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Young scholars investigate how the price of gas is determined.  In this economics instructional activity, students analyze supply and demand and seasonal demand, create tables and graphs and reflect on consumer expectations.  

In this environment experiment learning exercise, learners complete 3 experiments using ice. First they label each experiment and respond to the four questions given. Then students do the 3 experiments as stated, considering what the...

In this current events worksheet, students note why oil is a strategic commodity, then identify and explain ways in which oil wealth can be used to diversify an economy.

Explain the four categories of financial indicators (commodity prices, stock indexes, interest rates, and yield spreads), and help your class members understand how changes in this data can affect decisions regarding consumer spending,...

Pupils discuss exports and imports by discovering where the ingredients come from for making chocolate chip cookies. They take a survey of their favorite cookies and create a bar graph to represent the information.

In this Southwest Asia reading guide, students use a graphic organizer and answer several questions based on their reading to illustrate their understanding of how Southwest Asia's oil wealth affects the region.

Students work together to participate in a market game in oil. Using their prior knowledge, they review how the interaction of buyers and sellers sets the price in markets. They identify the situations in which cause shortages and...

Introduce your class to the often-mysterious world of Iran in this informative and engaging presentation. With political, social, and religious upheavals, Iran's recent history is a hot topic in recent news - as is its future. After this...

Over the corse of a month, small groups will monitor the price of a specific energy commodity and analyze it in relation to global and domestic events. They play a trade simulation game and create infographics showing what they've...

Students analyze America's foreign policy. In this military intervention lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture on U.S. military interventions since 1989. Students respond to discussion questions about the lecture.