Lesson Plan
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The New Entrepreneurs: Americans Over 50

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of entrepreneurship. In this entrepreneurship lesson plan, students read an article about how Americans over 50 make up a majority of entrepreneurs. Students discuss why there is an increase in...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Provincial Showdown

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read an article that compares the provinces of Canada and asks students to suggest reasons why other countries should invest in Canada.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Monetary Mania

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students participate in an online quiz program that reviews economic concepts and vocabulary. They apply concepts learned through the International Money Fund Center.
Lesson Plan
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Money, Banks, & Financial Institutions

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students engage in a study of financial institutions that includes the banking industry. They participate in a research study using different resources. They are introduced to the concept of bartering and how it is used as a replacement...
Lesson Plan
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Hit The Road Jack(or Jill)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students find the approximate area of the court order on a current map of Delaware. They draw a layout of their school and decide where a new hallway or outside pathway would be most needed.
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Tobacco Road

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use court records to learn that tobacco was used a source of currency in early Delaware history. Students choose something in their culture to use as currency instead of money.
Lesson Plan
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Advertising

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students listen to a guest speaker about the different types of advertising. Using research materials, they discover the laws about copyrighting material. They visit foreign websites to view their advertising and discuss how it is...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Is Capitalism Good for the Poor? | How Incentives Affect Innovation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students focus on the role played by a nation's institutions in generating creativity, invention and innovation, and analyzes how innovation promotes the economic growth that raises standards of living and alleviates poverty.
Lesson Plan
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Lesson L - Hit The Road Jack (or Jill)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss forms of transportation in Delaware during 18th Century, find approximate area of court order on current map of state, draw layout of their school, and decide where new hallway or outside pathway would be most needed.
Lesson Plan
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Government Lesson Plan 19

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define vocabulary terms related to monetary policies, and apply monetary tools to solve economic scenarios.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Vietnam Illegally Logging Laos Forests

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Vietnam Illegally Logging Laos Forests," and then respond to 2 graphic organizers, 47 fill in the blanks, 7 short answers, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the...
Organizer
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Breaking News English: Hangover Cures Do Not Work

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Hangover Cures Do Not Work," and then respond to 1 graphic organizer, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
Article
Other

Ludwig Von Mises Institute: Price Discrimination on the Part of the Seller

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive article on price discrimination by the seller. Although the article is long, it contains a lot of information about pricing.
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Business Ownership: The Franchise Option

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore an alternative to starting a business from scratch- investing in a franchise. They begin by considering the pros and cons of a franchise and whether this form of business is an option that would fit their personality and...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Marketing Your Business

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Marketing is the activities of a company associated with buying and selling a product or service. It includes advertising, selling, and delivering products to people. In order to successfully market and sell your products and /or...
eBook
Other

Help for Growing and Starting Your Small Business

For Students 9th - 10th
"From 200+ ways to be your own boss and how to calculate your start-up costs to sample business plans and more all from Business Know-How."
Website
Wolters Kluwer

Business Owner's Toolkit: Figuring the Costs of Setting Up Your New Business

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes a worksheet that can be downloaded to aid a new business owner in determining what their startup costs will be. The article provides additional links to kinds of costs a new business owner will encounter.
Activity
Other

Net Mba Business Knowledge Center: Supply and Demand

For Students 9th - 10th
This website offers a very simple yet helpful description and example of the interaction of supply and demand, and what will happen to price and quantity when one or both of your supply and demand curves shift. This would be a good place...
Website
Other

Business Town: Point of Purchase Displays Will Dramatically Improve Your Sales

For Students 9th - 10th
A common price-off promotional technique is point-of-purchase promotions. This site tells you all about this type of marketing. Includes a video and an accompanying article. [4:36]
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: What Happened to Railroads?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Between the Civil War and World War II, railroads were one of the nation's most important businesses and an integral part of people's lives. For this lesson, students assume the role of detectives investigating why the rail companies...
Article
BBC

Bbc: The Downturn in Facts and Figures

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC graphically depicts the 2008 sub-prime mortgage crisis and provides information on the rise of the mortgage bond market and the housing price crash.
Interactive
Other

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: The Economics of Pro Team Sports

For Students 9th - 10th
Great interactive baseball game that combines your knowledge of economics and pro sports trivia. After completing the nine innings, you should have a better understanding of how economics is used in everyday life.
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: What Do People Want to Wear?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To stay in business, fashion merchandisers must be able to anticipate what consumers want. By looking at different retail websites, students will look to anticipate what consumers are demanding. Students will then go through the market...