Seeking a Balance in International Trade: Pacific Rim Import-Export Transactions Activity

Students take a closer look at the balance of trade. In this current events lesson, students watch PBS video clips about American trade with China. Students research Chinese production and consumerism in order to determine how...

Free trade isn't getting something you want without paying for it. High schoolers take a short trip through economics with a video that discussess the ins, outs, and exchanges of international trade.

In a hypothetical global trade scenario, Sal lays out an import-export relationship between the United States and China. Through supply-and-demand logic, he describes a situation where the US dollar would weaken, and the Chinese Yuan...

Explore one of the key concepts of macroeconomics with Mr. Clifford, who guides students through understanding the exchange of goods and services between countries, imports and exports, trade deficits, and current versus financial accounts.

The saga of Sal's fictional bank - as it relates to the very real-world banking world today - continues in this video, which covers ways to account for an asset (mark-to-model vs. mark-to-market). Sal does not hide his opinion here,...

The "housing bubble" is addressed in this video, as well as the discrepancy between a stock's market value and its book value. Students will learn about the intricacies of the stock market, as well as an introduction to the housing...

Economic principles and world history are beautifully woven together in this history presentation on medieval Indian Ocean trading. The narrator discusses the unprecedented self-regulation executed by merchants along the Indian Ocean...

Sal reviews the hypothetical global trade scenario from the last video in detail for about the first six minutes, changing a few numbers to make for a cleaner example. He continues the scenario to demonstrate how the natural ups and...

In a true market economy, the government has no role—or does it? Scholars investigate the role United States government and politics play in the economic system of the nation. The 46th video in a 50-part series introduces the concept of...

Students role play as members of a company's import-export purchasing department attempting to develop a positive trade balance with a Pacific Rim nation. They create a company and research a trade nation in order to report to their...