use a weighted...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Everyday Opportunities
For this lesson, students will learn about choices and opportunity costs that occur every day. While this lesson will go on throughout the day, the actual lesson is short.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: All in Business
This lesson on entrepreneurship can be used to help students understand what innovations are, and what it takes to get an idea off the ground. This lesson will take students through the process of calculating risks associated with...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: What Do Other People Want to Be?
In this lesson, students will graph people's job choices and identify which jobs would have the most competition based on the data.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Be an Energy Saver
This lesson focuses on the scarce and non-renewable nature of fossil fuels in order to stimulate student thinking about energy conservation. It emphasizes the fact that saving energy can be good for the wallet as well as the earth's...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Booker T. Washington:"fifty Cents and a Dream"
Young Booker T. Washington had a dream. That dream was to use the resources at his disposal to earn the money necessary to get an education that would allow him and others to become financially secure. This lesson based on the picture...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Price We Pay for Health: Us and Canada
This lesson plan focuses on the rising cost of healthcare in the United States. The objective of the lesson is to compare and contrast the health care systems in the United States and Canada.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Social Animal
Tapping into the findings of his latest book, NYTimes columnist David Brooks unpacks new insights into human nature from the cognitive sciences- insights with massive implications for economics and politics as well as our own...
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Teach Engineering: How Clean Is That Water?
This lesson plan helps students understand the factors that affect water quality and the conditions that allow for different animals and plants to survive. Students will look at the effects of water quality on various water-related...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Capital Chips (Part 3)
Through the use of a historical timeline of the capital investments made by the company the resulting benefits will be examined. The benefits from the capital investments of Herr Foods, Inc. will be related to their effect on the...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Capital Chips (Part 2)
Through the use of a historical timeline of the capital investments made by the company the resulting benefits will be examined. The benefits from the capital investments of Herr Foods, Inc. will be related to their effect on the...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Capital Chips (Part 1)
Through the use of a historical timeline of the capital investments made by the company the resulting benefits will be examined. The benefits from the capital investments of Herr Foods, Inc. will be related to their effect on the...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Bringing the Market to the Farm
This printable lesson discusses producers and consumers from an agricultural perspective. It focuses on choices that the consumer has with regard to purchasing agricultural goods (e.g. fruits and vegetables). As an example, it uses...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Buying vs. Renting
Have you given any thought to where you will live when you are "on your own" - out in the world earning a living? You will have many decisions to make as you look for a place to call home. In this lesson, your basic economic decision...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Collapse of Corporate Giants: The New Dr. Evils?
This lesson was inspired by an article in "Fortune" magazine, "Why Companies Fail," May 27, 2002. Its focus is on the relationship of business ethics to business bankruptcy or near failure. Students participate in a simulation by...