Council for Economic Education
How Neolithic Farmers Increased Their Standard of Living
How do people improve their economic situations? While many learners may not consider questions about how many crops to grow in ancient times were economic decisions, a hands-on activity encourages individuals to make these connections....
Curated OER
Housing Project
Find everything you need for a two-week home construction simulation project for your high school economics class. They come up with the plans for a custom home including the cost per square foot, interest rate, mortgage term, down...
Federal Reserve Bank
FRED in the Classroom: Measures of Inflation
Don't just tell class members about how to measure inflation, have them experience it firsthand by asking them to work with real data and construct graphs!
Council for Economic Education
Mansa Musa: Inflation Then and Now
Mansa Musa was so rich that his gifts of gold made the value of the metal drop throughout Africa. As he traveled from Mali to the Middle East to make hajj, his gifts were so extravagant, they devalued the gold already in circulation....
Council for Economic Education
Paper Money of the Sung, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties
Why did the Chinese develop paper money? They were the first society to use paper currency. Learners consider why paper money was more convenient than other mechanisms of trade using a helpful lesson plan, which includes a graphic...
Conneticut Department of Education
Personal Finance Project Resource Book
Balancing a budget, paying taxes, and buying a home may feel out of reach for your high schoolers, but in their adult years they will thank you for the early tips. A set of five lessons integrates applicable money math...
Jeopardy Labs
Third Grade Social Studies Review
In this interactive JeopardyLab game, with the assistance of a teacher, students can play against each other or in teams to review the content of Third Grade Social Studies. Allow the first team to choose a topic and a point value for a...
Curated OER
Advanced Math Budget Project
What financial situations and decisions await young learners after they graduate from high school? This project allows class members to glimpse into the types of responsibilities they will have as adults, from considering job...
Sierra College
"Deals on Wheels!" Car Loan Project
Help your class members learn how to use their income wisely with a comprehensive lesson plan on calculating monthly car payments. Using basic math skills and online calculators, your learners will determine the total amount to be...
Humanities Texas
A President's Vision: Franklin D. Roosevelt
This poster goes well beyond any traditional worksheet in allowing learners to analyze a variety of primary source documents related to the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
NOAA
Your Own El Nino
Scholars make a model to discover how the force of trade winds over the Pacific Ocean creates an El Niño. Super scientists observe how the severe weather affects life in water and on land.
Illustrative Mathematics
The Price of Bread
As part of an initiative to strengthen our young adults' financial understanding, this problem explores the cost of bread and minimum wage since the 1930s. Learners are asked to find the percent increase from each year and compare it...
University of Nebraska Omaha
Ecedweb: Explorations in Economic Supply, Part I
Examines how supply relates to economic decision making. Using the example of purchasing blue jeans, students take the role of producer to determine how many blue jeans they would supply to the market. Includes links and discussion...
Other
Amos Web: Pumping Up the Economic Growth
What is economic growth? This site not only gives a definition, but also provides a great overview of various characteristics of how economies can grow. Discusses different types of resources, possible negative effects of growth, and...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Business Buddies
Help characters Lisa and Drew learn simple economic principles by choosing what goods they will need for their lemonade stand. Continue exploring economic concepts by determining the producers, services, and consumers associated with the...
Depaul University
De Paul University: Measuring the Changing Value of Money
A complete overview from DePaul University of the consumer price index and inflation. Gives an overview of the concept of inflation, how to compute the CPI, some problems with the CPI, and much more. Also provides some exercises for...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Demand, Supply, and Markets
This site discusses in great detail the differences between demand, supply, and markets. Useful economic terminology is identified in bold.
Other
South Western Learning: Oligopoly/monopolistic Competition: Kinked Demand Curve
This South-Western College Publishing website describes a situation in which oligopolistic firms vie for competition among consumers.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Making Decisions
Notes and a video clip provide students with an introduction to the idea of marginal analysis and of how consumers and producers make decisions.
University of Nebraska Omaha
Ecedweb: Explorations in Supply, Part Ii
In this economics tutorial, you as a producer have to determine how much of a given product you should make.
The Environmental Literacy Council
Environmental Literacy Council: Supply and Demand: How Markets Work
An article on supply and demand and how markets work. Related links for teachers.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Lean on Me! We Depend on Each Other!
Click and drag each picture to put the steps of producing and consuming a book in the correct order.
Tutor2u
Tutor2u: Market Failure Positive Externalities
This site examines how society can benefit by producing and consuming more of a product that causes a positive externality.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Goods and Services
Click and drag pictures to match each worker with the correct good or service.