Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: What Happened to Railroads?
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...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Classroom Cash Incentive Plan
Learn more about the economy through this informative lesson. "In this lesson, you will learn how the incentive program affects the personal choices you make in class. You will also analyze how economic incentives can affect behavior."
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: Mobile Phones Matter
A lesson exploring whether or not mobile phones matter when it comes to financial management and financial decision-making.
Council for Economic Education
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."
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Satisfaction Please! (Part I)
Even the savviest consumer has a problem with a good or service on occasion. It is a consumer's right to complain when there is a genuine problem. In some situations, it is also a consumer's responsibility. A problem can't be fixed if no...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Staying Afloat Financially in the 21st Century
This lesson plan will help students identify how to make good decisions which will help them financially in the future. Students will identify how to take their own wants and work them into a form of a personal budget. Students will also...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: You Decide!
Think about a difficult decision you have had to make. After you decided did it work out? Why or why not? Why do you think decisions and choices are hard to make? We make personal decisions and we make decisions as groups. There is a...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Dynamic Decision Making
Learners will be introduced to the PACED Model and learn to use the parts of the model-- Problem, Alternatives, Criteria, and Evaluation- in solving problems and making decisions. They will practice using the model in decisions about...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: It's a Matter of Power
Students examine tradeoffs and profit- maximization decisions in the case study of Kaiser Aluminum, which decided to shut down aluminum production in favor of reselling electricity.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Utility
Can happiness be measured? Students will learn how utility relates to economic decision making and the law of diminishing marginal utility.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: President Obama's Allowance
In this lesson, young scholars will identify different expenses in the US budget and will decide on the order of importance for different expenses.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Population Growth: Friend or Foe?
The environment has recently been the focus of much research and discussion. Because productive resources are limited, it is important that we use resources wisely to ensure that resources will be available for use in future generations....
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: There Is Something in the Water
The United States is losing 60,000 acres of wetlands each year. Is this good or bad? Does anyone really want to live in swamps, fens, bogs, and marshes? Or is it better economics to drain the wetlands for other purposes like agricultural...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
This instructional activity introduces regulation and information as two tools used by government to promote fair competition and complete information in a market economy. Using the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act as a case study, students...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: National Parks: Only You Can Prevent the Coming Crisis
What do you think of when you think of the National Parks System? Do you think of the majesty of the Grand Canyon and the redwoods of Northern California? Or does the serenity of Cape Cod and the Everglades come to mind?
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Why Cities Provide Tax Breaks
Like the state and federal government, local governments offer tax incentives to businesses to help solve economic and/or environmental problems. In this instructional activity, students will explore three different cities and determine...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Learn About Green Infrastructure
The EPA provides many ideas for integrating green infrastructures into communities. This site also discusses how this can build climate resilience and offers resources for doing a cost-benefit analysis, for addressing government...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Hawaiian Economics: From the Mountains to the Sea
Ancient Hawaii was ruled by chiefs, who were responsible for the well-being of their people and for managing the islands' resources. The chiefs divided the islands into land districts shaped like pie slices called Ahupua'a (ah-who-...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Rational Factors in Decision Making: Lesson 1
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that each person makes decisions based on a unique evaluation of multiple factors. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Rational Factors in Decision Making:."
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Be All You Can Be for Minimum Wage? (Student Page)
This lesson ask students to calculate the percentage change in military strength over the last two decades, hypothesize economic (and non-economic) explanations for these changes, test hypothetical explanations by reading an economic...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Government Regulation of Industry
A course from MIT on the role of government in markets. Includes suggested readings, lecture notes, assignments and exams.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Be All You Can Be for Minimum Wage? (Educator Page)
This lesson plan ask students to calculate the percentage change in military strength over the last two decades, hypothesize economic (and non-economic) explanations for these changes, test hypothetical explanations by reading an...
Other
Icpdr: Ships and Environment to Share Danube River
This is a comprehensive analysis of the importance of the Danube River Basin and ways to balance human and ecological needs in the basin. The reason behind this study is the European Union's move to open shipping lanes in the Danube and...