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The Economics of Voting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the voting behavior of people during a presidential election to determine costs and the benefits of voting and how this behavior is influenced by incentives.
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Classroom Supplies

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Challenge young mathematicians to buy classroom supplies by staying within the means of a $1,000 budget. The mathematical activity provides learners with the opportunity to decide what items from the supply list would benefit a class of...
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How Does News Influence Stock Prices?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine how economic news and business events can change the price of a stock. They see that the unexpected events that benefit or harm the company in turn move the company's stock price up or down.
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Lesson 6 How Does News Influence Stock Prices?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars see that economic news and business events can change the price of a stock. They see that the unexpected events that benefit or harm the company, in turn, moves the company's stock price up or down.
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Do Deductibles Matter?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss insurance and the cost of automobile insurance. They compare and contrast the costs of insurance from different companies. They figure the savings from the lowest deductible to the highest deductible.
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Free Enterprise System

For Teachers 4th - 5th
What are the benefits of a having a free enterprise system. In groups, your young entrepreneurs create a new business concept and brochure, then work independently to write a brief essay on business freedoms. This a fun and motivating...
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Writing Equations in Slope-Intercept Form

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Use this learning exercise to write equations in both point-slope form and slope-intercept form. Start by writing equations given one point and the slope and finish by writing equations given two points and a few real-world applications....
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Community Gardens and Propaganda Posters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners research community gardens. In this community garden lesson, students discover the history of community gardens and assess the benefits of locally grown food. Learners create propaganda posters aimed at inviting...
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Using "Kindness"

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students discover the benefits of kind acts by dissecting the word itself.  In this vocabulary activity, students utilize the letters in the word "kindness" to create other words which they record.  Students figure out what...
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Credit: Buy Now & Pay Later

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine credit and how it works. In this financial literacy instructional activity, students review the pros and cons of credit in order to purchase goods and services by answering provided questions and working within a group...
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Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners watch video clips about the effects of Wal-Mart coming to towns. They develop a cost-benefit analysis related to the proposed store. They write their mayor listing their recommendation for the new store.
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How To Save a Life

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils examine their own beliefs about the morality of capital punishment through a "where you stand" activity. They explore economic arguments about the costs, benefits and morality of capital punishments by reading and discussing the...
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Smart Consumers, Smart Choices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students see what it means to be a smart consumer by engaging in a level-headed analysis of budget, opportunity costs and self-regulation. They compare prices within a service field, and weigh the choices of spending money on that item.
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Line Graphs and Commercial Costs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate line graphs.   In this middle school mathematics lesson, students compare and contrast different types of graphs and create line graphs based on the data provided.
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Who Does the Lottery Benefit?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate the pros and cons of the lottery. In this algebra lesson, students use the formulas for permutation and combination to test their arguments about the lottery. They collect data about their argument and plot it on a...
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The Euro: Classroom Exercises – The Costs of Adopting a New Currency

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the adoption of the euro as currency. In this global studies lesson, students read articles titled "Italy Rows Over Rising Euro Prices" and "Prices Safe from Euro Launch." Students then debate the controversy...
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Is the Tassel Worth the Hassle?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Pupils examine the short and long term benefits of educational choices. They investigate incentives that influence student's career choices and solve and economic mystery using a web tool.
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Consumer Choices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define the economic term opportunity cost. They complete a cost-benefit analysis related to the purchase of goods. They complete a philanthropic project and reflect on its benefit to the community.
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Conflict Transformation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze the usefulness of conflict. In this conflict resolution lesson, students will examine several real life conflict scenarios. Students will analyze these conflicts in terms of there costs and benefits to determine weather...
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Money and Credit: Making Good Decisions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in activities that teach them how to manage money. In this managing money lesson plan, students set long and short term goals for economic success by having discussions, identifying benefits of saving, and...
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Life on the Trails

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore U.S. Geography by completing a worksheet. In this west coast geography lesson, 4th graders discuss the Santa Fe and Oregon-California trails and the people who traveled them in the 1800's. Students define...
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Tapped Dry: How Do You Solve a Water Shortage?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, after evaluating different allocation methods for water, determine the costs and benefits of each method.
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Clothes from Grain: A Miracle or a Problem?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners read fables about entrepreneurs who buy grain and turn it into clothing, or resell the grain and use the proceeds to import clothing. They use the fables to determine why people trade, and to analyze costs and benefits of trade...
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Alternative Assessment

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students identify methods of utilizing game show strategies to enhance retention of social studies content knowledge. They develop rubrics for evaluating the quality of elementary-level social studies assessments. They discuss the...

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