Economics and Business Lesson Plans

This lesson has learners reflect on the importance of banks in the current economic condition of the United States. In this lesson, learners explore the history of banking and money so that they can complete the numerous activities centered around that subject.

In this lesson learners use recycling as an example to study the economics of business, and to find fixed and variable costs.

In this lesson students examine the the global economic crisis by interpreting political cartoons.  In this economics lesson, students discuss the global economy, analyze political cartoons, and make connections between the two. 

In this lesson 9th graders research 5 careers within a given field of business or marketing. They form small groups and create a Powerpoint presentation with the data and present it to the class. They incorporate 7 slides, 5 graphics and one animation into their presentation.

In this lesson students are given an overview and explaination of the budeting process, and examine how the economic choices individuals make can lead to certain positive and negative consequences. They are shown the PreAssessment prompt and they write their responses. In this lesson students have a discussion based on the prompt

Students examine the global economy. In this economics lesson, students participate in reading and research activities about gross domestic product, consumer prices, inflation, consumer price index, industrial production, and unemployment rates in the global marketplace. Students examine the global economic crisis of 2008 as they conduct further research on the economies of selected nations.

Students use a Thanksgiving bulletin board to pick-up activities based on the weekly economic topic. In this economics lesson, students go to various centers to choose cross curricular activities.

Students explore if the aging population has any effect on the economy and overall well-being of society.  In this economic lesson, students research the economic impact of the older citizens.  They develop their own ideas and share their findings by writing a paper.  Their thoughts are further developed through class discussion on the topic.

Students locate Latina American countries on a world map and then read about how microbanks are loaning money to help start small businesses. In this current events and economics lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a map activity and vocabulary challenge, then students read the news article and participate in a think-pair-share discussion. Lesson includes interdisciplinary follow-up activities.

In this lesson students investigate economic growth in China. In this current events lesson, students review a news report about the 2008 Summer Olympics in China and the push for young people in China to learn the English language. An activity worksheet is included with the lesson.