Econ Ed Link: Marketplace: Real(ity) Estate

This lesson plan focuses on the rising cost of healthcare in the United States. The objective of the lesson is to compare and contrast the health care systems in the United States and Canada.

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."

In this lesson, students listen to an audio file about how the growing demand for workers in Iraq in May 2004 affected the job market, and how the effects of low growth in the supply of workers shaped companies' hiring practices and...

Students learn about price-gouging. Using a hypothetical post-disaster example, they will learn more about supply and demand, as well as the complexities associated with price increases in a supply-constrained market.

This lesson plan from the Council for Economic Education for students, grades 9-12, examines the question of why many Americans don't vote. It interestingly ties the answer to some economic terms such as choice, cost/benefit analysis,...

Using the website federalbudget.com, students research information about the federal budget. Includes questions and links to other budget websites.

In this lesson, students will learn about a speculative bubble within the context of the U.S. real estate market.

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...

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...

This lesson addresses the distribution of income. Some believe that income distribution is becoming more unequal. This lesson explores that question. The site includes links to articles and questions.