The Cost of "Living"

In this European Union economics worksheet, high schoolers respond to 2 multi-step questions that require them to research the costs of living in Germany and the United Kingdom.

Bring Consumer Mathematics and Economics to life with this lesson, where learners investigate personal finance and budgeting. They use the newspaper’s classified section to determine a future job and potential earnings and determine a...

More planning goes into a budget than a high schooler thinks. Here, they learn about the expected expenses and incomes, along with outside factors such as natural disasters. Learners prepare their own budget and adjust it based on the...

Students examine the consumer price index (CPI). In this economics lesson, students explore how the cost of living and inflation indicate the CPI. Students complete activity worksheets in this lesson.

Tenth graders compare and contrast the availability and affordability of products and services such as cellular phones, cars, video games, computers, athletic shoes, foods and beverages.

Does an increased lifespan help to sustain the economy, or do healthcare costs for people who live longer negate that benefit? Learn about the economics of dying, being buried, and the other ways the end of one's life can be quite...

Students compare and contrast the cost of living in Santa Barbara with other cities. In teams of three, consisting of housing, job, and car experts, they conduct Internet research on their assigned specialties and complete city...

Students research the relative value of a historical dollar. They use old newspapers to find costs for food, housing, clothing, and transportation and then calculate the number of hours a worker would need to be employed to live...

Learners consider the cost of living in Haiti. For this Haiti lesson, students reflect on Ayiti, an online game, to examine the poverty experienced in Haiti. Learners respond to the provided discussion questions pertaining to their Ayiti...

Students are introduced to scarcity and opportunity costs. They discuss how different societies allocate their resources differently based on their needs. Illustrating trade offs, they create a production possibility frontier. They...