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Econedlink: Government Failures/public Choice Analysis
This video teaches the concepts of Government Failures and Public-Choice Analysis. In the real world, government failure may occur so that government decisions do not represent the majority. Public-choice analysis is the branch of...
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Econ Ed Link: Classroom Cash Incentive Plan
Learn more about the economy through this informative instructional activity. "In this instructional activity, you will learn how the incentive program affects the personal choices you make in class. You will also analyze how economic...
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Econ Ed Link: Positive and Negative Incentives
Website with video and links to related resources exploring positive and negative incentives and choice in the economy.
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Econ Ed Link: Incentives Influence Us
Find out more about the concept of incentives in our economy through this lesson plan. "You will identify incentives used at home and school."
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Foundation for Teaching Economics: Lesson 2: Opportunity Cost and Incentives
This instructional activity covers the National Content Standard 2: Marginal Decision Making. It provides key terms and concepts around scarcity forces, changing opportunity costs which affect incentives and choices. It includes links to...
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Econ Ed Link: What Are Incentives?
Students will understand that incentives are used to encourage them to make good choices. After identifying incentives offered at home and in school, the students will distinguish between positive and negative incentives.
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Econ Ed Link: Economic Incentives in Our Community
Students will identify positive and negative economic incentives used in their communities to encourage people to make CHOICES beneficial to the community. Students will recognize that not all incentives convince all people since people...
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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.
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Econ Ed Link: Every Penny Counts
Lesson that helps students understand that people must make choices about the goods and services they purchase. Students recognize the prices indicate what people pay for goods and services, learn to compare prices, and understand that...
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Econ Ed Link: Classroom Cash Incentive Plan
Learners will be rewarded for positive behavior and performance in class through a monetary incentive program. Classroom cash will be earned on a daily basis for such things as attendance, punctuality, and assignment completion....
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Econ Ed Link: Inventive Incentive
There are many ways in which people are rewarded or penalized for doing, or not doing, their work. These are known as incentives.
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Econ Ed Link: Keep the Strike Going? Or End It? That Was the Question
In this lesson students will be able to describe the circumstances around the 1998 NBA players strike, list the incentives that influenced player and owner decisions, and identify the costs and benefits the strike had on various groups.
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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...
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Econ Ed Link: The Best Deal
Students will learn how to determine 'price per unit' to help make decisions when comparing products.
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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...
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Econ Ed Link: The Price We Pay for Health: Us and Canada
Students will review the health systems of United States and Canada. They will identify the positive aspects of each system. They will look at the trade-offs associated with those positive aspects. In Canada, everyone has health care,...
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Econ Ed Link: Dumptown, Usa: Making a Ton of Difference
The amount of trash produced in the United States is mounting with each passing year. Communities are finding it increasingly difficult and costly to handle trash disposal. Recycling is considered a key solution to the garbage problem....
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Econ Ed Link: Rationalizing Transplants
This lesson encourages students to explain the consequences of a non-market rationing process, to evaluate the consequences of restricting organ transplants to U.S. citizens, and to suggest alternative policies to reduce the scarcity of...
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Econ Ed Link: The 411 on College Education
What are the costs and benefits to getting a college degree? Use this lesson plan to get your learners thinking about the options they have for higher education and how to pay for it.
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Econ Ed Link: Are the Best Things in Life Free?
Students use economic reasoning to analyze the costs and consequences of choice. The idea that the best things in life are free is widely expressed as a maxim by people who know nothing of its origin. They know it's true through...
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Econ Ed Link: Fewer Watts and Fatter Wallets
Students learn about incentives for alternative energy programs and the role played by non-price determinants in energy choices.
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Econ Ed Link: Clipping Coupons
In this lesson, students will calculate savings for different products when using coupons. They will also decide what factors will influence the choices they make when choosing products.
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Econ Ed Link: The Mystery of Is It Mine or Ours?
Students will learn that people respond predictably to positive incentives (rewards) and negative incentives (penalties). They will identify incentives in their daily lives at home and school. Students will discuss which incentives have...
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Econ Ed Link: Tricks for Treats
Learners will recognize that people (and animals) will work for incentives.