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Advanced Placement Economics: Teacher Resource Manual

Front Material

Microeconomics Unit 1: Unit Overview

Microeconomics Unit 1: Sample Plan

Microeconomics Unit 1: Lesson 1 - The Economic Way of Thinking

Microeconomics Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Scarcity, Opportunity Cost and Production Possibilities Curves

Microeconomics Unit 1: Lesson 3 - Absolute Advantage and Comparative Advantage, Specialization and Trade

Microeconomics Unit 1: Lesson 4 - Practice in Applying Economic Reasoning

Microeconomics Unit 1: Answer Key: Sample Multiple-Choice Questions

Microeconomics Unit 1: Answer Key: Sample Short Free-Response Questions

Microeconomics Unit 1: Answer Key: Sample Long Free-Response Questions

Microeconomics Unit 1: Visuals



Microeconomics Unit 2: Lesson 1 - The Law of Demand

Microeconomics Unit 2: Lesson 2 - Understanding Supply

Microeconomics Unit 2: Lesson 3 - Equilibrium Price, Equilibrium Quantity and the Interrelation of Markets

Microeconomics Unit 2: Lesson 4 - Elasticity of Demand and Supply

Microeconomics Unit 2: Lesson 5 - Price Ceilings and Floors

Microeconomics Unit 2: Lesson 6 - Complex Application Questions in Supply and Demand







Microeconomics Unit 3: Lesson 1 - An Introduction to Market Structure

Microeconomics Unit 3: Lesson 2 - The Costs of Production

Microeconomics Unit 3: Lesson 3 - Perfect Competition in the Short Run and the Long Run

Microeconomics Unit 3: Lesson 4 - The Monopoly Firm

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Microeconomics Unit 3: Lesson 5 - Regulating Monopoly: Antitrust Policy in the Real World

Microeconomics Unit 3: Lesson 6 - Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly

Microeconomics Unit 3: Lesson 7 - Analyzing Market Structure







Microeconomics Unit 4: Lesson 1 - An Introduction to Factor Markets

Microeconomics Unit 4: Lesson 2 - How Resource Prices Are Determined: Marginal Productivity Theory

Microeconomics Unit 4: Lesson 3 - Competition vs. Monopsony: The Effects of Resource Market Structure on Wages and Employment

Microeconomics Unit 4: Lesson 4 - Economic Rent and Return for Other Factors of Production

Microeconomics Unit 4: Lesson 5 - Analyzing Factor-Market Concepts







Microeconomics Unit 5: Lesson 1 - Public vs. Private Goods

Microeconomics Unit 5: Lesson 2 - When Markets Fail

Microeconomics Unit 5: Lesson 3 - When Government Fails

Microeconomics Unit 5: Lesson 4 - Efficiency, Equity and the Effects of Government Policies





Macroeconomics Unit 1: Unit Overview

Macroeconomics Unit 1: Sample Plan

Macroeconomics Unit 1: Lesson 1 - Scarcity, Opportunity Cost, Production Possibilities and Comparative Advantage

Macroeconomics Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Demand

Macroeconomics Unit 1: Lesson 3 - Supply

Macroeconomics Unit 1: Lesson 4 - Equilibrium Price and Quantity

Macroeconomics Unit 1: Lesson 5 - Elasticity

Macroeconomics Unit 1: Answer Key: Sample Multiple-Choice Questions

Macroeconomics Unit 1: Answer Key: Sample Short Free-Response Questions

Macroeconomics Unit 1: Answer Key: Sample Long Free-Response Questions

Macroeconomics Unit 1: Visuals



Macroeconomics Unit 2: Lesson 1 - Macroeconomics and the Circular Flow

Macroeconomics Unit 2: Lesson 2 - Macroeconomic Goals and GDP

Macroeconomics Unit 2: Lesson 3 - Price Indexes and Inflation

Macroeconomics Unit 2: Lesson 4 - Unemployment

Macroeconomics Unit 2: Lesson 5 - Business Cycles







Macroeconomics Unit 3: Lesson 1 - Keynesian Model

Macroeconomics Unit 3: Lesson 2 - Investment

Macroeconomics Unit 3: Lesson 3 - Aggregate Demand

Macroeconomics Unit 3: Lesson 4 - Aggregate Supply

Macroeconomics Unit 3: Lesson 5 - Short-Run Equilibrium

Macroeconomics Unit 3: Lesson 6 - Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand Analysis Continued

Macroeconomics Unit 3: Lesson 7 - The Long-Run Economy

Macroeconomics Unit 3: Lesson 8 - Fiscal Policy







Macroeconomics Unit 4: Lesson 1 - Money

Macroeconomics Unit 4: Lesson 2 - Equation of Exchange

Macroeconomics Unit 4: Lesson 3 - Financial Intermediaries

Macroeconomics Unit 4: Lesson 4 - The Federal Reserve System and Its Tools

Macroeconomics Unit 4: Lesson 5 - The Money Market and Monetary Policy

Macroeconomics Unit 4: Lesson 6 - Interest Rates and Monetary Policy in the Short Run and the Long Run







Macroeconomics Unit 5: Lesson 1 - Policy Lags and Crowding-Out Effect

Macroeconomics Unit 5: Lesson 2 - Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interact

Macroeconomics Unit 5: Lesson 3 - Phillips Curve and Stabilization Policy

Macroeconomics Unit 5: Lesson 4 - Economic Growth

Macroeconomics Unit 5: Lesson 5 - Macroeconomic Theories







Macroeconomics Unit 6: Lesson 1 - International Trade

Macroeconomics Unit 6: Lesson 2 - Government Intervention in International Trade

Macroeconomics Unit 6: Lesson 3 - International Finance

Macroeconomics Unit 6: Lesson 4 - Monetary and Fiscal Policy in a Global Economy





Advanced Placement Economics: Macroeconomics - Student Activities

Front Material

Macro Unit 1: Key Ideas

Macro Unit 1: Lesson 1 - Activity 1 - Scarcity, Opportunity Cost and Production Possibilities Curves

Macro Unit 1: Lesson 1 - Activity 2 - Opportunity Cost and Comparative Advantage


Macro Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Activity 3 - Demand Curves, Movements Along Demand Curves and Shifts in Demand Curves

Macro Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Activity 4 - Reasons for Changes in Demand

Macro Unit 1: Lesson 3 - Activity 5 - Supply Curves, Movements Along Supply Curves and Shifts in Supply Curves

Macro Unit 1: Lesson 3 - Activity 6 - Reasons for Changes in Supply

Macro Unit 1: Lesson 4 - Activity 7 - Equilibrium Price and Equilibrium Quantity

Macro Unit 1: Lesson 5 - Activity 8 - Elasticity: An Introduction

Macro Unit 1: Sample Multiple-Choice Questions

Macro Unit 1: Sample Short Free-Response Questions

Macro Unit 1: Sample Long Free-Response Questions


Macro Unit 2: Lesson 1 - Activity 9 - Test of Macroeconomic Thinking

Macro Unit 2: Lesson 1 - Activity 10 - Understanding the Circular Flow of the Macroeconomy

Macro Unit 2: Lesson 2 - Activity 11 - Measuring Broad Economic Goals

Macro Unit 2: Lesson 2 - Activity 12 - All About GDP

Macro Unit 2: Lesson 3 - Activity 13 - Price Indexes

Macro Unit 2: Lesson 3 - Activity 14 - Inflation Game: Royalty for a Day

Macro Unit 2: Lesson 3 - Activity 15 - Who Is Hurt and Who Is Helped by Unanticipated Inflation?

Macro Unit 2: Lesson 4 - Activity 16 - Types of Unemployment

Macro Unit 2: Lesson 5 - Activity 17 - The Business Cycle

Macro Unit 2: Lesson 5 - Activity 18 - Test Your Understanding of Macroeconomic Indicators





Macro Unit 3: Lesson 1 - Activity 19 - Keynesian Equilibrium

Macro Unit 3: Lesson 1 - Activity 20 - Practice with APC, APS, MPC and MPS

Macro Unit 3: Lesson 1 - Activity 21 - The Magic of the Multiplier

Macro Unit 3: Lesson 2 - Activity 22 - Investment Demand

Macro Unit 3: Lesson 3 - Activity 23 - An Introduction to Aggregate Demand

Macro Unit 3: Lesson 4 - Activity 24 - An Introduction to Short-Run Aggregate Supply

Macro Unit 3: Lesson 5 - Activity 25 - Short-Run Equilibrium Price Level and Output

Macro Unit 3: Lesson 5 - Activity 26 - Reconciling the Keynesian Aggregate Expenditure Model with the Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply Model

Macro Unit 3: Lesson 6 - Activity 27 - Manipulating the AD and AS Model: Exogenous Demand and Supply Shocks

Macro Unit 3: Lesson 6 - Activity 28 - The Macroeconomic Model: Short Run the Long Run

Macro Unit 3: Lesson 7 - Activity 29 - Long-Run Aggregate Supply (LRAS) and the Production Possibilities Curve (PPC)

Macro Unit 3: Lesson 8 - Activity 30 - The Tools of Fiscal Policy

Macro Unit 3: Lesson 8 - Activity 31 - Discretionary and Automatic Fiscal Policy

Macro Unit 3: Lesson 8 - Activity 32 - Two Ways to Analyze Fiscal Policy

Macro Unit 3: Lesson 8 - Activity 33 - Analyzing the Macroeconomy





Macro Unit 4: Lesson 1 - Activity 34 - Money

Macro Unit 4: Lesson 1 - Activity 35 - What's All This About the Ms?

Macro Unit 4: Lesson 2 - Activity 36 - The Monetary Equation of Exchange

Macro Unit 4: Lesson 3 - Activity 37 - The Multiple Expansion of Checkable Deposits

Macro Unit 4: Lesson 4 - Activity 38 - The Federal Reserve: The Mechanics of Monetary Policy

Macro Unit 4: Lesson 5 - Activity 39 - The Money Market

Macro Unit 4: Lesson 5 - Activity 40 - The Federal Reserve: Monetary Policy and Macroeconomics

Macro Unit 4: Lesson 6 - Activity 41 - Real Interest Rates and Nominal Interest Rates

Macro Unit 4: Lesson 6 - Activity 42 - Monetary Policy





Macro Unit 5: Lesson 1 - Activity 43 - Monetary and Fiscal Policy

Macro Unit 5: Lesson 1 - Activity 44 - Crowding-Out: A Graphical Representation

Macro Unit 5: Lesson 2 - Activity 45 - Graphing Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interactions

Macro Unit 5: Lesson 3 - Activity 46 - Short-Run Phillips Curve

Macro Unit 5: Lesson 4 - Activity 47 - Economic Growth and the Determinants of Productive Capacity

Macro Unit 5: Lesson 5 - Activity 48 - Why Economists Disagree





Macro Unit 6: Lesson 1 - Activity 49 - Determining Comparative Advantage

Macro Unit 6: Lesson 1 - Activity 50 - Economic Efficiency and Gains from Trade

Macro Unit 6: Lesson 2 - Activity 51 - Barriers to Trade

Macro Unit 6: Lesson 3 - Activity 52 - Imbalance of Payments

Macro Unit 6: Lesson 3 - Activity 53 - Exchange Rates

Macro Unit 6: Lesson 4 - Activity 54 - How Monetary and Fiscal Policies Affect Exchange Rates

Macro Unit 6: Lesson 4 - Activity 55 - The International Way of Thinking




Advanced Placement Economics: Microeconomics - Student Activities

Front Material

Micro Unit 1: Key Ideas

Micro Unit 1: Lesson 1 - Activity 1 - Do You Think Like an Economist?

Micro Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Activity 2 - Scarcity, Opportunity Cost and Production Possibilities Curve

Micro Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Activity 3 - You Don't Have to Spend a Buck to Have a Cost

Micro Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Activity 4 - Campus Parking

Micro Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Activity 5 - The Circular Flow of Resources, Goods, Services and Money Payments

Micro Unit 1: Lesson 3 - Activity 6 - Opportunity Cost and Comparative Advantage

Micro Unit 1: Lesson 4 - Activity 7 - Is the Benefit of Doing Anything Worth the Cost of Doing It Well?

Micro Unit 1: Lesson 4 - Activity 8 - Thinking in an Economic Way

Micro Unit 1: Sample Multiple-Choice Questions

Micro Unit 1: Sample Short Free-Response Questions

Micro Unit 1: Sample Long Free-Response Questions


Micro Unit 2: Lesson 1 - Activity 9 - Demand Curves, Movements Along Demand Curves and Shifts in Demand Curves

Micro Unit 2: Lesson 1 - Activity 10 - Reasons for Changes in Demand

Micro Unit 2: Lesson 1 - Activity 11 - Why Is a Demand Curve Downward Sloping?

Micro Unit 2: Lesson 2 - Activity 12 - Supply Curves, Movement Along Supply Curves and Shifts in Supply Curves


Micro Unit 2: Lesson 2 - Activity 13 - Reasons for Change in Supply

Micro Unit 2: Lesson 3 - Activity 14 - Equilibrium Price and Equilibrium Quantity

Micro Unit 2: Lesson 3 - Activity 15 - Shifts in Supply and Demand

Micro Unit 2: Lesson 3 - Activity 16 - How Markets Allocate Resources

Micro Unit 2: Lesson 4 - Activity 17 - Elasticity: An Introduction

Micro Unit 2: Lesson 4 - Activity 18 - The Determinants of Elasticity of Demand

Micro Unit 2: Lesson 4 - Activity 19 - Elasticity and Total Revenue

Micro Unit 2: Lesson 4 - Activity 20 - Applying Elasticity to the Real World

Micro Unit 2: Lesson 4 - Activity 21 - Excise Taxes

Micro Unit 2: Lesson 5 - Activity 22 - Maximum and Minimum Price Controls

Micro Unit 2: Lesson 6 - Activity 23 - Pricing Problems





Micro Unit 3: Lesson 1 - Activity 24 - Different Types of Market Structures

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 2 - Activity 25 - Mirror Images: Marginal Products and Marginal Cost

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 2 - Activity 26 - Costs of the Individual Firm

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 3 - Activity 27 - An Introduction to Perfect Competition

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 3 - Activity 28 - Costs and Competitive Market Supply (Perfect Competition)

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 3 - Activity 29 - Short-Run and Long-Run Competitive Equilibrium

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 3 - Activity 30 - Long-Run Average Cost Curves

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 3 - Activity 31 - Graphing Perfect Competition

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 4 - Activity 32 - Marginal Revenue for an Imperfect Competitor

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 4 - Activity 33 - Pure Monopoly

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 4 - Activity 34 - Monopoly Pricing

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 5 - Activity 35 - Let's Play Monopoly

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 5 - Activity 36 - Price Discrimination

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 5 - Activity 37 - Regulating Monopoly

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 5 - Activity 38 - Monopoly Consultants, Inc.

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 5 - Activity 39 - A Quick Review of Perfect Competition and Monopoly

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 6 - Activity 40 - Monopolistic Competition

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 6 - Activity 41 - Game Theory

Micro Unit 3: Lesson 7 - Activity 42 - Market Structure and Business Decision Making





Micro Unit 4: Lesson 1 - Activity 43 - "As the 'Circular Flow' Turns"

Micro Unit 4: Lesson 2 - Activity 44 - How Many Workers Should Be Hired?

Micro Unit 4: Lesson 2 - Activity 45 - The Derived Demand or a Resource

Micro Unit 4: Lesson 2 - Activity 46 - The Only (Yo-Yo) Game in Town

Micro Unit 4: Lesson 3 - Activity 47 - Factors Market Pricing

Micro Unit 4: Lesson 3 - Activity 48 - How Wages Are Determined in Competitive Labor Markets

Micro Unit 4: Lesson 3 - Activity 49 - The Effects of Unions on Wages and Employment in Competitive and Monopsonistic Labor Markets

Micro Unit 4: Lesson 4 - Activity 50 - The Story of Economic Rent: What Do Land, Athletics and Government Have in Common?

Micro Unit 4: Lesson 5 - Activity 51 - Problems Dealing with Factor Markets





Micro Unit 5: Lesson 1 - Activity 52 - Private or Public? Public Goods and Services

Micro Unit 5: Lesson 1 - Activity 53 - Private versus Public

Micro Unit 5: Lesson 2 - Activity 54 - Externalities

Micro Unit 5: Lesson 2 - Activity 55 - Private or Public? The Coase Theorem

Micro Unit 5: Lesson 2 - Activity 56 - Economic Efficiency and the Optimum Amount of Pollution Cleanup

Micro Unit 5: Lesson 2 - Activity 57 - The Economics of Information

Micro Unit 5: Lesson 3 - Activity 58 - Public-Choice Economics

Micro Unit 5: Lesson 4 - Activity 59 - What Is a Fair Tax?

Micro Unit 5: Lesson 4 - Activity 60 - Who Pays the Income Tax?




Capstone: Exemplary Lessons for High School Economics - Teacher's Guide

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Front Material

Unit 1: Lesson 1 - Economic Reasoning: Why Are We A Nation of Couch Potatoes?

Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Scarcity and Abundance

Unit 1: Lesson 3 - Economic Magic: Creating Something from Nothing

Unit 1: Lesson 4 - To Choose or Not to Choose? That Is Not the Question

Unit 1: Lesson 5 - Rules Influence Economic Behavior

Unit 2: Lesson 6 - Why Did Communism Collapse?

Unit 2: Lesson 7 - A Silver Market

Unit 2: Lesson 8 - A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Demand

Unit 2: Lesson 9 - A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Supply

Unit 2: Lesson 10 - Equilibrium Prices and Equilibrium Quantities

Unit 2: Lesson 11 - Do Prices Matter to Consumers?

Unit 2: Lesson 12 - How Do Prices Influence My Behavior? Price Elasticity

Unit 2: Lesson 13 - How Markets Allocate Resources

Unit 2: Lesson 14 - Secondary Effects: Price Ceilings and Floors

Unit 3: Lesson 15 - Why Do Some People Earn More Than Others?

Unit 3: Lesson 16 - Making Choices About Saving and Investing

Unit 3: Lesson 17 - Creating and Using a Budget

Unit 3: Lesson 18 - Credit Management

Unit 3: Lesson 19 - Earning an Income

Unit 4: Lesson 20 - Why Helping Yourself Helps Others

Unit 4: Lesson 21 - Productivity, Diminishing Marginal Returns, and the Demand for Labor

Unit 4: Lesson 22 - How Competitive Is the Industry?

Unit 4: Lesson 23 - Make a Profit: Do the Math

Unit 5: Lesson 24 - Government and the Environment

Unit 5: Lesson 25 - The Economics of the U.S. Constitution

Unit 5: Lesson 26 - Public versus Private Goods

Unit 5: Lesson 27 - The Economics of Special Interest Groups

Unit 5: Lesson 28 - The Economics of Voting

Unit 5: Lesson 29 - Can Taxes Be Incentives?

Unit 5: Lesson 30 - Poverty and Income Inequality

Unit 6: Lesson 31 - Measuring Unemployment: A Labor Market Mystery

Unit 6: Lesson 32 - The Effects of Inflation

Unit 6: Lesson 33 - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and How to Measure It

Unit 6: Lesson 34 - Money and Monetary Policy

Unit 6: Lesson 35 - Fiscal Policy: A Two-Act Play



Unit 6: Lesson 36 - Should We Worry About the National Debt?

Unit 6: Lesson 37 - Can Government Manage the National Economy?

Unit 6: Lesson 38 - Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

Unit 7: Lesson 39 - Why Go Global?

Unit 7: Lesson 40 - Why Do People Trade Across National Borders?

Unit 7: Lesson 41 - Why People Trade: Comparative Advantage

Unit 7: Lesson 42 - Foreign Currencies and Foreign Exchange

Unit 7: Lesson 43 - Why Are Some Nations Wealthy?

Unit 7: Lesson 44 - World Environmental Issues: Is the Market at Fault?

Unit 7: Lesson 45 - International Trade: How Do We Measure Trades Across Political Borders?

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Capstone: Exemplary Lessons for High School Economics - Student Activities


Front Material

Unit 1: Lesson 1 - Activity 1 - Why Are We a Nation of Couch Potatoes?

Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Activity 1 - Which Examples Illustrate Scarcity?

Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Activity 2 - Are People Treating Scarce Resources as Scarce?

Unit 1: Lesson 3 - Activity 1 - Survival

Unit 1: Lesson 4 - Activity 1 - Alternatives and Choices

Unit 1: Lesson 5 - Activity 1 - Quiz

Unit 1: Lesson 5 - Activity 2 - First Answer Sheet

Unit 1: Lesson 5 - Activity 3 - Second Answer Sheet

Unit 1: Lesson 5 - Activity 4 - How Rules Influence Economic Activity

Unit 2: Lesson 6 - Activity 1 - Why Did Communism Collapse?

Unit 2: Lesson 7 - Activity 1 - How to Play a Silver Market

Unit 2: Lesson 7 - Activity 2 - Student Score Sheet for a Silver Market

Unit 2: Lesson 7 - Activity 3 - Supply and Demand Schedules for Silver

Unit 2: Lesson 9 - Activity 1 - How Many Hours Are You Willing to Work?

Unit 2: Lesson 9 - Activity 2 - The Amazing Farmer Jones

Unit 2: Lesson 10 - Activity 1 - Equilibrium Prices and Equilibrium Quantities

Unit 2: Lesson 11 - Activity 1 - Do Prices Matter to Consumers?

Unit 2: Lesson 12 - Activity 1 - Picturing and Calculating Elasticity

Unit 2: Lesson 13 - Activity 1 - I, Pencil

Unit 2: Lesson 13 - Activity 2 - How Markets Allocate Resources

Unit 2: Lesson 14 - Activity 1 - What Will Happen If?

Unit 3: Lesson 15 - Activity 1 - Why Do Some People Earn More than Others?

Unit 3: Lesson 16 - Activity 1 - Making Choices about Saving and Investing

Unit 3: Lesson 17 - Activity 1 - Financial Planning Document

Unit 3: Lesson 18 - Activity 1 - Buying on Credit

Unit 3: Lesson 19 - Activity 1 - What Will People Be Doing in 2010?

Unit 3: Lesson 19 - Activity 2 - Who Are the Entrepreneurs?

Unit 4: Lesson 20 - Activity 1 - A Visit with Adam Smith

Unit 4: Lesson 21 - Activity 1 - Diminishing Marginal Returns and the Demand for Labor

Unit 4: Lesson 22 - Activity 1 - Examples of Four Models of Market Structure

Unit 4: Lesson 22 - Activity 2 - Characteristics of Four Market Structures

Unit 4: Lesson 23 - Activity 1 - Andrea's Software Business

Unit 4: Lesson 23 - Activity 2 - Andrea's Software Business: Do the Math

Unit 5: Lesson 24 - Activity 1 - Externalities: How Actions Affect Others

Unit 5: Lesson 24 - Activity 2 - The Vanishing Wildlife Mystery

Unit 5: Lesson 25 - Activity 1 - The Econimics of the U.S. Constitution



Unit 5: Lesson 25 - Activity 2 - An Examination of the Economic Features of the U.S. Constitution

Unit 5: Lesson 26 - Activity 1 - Public versus Private Goods

Unit 5: Lesson 27 - Activity 1 - The Econimics of Special Interest Groups

Unit 5: Lesson 29 - Activity 1 - What Is a Fair Tax?

Unit 5: Lesson 29 - Activity 2 - The National Commission of Taxation Makes Its Annual Forecasts

Unit 6: Lesson 31 - Activity 1 - Solving the Labor Market Mystery

Unit 6: Lesson 32 - Activity 1 - Living With Inflation in the Former Soviet Union

Unit 6: Lesson 35 - Activity 1 - Fiscal Policy: A Two-Act Play

Unit 6: Lesson 37 - Activity 1 - Analyzing Diverse Viewpoints: Understanding Why Economists Disagree

Unit 6: Lesson 37 - Activity 2 - Listening in on a Discussion of Economists

Unit 6: Lesson 37 - Activity 3 - Sorting through Macroeconomic Theories

Unit 6: Lesson 38 - Activity 1 - Introducing Aggregate Demand

Unit 6: Lesson 38 - Activity 2 - Introducing Aggregate Supply

Unit 6: Lesson 38 - Activity 3 - The Effects of Shifts in Aggregate Demand and Supply

Unit 6: Lesson 38 - Activity 4 - Economist for a Day

Unit 7: Lesson 39 - Activity 1 - Solving the Mystery of the Global Economy

Unit 7: Lesson 41 - Activity 1 - Why People and Nations Trade

Unit 7: Lesson 41 - Activity 2 - Why Do People Buy Foreign Goods?

Unit 7: Lesson 41 - Activity 3 - The Home-Building Mystery

Unit 7: Lesson 42 - Activity 1 - Foreign Currencies and Foreign Exchange

Unit 7: Lesson 43 - Activity 1 - Rich Nation/Poor Nation

Unit 7: Lesson 44 - Activity 1 - Environmental Case Studies

Unit 7: Lesson 44 - Activity 2 - Environmental Policies

Unit 7: Lesson 45 - Activity 1 - Measuring Trade across Borders

Unit 7: Lesson 45 - Activity 2 - How to Calculate the Current Account

Unit 7: Lesson 45 - Activity 3 - U.S. Balance of Payments, 2000

Glossary

Choices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 2-4 - Teacher's Resource Manual


Front Material

Unit 1: Lesson 1 - Scarcity

Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Alternatives

Unit 1: Lesson 3 - Alternatives Have Advantages and Disadvantages

Unit 1: Lesson 4 - Choice

Unit 1: Lesson 5 - Opportunity Cost

Unit 1: Lesson 6 - Decision Making

Unit 2: Lesson 7 - Goods and Services, Work and Workers

Unit 2: Lesson 8 - The Work I Do

Unit 2: Lesson 9 - I Am a Bundle of Human Capital

Unit 2: Lesson 10 - School Is an Investment in Human Capital

Unit 3: Lesson 11 - Workers Use Other Resources

Unit 3: Lesson 12 - Inputs, Plan, Outputs

Unit 3: Lesson 13 - Learning to Produce

Unit 3: Lesson 14 - Practice

Unit 3: Lesson 15 - Teaching Others Builds Human Capital

Unit 4: Lesson 16 - Entrepreneurs and the Interdependence of Buyers and Sellers

Unit 4: Lesson 17 - Markets and Exchange

Unit 4: Lesson 18 - The Labor Market: My Human Capital Pays Off



Choices & Changes: In Life, School, and Work - Grades 2-4 - Student Journal


Front Material

Student Activity 1-1 - Some Examples of Scarcity, People Can't Have Everything They Want

Student Activity 2-1 - Frank's Alternatives

Student Activity 2-2 - Service Learning Alternative

Student Activity 2-3 - An Alternative Tree for the Service-Learning Project

Student Activity 2-4 - Alternatives I would Select

Student Activity 3-1 - Decision-Making Apron

Student Activity 3-2 - Obstacles and Alternatives

Student Activity 3-3 - Alternatives, Advantages, and Disadvantages

Student Activity 3-4 - Our Service-Learning Project

Student Activity 4-1 - My Alternatives

Student Activity 6-1 - A Decision

Student Activity 6-2 - Our Service-Learning Decision

Student Activity 7-1 - Goods and Services

Student Activity 7-2 - Workers, Workers, Workers

Student Activity 7-3 - Workers, Workers, Workers

Student Activity 7-4 - Alvin's Homework




Student Activity 8-1 - Work

Student Activity 8-2 - The Work I Do

Student Activity 8-3 - The Work I Did Today

Student Activity 9-1 - My Human Capital Inventory: Things I Know and Things I Can Do

Student Activity 9-2 - Human Capital Inventory

Student Activity 10-1 - A Capital Resource

Student Activity 11-1 - Resources I Have Discovered

Student Activity 12-1 - Inputs, Plan, Output

Student Activity 13-1 - Using My Human Capital to Make a Good

Student Activity 14-1 - Practice Improves My Human Capital

Student Activity 15-1 - Teaching Others Builds Human Capital

Student Activity 15-2 - Teaching Others Builds Human Capital

Student Activity 15-3 - My Teaching Experience

Student Activity 16-1 - Some Questions I Can Ask

Student Activity 16-2 - Planning and Conducting My Interview

Student Activity 16-3 - Remembering My Interview

Student Activity 17-1 - Goods and Services That I Have Seen Exchanged

Student Activity 18-1 - Careers and Skills

Student Activity 18-2 - The Decision-Making Apron

Student Activity 18-3 - Me As a Worker/Entrepreneur

Student Activity 18-4 - Skills and Knowledge I Will Use in My Career



Choices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 5-6 - Teacher's Resource Manual

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Front Material

Unit 1: Lesson 1 - What If I Do Not Have the Skills and Knowledge I Need to Produce?

Unit 1: Lesson 2 - How Can I Improve My Human Capital?

Unit 1: Lesson 3 - What Results When People Improve Their Human Capital?

Unit One Assessment

Unit 2: Lesson 4 - How Can I Make Decisions About My Future?

Unit 2: Lesson 5 - How Can I Improve My Ability to Produce What People Want?

Unit 2: Lesson 6 - What Results When People Can Produce More?

Unit Two Assessment

Unit 3: Lesson 7 - Can I Produce Something People Want?

Unit 3: Lesson 8 - Can I Use Physical Capital to Produce More Things People Want?

Unit 3: Lesson 9 - What Results When People Use Improved Physical Capital Resources?

Unit Three Assessment

Unit 4: Lesson 10 - What Are the Advantages of Working with Others to Produce?

Unit 4: Lesson 11 - Can I Learn to Work with Others to Produce?

Unit 4: Lesson 12 - What Results When People Work Together to Produce?

Unit Four Assessment

Unit 5: Lesson 13 - Why Should I Set Goals and Plan to Achieve My Goals?

Unit 5: Lesson 14 - How Can I Overcome Obstacles to Achieve My Goals?

Unit 5: Lesson 15 - What Results When People Set Goals and Plan to Achieve Their Goals?

Unit Five Assessment

Appendix 1-4



Front Material

Student Activity 1-1 - Mind Map

Student Activity 2-1 - The Navigation School at Sagres

Student Activity 2-2 - I Am a Teacher at Sagres

Student Activity 3-1 - What Is It Worth? Data

Student Activity 3-2 - What Is It Worth? Graph

Student Activity 3-3 - What Is It Worth? Questions

Unit One Assessment 1 - Home and Community Education Survey

Unit One Assessment 2 - Home and Community Education Survey Comparison

Student Activity 4-1 - Seth and Mary's Dilemma

Student Activity 4-2 - Virginia Colony Land Advertisement

Student Activity 4-3 - Benefits and Costs of Immigrating to the Colonies

Student Activity 4-4 - The Proclamation of 1763

Student Activity 4-5 - Steps for Decision Making

Student Activity 4-6 - Seth and Mary's Decision

Student Activity 4-7 - My Future Decision

Student Activity 5-1 - Human Capital for Production

Student Activity 6-1 - The Circular Flow Model

Student Activity 6-2 - Consumer Tally Sheet

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Student Activity 6-3 - Understanding the Circular Flow Model

Student Activity 6-4 - Circular Flow Riddle

Unit Two Assessment - Decision-Making Organizer

Student Activity 7-1 - I Can Produce Something People Want

Student Activity 7-2 - Story Map

Student Activity 7-3 - Consumer Wants Derive Demand for Resources

Student Activity 7-4 - Peanut Products Created by George Washington Carver

Student Activity 8-1 - Star Company Production Report

Student Activity 9-1 - New Technologies Change How People Work

Student Activity 9-2 - Industrial Revolution Timeline

Student Activity 9-3 - The Industrial Revolution

Student Activity 9-4 - The Mill Girls

Student Activity 9-5 - What Will You Do?

Student Activity 10-1 - Interdependence at Work

Student Activity 11-1 - My Future Career

Student Activity 12-1 - Survival Means Working Together

Student Activity 12-2 - The Mayflower Compact

Student Activity 12-3 - Working Together

Student Activity 13-1 - My Goals

Student Activity 14-1 - The Road to Success-Scorecard

Student Activity 14-2 - A Web of Traits

Student Activity 14-3 - Reaching My Future Goal

Student Activity 15-1 - Trait for Success

Student Activity 15-2 - A Successful Person

Unit Five Assessment - Deborah Sampson: A Success Story

Unit Five Home and Community Connection

Choices & Changes: In Life, School, and Work - Grades 7-8 - Teacher's Resource Manual


Front Material

Unit 1: Lesson 1 - Exchanging Goods and Services

Unit 1: Lesson 2 - You in the Economy

Unit 1: Lesson 3 - People Use Their Human Capital

Unit 1: Lesson 4 - I am Part of the Economy

Unit 1: Lesson 5 - Economic Choice and Opportunity Cost

Unit 2: Lesson 6 - Choices Have Benefits and Costs

Unit 2: Lesson 7 - My Choices Are Based on My Preferences

Unit 2: Lesson 8 - Ways to Make Choices

Unit 2: Lesson 9 - My Choices Affect Others

Unit 2: Lesson 10 - Choices Make a Difference: Worker Interviews

Unit 3: Lesson 11 - Choices Have Consequences

Unit 3: Lesson 12 - Long- and Short-Term Consequences

Unit 3: Lesson 13 - What Influences My Choices?

Unit 3: Lesson 14 - Choices Made by Others Affect Me

Unit 3: Lesson 15 - I Can Make Good Choices

Back Material





Front Material

Student Activity 1-1 - Examples of Goods and Services

Student Activity 2-1 - What is An Economy

Student Activity 3-1 - Goods, Services, and Work in an Economy

Student Activity 3-2 - Taking Inventory of My Human Capital

Student Activity 3-3 - My Skills Inventory

Student Activity 5-1 - Never Enough

Student Activity 5-2 - My Story about Scarcity

Student Activity 6-1 - What's in the Box?

Student Activity 7-1 - Choices Are Based on Performance

Student Activity 8-1 - Six Common Ways of Making Choices

Student Activity 9-1 - Timothy's Science Project

Student Activity 9-2 - Choices Affect Others

Student Activity 10-1 - Interview Questions and Answers

Student Activity 10-2 - Learning from Interviews

Student Activity 11-1 - It is your decision. What are the consequences?

Student Activity 12-1 - Consequences of Graduating from High School

Student Activity 12-2 - Letter to Younger Students

Student Activity 13-1 - Influences on Our Choices

Student Activity 13-2 - Interview Questions on Influences

Student Activity 14-1 - Choices Made By Others Affect Me

Student Activity 15-1 - I Can Make Good Choices

Glossary

Back Material

Choices & Changes: In Life, School, and Work - Grades 9-10 - Teacher's Resource Manual


Front Material

Unit 1: Lesson 1 - Making Choices

Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Choosing Among Alternatives

Unit 1: Lesson 3 - Choices: Benefits and Costs

Unit 1: Lesson 4 - What Influences Choices?

Unit 1: Lesson 5 - Which Job Would You Choose?

Unit 2: Lesson 6 - Changing Productivity

Unit 2: Lesson 7 - Human Capital and Productivity

Unit 2: Lesson 8 - My Human Capital

Unit 2: Lesson 9 - What Employers Want

Unit 2: Lesson 10 - What Do Want Ads Mean?

Unit 3: Lesson 11 - My Personal Timeline

Unit 3: Lesson 12 - Planning to Choose

Unit 3: Lesson 13 - My Human Capital: A Job Application

Unit 3: Lesson 14 - A Preferred Future: Images of Potential

Unit 3: Lesson 15 - Planning for Action: A Contract with Myself

Back Material







Front Material

Student Activity 2-1, A Problem I Have

Student Activity 3-1, Choices I Have Made

Student Activity 4-1, Positive and Negative Incentives

Student Activity 4-2, Cooperative Skills Checklist A

Student Activity 6-1, My History

Student Activity 7-1, My Human Capital Inventory

Student Activity 8-1, Someone I Admire

Student Activity 10-1, Cooperative Skills Checklist B

Student Activity 11-1, My Personal Timeline

Student Activity 12-1, My Ideal Work Environment

Student Activity 13-1, Staying Ahead of the Game

Student Activity 15-1, My Action Plan

Glossary

Civics and Government: Focus on Economics

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Front Material

Lesson 1 - How Do Constitutions Shape Economic Systems?

Lesson 2 - The Relationship Between Economic Freedom and Political Freedom

Lesson 3 - Voters and Elections

Lesson 4 - What Are the Economic Functions of Government?

Lesson 5 - Government Spending

Lesson 6 - Can Election Futures Markets Be More Accurate Than Polls?

Lesson 7 - Taxes Change Behavior

Lesson 8 - Economic Misery and Presidential Elections

Lesson 9 - The Market Goes to Court: Key Economic Cases and the United States Supreme Court

Lesson 10 - An Economic Analysis of Health Care Policy

Lesson 11 - How Should Governments Structure the Tax System?

Lesson 12 - Federalism

Lesson 13 - Government Failure: Using Public Choice Theory to Analyze Political Decisions

Lesson 14 - Economic Sanctions and U.S. Foreign Policy

Lesson 15 - The Judiciary and Eminent Domain: the Case of Kelo v. City of New London

Lesson 16 - Economic Freedom in China and India

Lesson 17 - Making Trade-Offs in Policy Decisions: The Patriot Act

Lesson 18 - Economic Indicators for Informed Citizens

Lesson 19 - Immigration

Lesson 20 - Economic Freedom and Rights


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The Classroom Mini-Economy


Front: Table of Contents and Introduction

Chapter 1: The Mini-Economy

Chapter 2: What Economics Is About

Chapter 3: How to Start a Mini-Economy

Chapter 4: Expanding Your Mini-Economy

Chapter 5: Teaching Economics in the Mini-Economy Classroom

Chapter 6: Making Your Mini-Economy More Effective

Chapter 7: Using the Mini-Economy in the Middle School

Appendix A: Reproducible Mini-Economy Aids

Appendix B: Student Worksheets

Appendix C: Additional Curriculum Resources

Appendix D: In-Service Opportunities

Connecting the Pieces: Building a Better Economics Lesson


Front Material

Chapter 1 - What is K-12 Economics?

Chapter 2 - Economics Across the Curriculum

Chapter 3 - Thinking Skills, Learning Skills, and More

Chapter 4 - Models for Active Teaching and Learning

Chapter 5 - Determining What Students Have Learned

Chapter 6 - Generating Great Teaching Ideas

Chapter 7 - Lesson Writing Basics

Chapter 8 - Flight Testing Lessons

References

Appendix A

Appendix B

Economics & Entrepreneurship: Operating a Classroom Business in the Elementary and Middle School

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Front Material: Acknowledgements and Importance

Chapter 1 - Getting Started

Chapter 2 - Deciding What and How Many to Produce

Chapter 3 - Producing the Product

Chapter 4 - Marketing and Selling the Product

Chapter 5 - Closing the Business

Appendices A, B, and C







Economics and the Environment: Ecodetectives


Front Material

Lesson 1 - The Problem of the Homeless Salmon

Lesson 2 - Why Do Free Goods Disappear Quickly?

Lesson 3 - Why Do We Have So Few Whales and So Many Chickens?

Lesson 4 - The Environment: Who Loves Ya, Baby?

Lesson 5 - Cleaning the Lake Marginally

Lesson 6 - How Can We Help Endangered Species?

Lesson 7 - Can Incentives Protect Endangered Species?

Lesson 8 - The Costs and Benefits of Having Children

Lesson 9 - Why Do Oil Reserves Keep Increasing?

Lesson 10 - Why Drive When You Can Ride?

Lesson 11 - If We Grow More Food, Won't We Degrade the Environment?

Lesson 12 - Recycling or Landfill Disposal: What Is the Best Way to Protect the Environment?

Lesson 13 - Forest Fires: Natural Catastrophes or Monsters We Have Created?

Lesson 14 - How Could We Cut Back on the Garbage We Produce?

Lesson 15 - How Private Efforts Can Improve Environmental Quality

Economics from Here to There


Front Material

Lesson 1 - Which One Do I Want More?

Lesson 2 - The Candy Kids - Supply and Demand for Candy

Lesson 3 - The Classy Card Company

Lesson 4 - Rush Hour

Lesson 5 - Who Gets to See the Game?

Lesson 6 - Don't Be Discouraged!

Economics in Action: 14 Greatest Hits for Teaching High School Economics


Front Material

Lesson 1 - Why People Trade

Lesson 2 - Economic Decision Making

Lesson 3 - Using Economic Reasoning To Solve Mysteries

Lesson 4 - Property Rights in a Market Economy

Lesson 5 - The Role of Government In a Market Economy

Lesson 6 - The Economic Way of Thinking: Three Activities to Demonstrate Marginal Analysis

Lesson 7 - A Market in Wheat

Lesson 8 - Productivity

Lesson 9 - The Invention Convention

Lesson 10 - The Circular Flow of Economic Activity

Lesson 11 - Money and Inflation

Lesson 12 - Fiscal Policy: A Two-Act Play

Lesson 13 - Comparative Advantage and Trade in a Global Economy

Lesson 14 - Exchange Rates: Money Around the World







Economies in Transition: Command to Market


Front Material

Lesson 1: A Parking Lot Full of Incentives

Lesson 2: Who Decides?

Lesson 3: A Tale of Two Countries

Lesson 4: Klips And Kupons

Lesson 5: Economic Transition: The Role of the State

Lesson 6: All for One, One for All - Well Maybe: Problems Within a Tightly Controlled Industrial Structure

Lesson 7: The Money Maze

Lesson 8: Public to Private

Lesson 9: Worker Woes: Labor Transition Challenges

Lesson 10: Market or Command: Which Is Best for the Environment?

Energy, Economics, and the Environment: Case Studies and Teaching Activities for Elementary School


Front: Correlation of Standards

Rationale

Overview

EEE Curriculum Organization

Introduction Part 1: A Framework for Analysis

Introduction Part 2: A Decision-Making Model: A Tool for Analysis

Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts

Unit 2: Trees and Forests

Unit 3: Water Resources

Unit 4: Energy Resources

Back: EEE Resources

Energy, Economics, and the Environment: Case Studies and Teaching Activities for High School


Front Material

Correlation of Standards

Rationale

Overview

Curriculum Organization

Introduction Part 1: A Framework for Analysis

Introduction Part 2: A Decision-Making Model: A Tool for Analysis

Unit 1: Water Resources

Unit 2: Forest Resources

Unit 3: Renewable Energy Resources

Unit 4: Global Warming

Back: EEE Resources







Entrepreneurship in the U.S. Economy: Teacher Resource Manual

Front Material

Lesson 1: What Is an Entrepreneur?

Lesson 2: Scarcity: Everyone's Problem Is the Entrepreneur's Opportunity

Lesson 3: Consumers, Businesses, Entrepreneurs, and Governments Face Opportunity Costs

Lesson 4: Successful Entrepreneurs Make Rational Choices

Lesson 5: Making Things Entrepreneurs Sell

Lesson 6: Entrepreneurship in Different Economic Systems

Lesson 7: Entrepreneurship in Our Market System

Lesson 8: Entrepreneurial Behavior in Other Settings

Lesson 9: The Circular Flow Between Consumers and Entrepreneurs

Lesson 10: The Nature of Consumer Demand

Lesson 11: What Causes Change in Consumer Demand?

Lesson 12: Entrepreneurs Supply Goods and Services

Lesson 13: What Causes Entrepreneurs To Change the Quantity of Goods and Services Offered for Sale?

Lesson 14: Entrepreneurs and Equilibrium

Lesson 15: Entrepreneurs and Changing Prices

Lesson 16: Entrepreneurs, Pricing Strategies, and Marketing Goals

Lesson 17: Sources of Information for Entrepreneurs

Lesson 18: Entrepreneurs Choose Different Types of Business Organization

Lesson 19: Financing the Entrepreneurial Enterprise

Lesson 20: How Can Entrepreneurs Control Costs?

Lesson 21: When Should an Entrepreneur Offer More Products for Sale?

Lesson 22: Cash Flow and the Successful Entrepreneur

Lesson 23: How Entrepreneurs Use Credit

Lesson 24: Entrepreneurs Buy Raw Materials, Tools, and Labor

Lesson 25: How Entrepreneurs Measure Productivity

Lesson 26: Human Resource Management: The Entrepreneur's Perspective

Lesson 27: The Entrepreneur and Market Structure

Lesson 28: Entrepreneurs Differentiate Their Businesses from the Competition

Lesson 29: The Innovative Process: How Entrepreneurs Develop New Ideas

Lesson 30: The Costs and Benefits of Innovation

Lesson 31: Government and the Entrepreneur

Lesson 32: Government Policies, the Economy, and the Entrepreneur

Lesson 33: Changing Economic Conditions Affect Entrepreneurs

Lesson 34: Successful Entrepreneurs Develop Their Own Human Capital

Lesson 35: You and Entrepreneurial Skills

Glossary

Entrepreneurship in the U.S. Economy: Student Book of Readings

Front Material

Reading 1 - What Is an Entrepreneur?

Reading 2 - Scarcity: Everyone's Problem Is the Entrepreneur's Opportunity

Reading 3 - Consumers, Business, Entrepreneurs, and Governments Face Opportunity Costs

Reading 4 - Successful Entrepreneurs Make Rational Choices

Reading 5 - Making Things Entrepreneurs Sell

Reading 6 - Entrepreneurship in Different Economic Systems

Reading 7 - Entrepreneurship in Our Market System

Reading 8 - Entrepreneurial Behavior in Other Settings

Reading 9 - The Circular Flow Between Consumers and Entrepreneurs

Reading 10 - The Nature of Consumer Demand



Reading 11 - What Causes Change in Consumer Demand?

Reading 12 - Entrepreneurs Supply Goods and Services

Reading 13 - What Causes Entrepreneurs To Change the Quantity of Goods and Services Offered for Sale?

Reading 14 - Entrepreneurs and Equilibrium

Reading 15 - Entrepreneurs and Changing Prices

Reading 16 - Entrepreneurs, Pricing Strategies, and Marketing Goals

Reading 17 - Sources of Market Information for Entrepreneurs

Reading 18 - Entrepreneurs Choose Different Types of Business Organizations

Reading 19 - Financing the Entrepreneurial Enterprise

Reading 20 - How Can Entrepreneurs Control Costs?

Reading 21 - When Should an Entrepreneur Offer More Products for Sale?

Reading 22 - Cash Flow and the Successful Entrepreneur

Reading 23 - How Entrepreneurs Use Credit

Reading 24 - Entrepreneurs buy Raw Materials, Tools, And Labor

Reading 25 - How Entrepreneurs Measure Productivity

Reading 26 - Human Resource Management: The Entrepreneur's Perspective

Reading 27 - The Entrepreneur and Market Structure

Reading 28 - Entrepreneurs Differentiate Their Businesses from the Competition

Reading 29 - The Innovative Process: How Entrepreneurs Develop New Ideas

Reading 30 - The Costs and Benefits of Innovation

Reading 31 - Government and Entrepreneur

Reading 32 - Government Policies, the Economy, and the Entrepreneur

Reading 33 - Changing Economic Conditions Affect Entrepreneurs

Reading 34 - Successful Entrepreneurs Develop Their Own Human Capital

Reading 35 - You and Entrepreneurial Skills

Glossary

Exploring the Marketplace: The Community Publishing Company - Teacher Resource Manual

Front Material

Lesson 1: A Community Success Story

Lesson 2: Community Resources

Lesson 3: Communities Change

Lesson 4: Communities Today

Lesson 5: My Community

Lesson 6: Our Community

Lesson 7: Community Interdependence

Lesson 8: Mini-Mall

Lesson 9: Visiting a Business

Lesson 10: The Pencil Choice

Lesson 11: The Badge Factory

Lesson 12: Interviewing People in the Community

Lesson 13: Results of the Community Interviews

Lesson 14: Finding the Main Ideas

Lesson 15: Beginning Sentences and Descriptive Words

Lesson 16: Paragraph Writing and Closing Sentences

Lesson 17: Editing

Lesson 18: Preparing the Final Draft

Lesson 19: Symbols for the Reports

Lesson 20: Illustrations for the Reports

Lesson 21: Resources for the Publishing Company

Lesson 22: Production Questions

Lesson 23: Production and Pricing Decisions

Lesson 24: Obtaining Resources on Credit


Lesson 25: Obtaining a Bank Loan

Lesson 26: Study Trip

Lesson 27: Job Application

Lesson 28: Preparation for Production

Lesson 29: The Production Process

Lesson 30: Advertising

Lesson 31: Selling the Book

Lesson 32: Choice Making

Lesson 33: Annual Report

Exploring the Community Marketplace: The Community Publishing Company - Activity Book

Front Material

Activity 1 - Our Success Story

Activity 2 - Map of Communityville a Long Time Ago

Activity 3 - Map Buildings and Map of Communityville a Long Time Ago

Activity 4 - Map of Communityville Growing

Activity 5 - Map Buildings and Map of Communityville Growing

Activity 6 - Map of Communityville Today

Activity 7 - Map Buildings and Map of Communityville Today

Activity 8 - My Community Notebook

Activity 9 - Consumer Card and Marketplace Money

Activity 10 - The Pencil Choice

Activity 11 - Practice Community Interview Record

Activity 12 - Community Interview Record

Activity 13 - Learning About Our Community

Activity 14 - Sample Community Interview Record

Activity 15 - Finding Main Ideas to Support the Topic

Activity 16 - Writing Main Ideas to Support the Topic

Activity 17 - Writing Beginning Sentences

Activity 18 - Descriptive Words

Activity 19 - Selecting Supporting Sentences

Activity 20 - Market Survey

Activity 21 - Loans and Interest

Activity 22 - Production Line Job Description

Activity 23 - Job Application

Activity 24 - Production Work Report

Activity 25 - Song: "Our Community"

Activity 26 - A Business Advertisement

Activity 27 - Book Order Form

Activity 28 - Financial Report

Activity 29 - Questions for Review

Activity 30 - The Community Publishing Company Annual Report

Financial Fitness for Life: K-2 - Teacher Guide

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Front Material

Theme 1: Lesson 1 - A Good Day for Money

Theme 1: Lesson 2 - Working for Income

Theme 1: Lesson 3 - What Is Money?

Theme 2: Lesson 4 - Money Lets Us Choose

Theme 2: Lesson 5 - Why We Save

Theme 2: Lesson 6 - How We Save




Theme 2: Lesson 7 - Saving Makes Us Wait

Theme 3: Lesson 8 - We Are Consumers

Theme 3: Lesson 9 - We Decide to Spend

Theme 3: Lesson 10 - We Plan for Spending

Theme 3: Lesson 11 - Ads Make Us Spend

Theme 4: Lesson 12 - We Are Borrowers

Theme 4: Lesson 13 - We Are Lenders

Theme 4: Lesson 14 - We Owe Money

Theme 5: Lesson 15 - We Make a Budget

Theme 5: Lesson 16 - We Manage Our Money

Back

Financial Fitness for Life: K-2 - Student Storybook

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Front Material

Theme 1: Lesson 1 - A Very Good Day

Theme 1: Lesson 2 - Penny's New Business

Theme 1: Lesson 3 - What Is Money?

Theme 2: Lesson 4 - Oh, What to Do?

Theme 2: Lesson 5 - Spend or Save?

Theme 2: Lesson 6 - A Savings Problem

Theme 2: Lesson 7 - Saving Requires Waiting

Theme 3: Lesson 8 - Nicholas Has Many Wants

Theme 3: Lesson 9 - Nicholas Decides to Spend

Theme 3: Lesson 10 - The Shopping Trip

Theme 3: Lesson 11 - The Ad Made Me Do It

Theme 4: Lesson 12 - The Young Borrowers

Theme 4: Lesson 13 - The Young Lender

Theme 4: Lesson 14 - Empty Pockets

Theme 5: Lesson 15 - A Budget for Nicholas

Theme 5: Lesson 16 - Success!

Financial Fitness for Life: Grades 3-5 - Teacher Guide

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Front Material

Theme 1: Lesson 1 - Earning Income

Theme 1: Lesson 2 - Urban Mouse and Rural Mouse

Theme 1: Lesson 3 - People Pay Taxes

Theme 2: Lesson 4 - The Grasshopper and the Ant

Theme 2: Lesson 5 - Saving Starts with Wanting More

Theme 3: Lesson 6 - Consumers Want More Goods and Services

Theme 3: Lesson 7 - To Choose Is to Refuse

Theme 3: Lesson 8 - How Would You Like to Pay?

Theme 3: Lesson 9 - More About Methods of Payment

Theme 3: Lesson 10 - Why Do I Want All This Stuff?

Theme 3: Lesson 11 - This One or That One?

Theme 4: Lesson 12 - Credit Is Based on Trust

Theme 4: Lesson 13 - Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?

Theme 4: Lesson 14 - Managing Money

Theme 4: Lesson 15 - It's a Balancing Act

Back





Financial Fitness for Life: Grades 3-5 - Student Workbook

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Front Material

Theme 1: Lesson 1 - Earning Income

Theme 1: Lesson 2 - Urban Mouse and Rural Mouse

Theme 1: Lesson 3 - People Pay Taxes

Theme 2: Lesson 4 - The Grasshopper and the Ant

Theme 2: Lesson 5 - Saving Starts With Wanting More

Theme 3: Lesson 6 - Consumers Want More Goods and Services

Theme 3: Lesson 7 - To Choose Is to Refuse

Theme 3: Lesson 8 - How Would You Like to Pay?

Theme 3: Lesson 9 - More About Methods of Payment

Theme 3: Lesson 10 - Why Do I Want All This Stuff?

Theme 4: Lesson 11 - This One or That One?

Theme 4: Lesson 12 - Credit Is Based on Trust

Theme 4: Lesson 13 - Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?

Theme 4: Lesson 14 - Managing Money

Theme 4: Lesson 15 - It's a Balancing Act

Financial Fitness for Life: Grades 6-8 - Teacher Guide

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Front Material

Theme 1: Lesson 1 - Resources Are Scarce

Theme 1: Lesson 2 - Making Decisions

Theme 1: Lesson 3 - The Economic Way of Thinking

Theme 2: Lesson 4 - Why Stay in School?

Theme 2: Lesson 5 - Choosing a Career

Theme 2: Lesson 6 - Productivity

Theme 3: Lesson 7 - Managing Cash

Theme 3: Lesson 8 - Choosing and Using a Checking Account

Theme 3: Lesson 9 - What Taxes Affect You?

Theme 4: Lesson 10 - Why Save?

Theme 4: Lesson 11 - Let Lenders and Borrowers Be

Theme 4: Lesson 12 - Types of Savings Plans and Investments

Theme 4: Lesson 13 - Who Pays and Who Receives?

Theme 4: Lesson 14 - Stocks and Mutual Funds

Theme 5: Lesson 15 - Cash or Credit?

Theme 5: Lesson 16 - Establishing Credit

Theme 5: Lesson 17 - Comparison Shopping

Back

Financial Fitness for Life: Grades 6-8 - Student Workbook

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Front Material

Theme 1: Lesson 1 - Resources Are Scarce

Theme 1: Lesson 2 - Making Decisions


Theme 2: Lesson 4 - Why Stay in School?







Theme 2: Lesson 5 - Choosing a Career

Theme 2: Lesson 6 - Productivity

Theme 3: Lesson 7 - Managing Cash

Theme 3: Lesson 8 - Choosing and Using a Checking Account

Theme 3: Lesson 9 - What Taxes Affect You?

Theme 4: Lesson 10 - Why Save?

Theme 4: Lesson 11 - Let Lenders and Borrowers Be

Theme 4: Lesson 12 - Types of Savings Plans and Investments

Theme 4: Lesson 13 - Who Pays and Who Receives?

Theme 4: Lesson 14 - Stocks and Mutual Funds

Theme 5: Lesson 15 - Cash or Credit?

Theme 5: Lesson 16 - Establishing Credit

Theme 5: Lesson 17 - Comparison Shopping

Financial Fitness for Life: 9-12 - Teacher Guide

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Front Material

Theme 1: Lesson 1 - How to Really Be a Millionaire


Theme 1: Lesson 3 - Decision Making

Theme 2: Lesson 4 - Looking for a Job

Theme 2: Lesson 5 - Making Your Own Job

Theme 2: Lesson 6 - Why Some Jobs Pay More than Others

Theme 2: Lesson 7 - Uncle Sam Takes a Bite

Theme 3: Lesson 8 - Managing Your Money

Theme 3: Lesson 9 - Banking Basics

Theme 3: Lesson 10 - Managing Risk

Theme 4: Lesson 11 - What Is Credit?

Theme 4: Lesson 12 - Making Credit Choices

Theme 4: Lesson 13 - Applying for Credit

Theme 4: Lesson 14 - All About Interest

Theme 4: Lesson 15 - Shopping for a Credit Card

Theme 4: Lesson 16 - Shopping for a Mortgage

Theme 4: Lesson 17 - Shopping for an Auto Loan

Theme 4: Lesson 18 - Consumer Credit Protection

Theme 4: Lesson 19 - Scams and Schemes

Theme 5: Lesson 20 - What's the Cost of Spending and Saving?

Theme 5: Lesson 21 - There Is No Free Lunch in Investing

Theme 5: Lesson 22 - Internet Tools and Investing

Notes

Financial Fitness for Life: 9-12 - Student Workbook

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Front

Theme 1: Lesson 1 - How to Really Be a Millionaire


Theme 1: Lesson 3 - Decision Making

Theme 2: Lesson 4 - Looking for a Job

Theme 2: Lesson 5 - Making Your Own Job

Theme 2: Lesson 6 - Why Some Jobs Pay More than Others

Theme 2: Lesson 7 - Uncle Sam Takes a Bite





Theme 3: Lesson 8 - Managing Your Money

Theme 3: Lesson 9 - Banking Basics

Theme 3: Lesson 10 - Managing Risk

Theme 4: Lesson 11 - What Is Credit?

Theme 4: Lesson 12 - Making Credit Choices

Theme 4: Lesson 13 - Applying for Credit

Theme 4: Lesson 14 - All About Interest

Theme 4: Lesson 15 - Shopping for a Credit Card

Theme 4: Lesson 16 - Shopping for a Mortgage

Theme 4: Lesson 17 - Shopping for an Auto Loan

Theme 4: Lesson 18 - Consumer Credit Protection

Theme 4: Lesson 19 - Scams and Schemes

Theme 5: Lesson 20 - What's the Cost of Spending and Saving?

Theme 5: Lesson 21 - There Is No Free Lunch in Investing

Theme 5: Lesson 22 - Internet Tools and Investing

Focus: Economics - Grades K-2


Front: Foreword and Correlation of Standards

Lesson 1 - The ABCs of Goods and Services

Lesson 2 - A Mystery Bag of Wants

Lesson 3 - Gifts from Mother Nature

Lesson 4 - We Are Human Resources - We Have Human Capital

Lesson 5 - Running for Capital Goods

Lesson 6 - Should We Produce Bread or Muffins?

Lesson 7 - Let's Make Choices

Lesson 8 - We Specialize - We Are Interdependent

Lesson 9 - Exchanging for Goods and Services

Lesson 10 - Markets Are Everywhere

Glossary

Focus: Economics - Grades 3-5


Front: Foreword, Content Standards, and Correlation with Lessons

Lesson 1 - Rolling for Resources

Lesson 2 - Back-to-School Scarcity

Lesson 3 - We've Got Goods

Lesson 4 - A Taxing Situation

Lesson 5 - Flagging Profits

Lesson 6 - My Problem, My Solution

Lesson 7 - The Shape of Production

Lesson 8 - Competing for Buyers

Lesson 9 - Bulletin-Board Banking

Lesson 10 - What Makes Money Acceptable

Lesson 11 - How Many Snacks Will the Students Buy?

Lesson 12 - Neighborhood Producers and Consumers

Lesson 13 - Moving in Economic Circles

Lesson 14 - Tic-Tac-Toe Trade

Glossary





Focus: Economic Systems


Front Material

Lesson 1: Broad Social Goals of Economic Systems

Lesson 2: Who Decides?

Lesson 3: Property Rights, the Tragedy of the Commons, and the Coase Theorem

Lesson 4: Sparta, Athens, Cuba and the United States: Ancient and Modern Examples of Command and Market Economies

Lesson 5: Anything Planners Do, Markets Do

Lesson 6: What (and How Much) Should Government Do?

Lesson 7: Shady Creatures and the Problem of Special Interest Groups

Lesson 8: Central Banking With or Without Central Planning

Lesson 9: The Mysteries of Unemployment: How Can You Hide Something So Macro?

Lesson 10: Why Are Some Nations Wealthy?

Lesson 11: No Sacrifice Is Too Great for Someone Else to Make

Lesson 12: Income Distribution and Redistribution Policies

Focus: Globalization


Front: Foreword, Acknowledgements and Preface

Introductory Essay

Appendix A: Critics of Globalization and the International Monetary Fund

Appendix B: What Is a Trade Deficit?

Lesson 1 - Why Is Globalization So Controversial?

Lesson 2 - Why People Trade, Domestically and Internationally

Lesson 3 - Finding a Comparative Advantage, Including Your Own

Lesson 4 - Globalization and the U.S. Economy

Lesson 5 - U.S. and World Trade: Past and Present

Lesson 6 - The Impact of Globalization on Tradition and Culture

Lesson 7 - Globalization and the Environment

Lesson 8 - Migration

Lesson 9 - Globalization and Standards of Living: Prediction and Measurement

Lesson 10 - Protecting the U.S. Sugar Industry from Foreign Outsourcing: A Bittersweet Idea

Lesson 11 - Limiting Trade - Who Gains, Who Loses?

Lesson 12 - Trade, Investment, and the Balance of Payments

Focus: High School Economics

Front Material

Lesson 1: Choice, Opportunity Costs, and Decisions

Lesson 2: Broad Social Goals of an Economic System

Lesson 3: A Classroom Market for Crude Oil

Lesson 4: The Market Never Stands Still

Lesson 5: Markets Interact

Lesson 6: Price Controls -- Too High or Too Low

Lesson 7: Price Changes Matter

Lesson 8: Getting More or Using Less

Lesson 9: Learn More, Earn More

Lesson 10: Rich Man, Poor Man...






Lesson 11: Public Goods and Services

Lesson 12: Third-Party Costs and Benefits

Lesson 13: Public Choice: Economics Goes to Washington and into the Voting Booth

Lesson 14: When There Isn't Pure Competition

Lesson 15: Until the Last Unit Equals

Lesson 16: The Circular Flow(s)

Lesson 17: Saving, Investing, and the Invisible Hand

Lesson 18: Economic Ups and Downs

Lesson 19: Money, Interest, and Monetary Policy

Lesson 20: Aggregate Supply and Demand: The Sum of Their Parts, and More

Lesson 21: Economic Growth and Development

Focus: Institutions and Markets


Front Material

Lesson 1: Markets and the Market System

Lesson 2: Property Rights and Contracts as Economic Institutions

Lesson 3: Business Organizations

Lesson 4: Financial Systems

Lesson 5: Maintaining Competition

Lesson 6: Too Much Regulation?

Lesson 7: Public Goods and Externalities

Lesson 8: The Scope and Size of Government, and Other Institutions That Affect Economic Freedom

Lesson 9: The Distribution of Income and Investments in Human Capital

Lesson 10: Macroeconomic Stabilization Policies and Institutions

Lesson 11: "Hey, Hey! Ho, Ho! Why Do We Need the WTO?"

Lesson 12: Social Capital: Norms and Networks That Support Markets

Focus: International Economics


Front Material

Lesson 1: Why Do People Trade?

Lesson 2: Why People and Nations Trade

Lesson 3: Trade and Specialization

Lesson 4: Trading Around the World

Lesson 5: Interpreting Trade Data: Graphs and Charts

Lesson 6: The United States and World Trade

Lesson 7: World Trade

Lesson 8: Trade Barriers

Lesson 9: Ripples: Trade Barriers and Unintended Consequences

Lesson 10: What Happens Here When Imports Are Banned?

Lesson 11: Balance of Payments

Lesson 12: Factors Influencing Balance of Payments

Lesson 13: Where to Build a Factory

Lesson 14: Foreign Exchange Rates

Lesson 15: Foreign Currency and Foreign Exchange

Lesson 16: Trade with Japan: How Fair Is It?

Lesson 17: Should a Developing Country Have Free Trade?

Lesson 18: The NAFTA Debate

Lesson 19: Privatization Around the World





Lesson 20: Catching Up or Falling Behind? International Comparisons of National Income and Economic Growth

Focus: Middle School Economics

Front Material

Lesson 1 - The Path Not Taken

Lesson 2 - Give and Take

Lesson 3 - To Market, Which Market?

Lesson 4 - How Many Will You Buy?

Lesson 5 - Demand Shifters

Lesson 6 - Inflation

Lesson 7 - The T-riffic T's Company: Production Decisions

Lesson 8 - How Many Should We Sell?

Lesson 9 - The Profit Puzzle

Lesson 10 - Where Does the Money Go?

Lesson 11 - Where Does the Money Come From?

Lesson 12 - What Does the Nation Consume?

Lesson 13 - An Island Economy

Lesson 14 - No Free Lunch

Lesson 15 - Savers And Borrowers

Lesson 16 - Frontier Specialists

Lesson 17 - Don't Fence Me Out! (Barriers To Trade)

Concluding Lesson & Glossary

Focus: Understanding Economics in U.S. History


Front: History Matters Essay and Introduction

Lesson 1: The New World Was an Old World

Lesson 2: Property Rights Among North American Indians

Lesson 3: Why Do Economies Grow?

Lesson 4: Understanding the Colonial Economy in a Global Context

Lesson 5: Indentured Servitude: Why Sell Yourself into Bondage?

Lesson 6: Specialization and Trade in the Thirteen Colonies

Lesson 7: The Costs and Benefits of American Independence

Lesson 8: Problems Under the Articles of Confederation

Lesson 9: The US Constitution: Rules of the Game

Lesson 10: Rising Living Standards in the New Nation

Lesson 11: How Did Cotton Become King? The Economics of Cotton and Everything Else.

Lesson 12: Francis Cabot Lowell and the New England Textile Industry

Lesson 13: Improving Transportation

Lesson 14: Investing In American Growth

Lesson 15:Why did the Indians of the Great Plains Invite White Americans Into Their Land?

Lesson 16: Andrew Jackson and the Second Bank of the United States

Lesson 17: Free the Enslaved and Avoid the War

Lesson 18: Why Did the South Secede?

Lesson 19:Economic Analysis of the Civil War

Lesson 20:Was Free Land a Good Deal?

Lesson 21:Growth of the U.S. Economy After the Civil War

Lesson 22: The Demand for Immigrants




Lesson 23: Bigger is Better: The Economics of Mass Production

Lesson 24: Industrial Entrepreneurs or Robber Barons?

Lesson 25: The Economic Effects of the Nineteenth-Century Monopoly

Lesson 26: Could the U.S. Economy Have Grown Without the Railroads?

Lesson 27: Free Silver or a Cross of Gold?

Lesson 28: Money Panics and the Establishment of the Federal Reserve System

Lesson 29: Who Should Make the Food Safe?

Lesson 30: Whatdunnit? The Great Depression Mystery

Lesson 31: Did the New Deal Help or Harm the Recovery?

Lesson 32: We Shall Not Be Moved

Lesson 33: When the Boys Came Marching Home

Lesson 34: Women in the U.S. Workforce

Lesson 35: The Economics of Racial Discrimination

Lesson 36: The No-Good Seventies

Lesson 37: The Hispanic Americans

Lesson 38: The Knowledge and Technology-Based Economy of Today

Lesson 39: The World Trade After WWII: The EU, NAFTA, and the WTO

A Framework for Teaching Basic Economic Concepts: With Scope and Sequence Guidelines, K-12

Front Material

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - Basic Concepts

Chapter 3 - Applying Economic Understanding to Specific Issues

Chapter 4 - Overview: Scope and Sequence Guidelines

Chapter 5 - Guidelines, K-4

Chapter 6 - Guidelines, 5-8

Chapter 7 - Guidelines, 9-12

Index of Terms

From Plan to Market: Teaching Ideas for Social Studies, Economics, and Business Classes

Front Material

Lesson 1: The Legacy of Soviet Communism

Lesson 2: Different Paths to Reform: Case Studies of Poland, China, and Russia

Lesson 3: Political and Economic Freedoms

Lesson 4: How to Privatize?

Lesson 5: Monopoly Is Not Just a Game

Lesson 6: Why Trade?

Lesson 7: Why Middlemen Matter: The Role of Financial Institutions in a Market Economy

Lesson 8: Resisting the Siren Song of Inflation

Lesson 9: Brother, Can You Spare a Ruble?

Lesson 10: Distribution of Income: Different Ways to Slice the Pie

Introduction to Selected World Development Indicators



Geography: Focus on Economics

Front Material

Lesson 1: Where in the World?

Lesson 2: Where Do You Shop?

Lesson 3: Why Nations Trade

Lesson 4: International Interdependence

Lesson 5: Money Around the World

Lesson 6: Limiting Trade

Lesson 7: Places and Production

Lesson 8: GDP and Life Expectancy

Lesson 9: Population Pyramids

Lesson 10: Which State is the Largest?

Lesson 11: The Lancaster Landfill

Lesson 12: Geo-Poems and Eco-Poems

Glossary

The Great Economic Mysteries Book: A Guide to Teaching Economic Reasoning, Grades 4-8


Front Material

Chapter 1: Economic Reasoning for Kids: An Overview

Chapter 2: Using the Mysteries: A Teacher's Guide

Chapter 3: Lesson 1 - The Eye Glasses Mystery

Chapter 3: Lesson 2 - Why Stay Up Late When It Wipes You Out the Next Day?

Chapter 3: Lesson 3 - The Mystery of the Lost and Found That's Always Stocked

Chapter 3: Lesson 4 - The Homework Mystery

Chapter 3: Lesson 5 - Could Buying Trees at Christmas Be Forest-Friendly?

Chapter 3: Lesson 6 - What Genius Figured Out How to Get Food from the Farms to The Market?

Chapter 3: Lesson 7 - The Mystery of the Alien Bananas

Chapter 3: Lesson 8 - The Mystery of the Wasted Food

Chapter 3: Lesson 9 - Why Do the Cups Disappear from Room 103?

Chapter 3: Lesson 10 - Sherri Rejects a Sure Thing

Chapter 3: Lesson 11 - How Can You Have Sea Shells When You Don't Live by the Sea?

Chapter 3: Lesson 12 - Why Is the School Lunchroom Always Dirty?

Chapter 3: Lesson 13 - Why Throw Away the Lunch Your Mom Made?

Chapter 3: Lesson 14 - Why Did the English Colonies Prosper?

Chapter 3: Lesson 15 - Mariah Visits a Petting Zoo

Chapter 3: Lesson 16 - The Big Piggy Bank Mystery

Chapter 3: Lesson 17 - How the People of Churchill Came to Be Fond of Polar Bears

Chapter 4: Writing Your Own Mysteries




The Great Economic Mysteries Book: A Guide to Teaching Economic Reasoning, Grades 9-12


Front Material

Chapter 1: Economic Reasoning for Kids: An Overview

Chapter 2: Using the Mysteries: A Teacher's Guide

Chapter 3: Lesson 1 - The Case of the Pampered Chickens

Chapter 3: Lesson 2 - The Credit Card Mystery

Chapter 3: Lesson 3 - Unsafe at Any Level of Protection

Chapter 3: Lesson 4 - Why Airborne Infants Aren't Required to Buckle Up

Chapter 3: Lesson 5 - Having Many Children or Few

Chapter 3: Lesson 6 - Scarce Health Care in the Inner Cities

Chapter 3: Lesson 7 - Why Boris Couldn't Buy Much with His Rubles

Chapter 3: Lesson 8 - Why Would Mexico Want to Trade with the United States and Canada?

Chapter 3: Lesson 9 - The Heart Throb Mystery

Chapter 3: Lesson 10 - The Gift-Giving Mystery: Why Not Just Send Money?

Chapter 3: Lesson 11 - The Mystery of the Crazy Quilt Air Fares

Chapter 3: Lesson 12 - Why the Kid Who Skipped College Earns Big Bucks Playing Games

Chapter 3: Lesson 13 - What's in a Name?

Chapter 3: Lesson 14 - Why Don't All Students Study Hard at School?

Chapter 3: Lesson 15 - Why Are ATMs Everywhere?

Chapter 3: Lesson 16 - Why Everything but the Kitchen Gets Stashed in the Overhead Luggage Bins on Airplanes

Chapter 4: Lesson 1 - The Electoral College Mystery

Chapter 4: Lesson 2 - Where Did the Mortgages Go?

Chapter 4: Lesson 3 - The Mystery of the Politicians Who Can't Say No

Chapter 4: Lesson 4 - Is Parking Really Free in Fargo?

Chapter 4: Lesson 5 - The Mystery of the Missing Pubs

Chapter 4: Lesson 6 - How We Almost Got a Sixth Great Lake

Chapter 4: Lesson 7 - The Mystery of the Voters Who Don't Vote

Chapter 4: Lesson 8 - The Corny Fuel Mystery

Chapter 4: Lesson 9 - The Urban Housing Mystery

Chapter 4: Lesson 10 - The Mystery of the Unwanted Melons

Chapter 4: Lesson 11 - Why Can't You Buy A Car on Sunday?

Chapter 5: Lesson 1 - Why Haven't We Run Out of Natural Resources?

Chapter 5: Lesson 2 - Why Air Condition the Air in the Desert?

Chapter 5: Lesson 3 - Why Grow Rice in the Desert?

Chapter 5: Lesson 4 - The Tragedy of the Commons

Chapter 5: Lesson 5 - The Dark Side of Curbside Recycling

Chapter 5: Lesson 6 - The Bright Side of Urban Sprawl

Chapter 5: Lesson 7 - How Can Trading Emissions Rights Reduce Pollution?

Chapter 5: Lesson 8 - Why Are Our National Parks Crumbling?

Chapter 6: Writing Your Own Mysteries



Learning, Earning and Investing: Grades 4-5 Lessons

Lesson 1: Stock Prices

Lesson 2: Savings Accounts and U.S. Savings Bonds

Lesson 3: What Happens When a Bank Makes a Loan?

Lesson 4: Why Do People Go to School?

Learning, Earning and Investing: Middle School

Front Material

Lesson 1 - Why Save?

Lesson 2 - Investors and Investments

Lesson 3 - Invest in Yourself

Lesson 4 - What Is a Stock?

Lesson 5 - Reading the Financial Pages: In Print and Online

Lesson 6 - What Is a Bond?

Lesson 7 - What Are Mutual Funds?

Lesson 8 - How to Buy and Sell Stocks and Bonds

Lesson 9 - What Is a Stock Market?

Lesson 10 - The Language of Financial Markets

Lesson 11 - Financial Institutions in the U.S. Economy

Lesson 12 - Building Wealth over the Long Term

Lesson 13 - Researching Companies

Lesson 14 - Credit: Your Best Friend or Your Worst Enemy?

Lesson 15 - Why Don't People Save?

Lesson 16 - What We've Learned

Glossary

Learning, Earning and Investing: High School

Front Material

Lesson 1 - Why Save?

Lesson 2 - Investors and Investments

Lesson 3 - Invest in Yourself

Lesson 4 - What Is a Stock?

Lesson 5 - Reading the Financial Pages: In Print and Online

Lesson 6 - What Is a Bond?

Lesson 7 - What Are Mutual Funds?

Lesson 8 - How to Buy and Sell Stocks and Bonds

Lesson 9 - What Is a Stock Market?

Lesson 10 - The Language of Financial Markets

Lesson 11 - Financial Institutions in the U.S. Economy

Lesson 12 - Building Wealth over the Long Term

Lesson 13 - Researching Companies

Lesson 14 - Credit: Your Best Friend or Your Worst Enemy?

Lesson 15 - Why Don't People Save?

Lesson 16 - What We've Learned

Lesson 17 - How Financial Institutions Help Businesses Grow

Lesson 18 - How Are Stock Prices Determined?

Lesson 19 - The Role of Government in Financial Markets

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Lesson 20 - The Stock Market and the Economy: Can You Forecast the Future?

Lesson 21 - Lessons from History: Stock Market Crashes

Lesson 22 - Investing Internationally: Currency Value Changes

Lesson 23 - Investing Involves Decision Making

Glossary

Master Curriculum Guide: Economics and Entrepreneurship

Front Material

Lesson 1: Entrepreneurs - then and now

Lesson 2: Can I be an entrepreneur?

Lesson 3: What does the entrepreneur need to know?

Lesson 4: Have you ever had to make up your mind? (scarcity)

Lesson 5: The role of entrepreneurs in our economy

Lesson 6: Markets in the circular flow of the economy

Lesson 7: What is an entrepreneurial innovation?

Lesson 8: The effects of entrepreneurial innovation on the economy

Lesson 9: How much are consumers willing to pay? (demand)

Lesson 10: How much should I produce? (supply)

Lesson 11: What's the right price? (market equilibrium)

Lesson 12: Profits and entrepreneurship

Lesson 13: What type off business should I start?

Lesson 14: Borrowing decisions and expected returns

Lesson 15: Competitive markets

Lesson 16: The demand for labor

Lesson 17: Entrepreneurs and government intervention

Master Curriculum Guides in Economics: Teaching Strategies - K-2

Front Material

Unit 1: Lesson 1 - Wants from A to Z!

Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Consumer Reflections

Unit 1: Lesson 3 - Foods Around the World

Unit 1: Lesson 4 - Learning Center: Winning Wants

Unit 1: Lesson 5 - People Movers Bulletin Board

Unit 2: Lesson 6 - Mystery Workers

Unit 2: Lesson 7 - Gifts from Nature

Unit 2: Lesson 8 - Producer Charades

Unit 2: Lesson 9 - Learning Center: Producer Pigs

Unit 2: Lesson 10 - Bulletin Board: Art Gallery

Unit 3: Lesson 11 - Alligator Annie and the Scarcity Adventure

Unit 3: Lesson 12 - Opportunities for Appreciation

Unit 3: Lesson 13 - We Decide...

Unit 3: Lesson 14 - Learning Center: Choice Train

Unit 3: Lesson 15 - Scarcity Bulletin Board: Balloon Trip

Unit 4: Lesson 16 - An Interdependent Bunch

Unit 4: Lesson 17 - Spotlight on Specialists

Unit 4: Lesson 18 - The Baker Wants a Pair of Shoes

Unit 4: Lesson 19 - Learning Center: School Connections

Unit 4: Lesson 20 - Bulletin Board: Showcasing Specialists

Unit 5: Lesson 21 - His Barter is Worse Than His Bite!

Unit 5: Lesson 22 - Birthday Barter

Unit 5: Lesson 23 - To Market, To Market



Unit 5: Lesson 24 - Puppet Show: Pinky's New Bow Tie

Unit 5: Lesson 25 - Bulletin Board: Teddy Bear Picnic

Master Curriculum Guides in Economics: Teaching Strategies - 3-4

Front Material

Lesson 1: Everybody Wants Everything

Lesson 2: Service with a Smile

Lesson 3: Wooden Opportunities

Lesson 4: Olympic-Minded Decisions

Lesson 5: Getting More Out of Less

Lesson 6: Circles within Circles

Lesson 7: Let's Trade

Lesson 8: Money Is What Money Does

Lesson 9: A Cracker Jack Lesson

Lesson 10: A Taxing Situation

Lesson 11: Those Golden Jeans

Lesson 12: A Classy Competition

Lesson 13: The Working World

Lesson 14: Orange Juice Jubilee

Lesson 15: An Entrepreneurial Experience Extraordinaire

Master Curriculum Guides in Economics: Teaching Strategies - 5-6

Front Material

Lesson 1: Choosing a House

Lesson 2: What? How? For Whom?

Lesson 3: Dandy Dollars Takes a Trip

Lesson 4: A Profusion of Confusion

Lesson 5: Graphing Demand

Lesson 6: Demand Changes

Lesson 7: Widget Production

Lesson 8: Creative Toy Production

Lesson 9: Producers and Supply

Lesson 10: Supply Changes

Lesson 11: Market Balance

Lesson 12: Market Madness

Lesson 13: Mind Your P's and Q's

Lesson 14: If This, Then That

Lesson 15: Regulation Rigmarole

Mathematics & Economics: Connections for Life - 3-5


Front Material

Lesson 1: A Season of Goods

Lesson 2: Choices, Choices

Lesson 3: What's Hot! What's Not!

Lesson 4: Pizza on a Budget

Lesson 5: The Math Factory

Lesson 6: Bookmark Profit





Lesson 7: Go Fly a Kite

Lesson 8: Doughnut Dreaming

Lesson 9: How Much Time?

Lesson 10: Bunches of Brownies

Lesson 11: Plenty of Pennies

Lesson 12: Birdly Exchange

Glossary of Terms



Front Material

Lesson 1 - Happy Deal?

Lesson 2 - Vacation Vexation

Lesson 3 - Baby-sitting Wages and Movie Prices

Lesson 4 - Constructing and Using a Consumer Price Index

Lesson 5 - Why Is Everyone so Crazy About Cell Phones?

Lesson 6 - How Much is That Bike?

Lesson 7 - Which Pet is Right for You?

Lesson 8 - Could You Earn a Million Dollars?

Lesson 9 - Deserted Island

Lesson 10 - Where Does the Price of Pizza Come From? Part 1

Lesson 11 - Where Does the Price of Pizza Come From? Part 2

Lesson 12 - Charting a Budget



Front Material

Lesson 1: The Nature of Demand

Lesson 2: The Nature of Supply

Lesson 3: Equilibrium: Determining Prices and Quantities

Lesson 4: Understanding the Mathematics of Changes in Supply and Demand

Lesson 5: The Gains From Trade

Lesson 6: The Mathematics of Linear Economic Shapes: Slopes and Elasticities

Lesson 7: The Mathematics of Nonlinear Economic Shapes: The Production Possibilities Curve

Lesson 8: The Mathematics of Nonlinear Economic Shapes: The Cubic Cost Function

Lesson 9: Profit Mathematics

Lesson 10: Powerball Economics

Lesson 11: Cash or Annuity?

Lesson 12: Autonomics

Lesson 13: Tax Math

Lesson 14: The Mathematics of Savings

Lesson 15: The Mathematics of Credit Card Interest and Fixed Payments





Middle School World Geography: Focus on Economics


Front Material

Lesson 1 - What Are Productive Resources?

Lesson 2 - How Much Depends on Where

Lesson 3 - Economics and Population Demographics

Lesson 4 - Why Do People Move?

Lesson 5 - Economic Freedom: How Important Is It?

Lesson 6 - Joining Together That Which Has Drifted Apart

Lesson 7 - What a Difference a Tool Makes!

Lesson 8 - Ideas That Changed the World

Lesson 9 - The Cost of Ignoring Economics and Geography

Glossary of Terms

Nexus: Connections Between Economics and Civics

Front

Rights

Institutions

Efficiency

Decision Making

Stability

Market and Government Failure

Regulation

Globalization

Back

Old MacDonald to Uncle Sam: Lesson Plans from Writers around the World

Front Material

Lesson 1 - Old MacDonald Went to Trade

Lesson 2 - Goods and Services: Some Are Private, Some Are Not

Lesson 3 - Productivity in the Fertile Crescent

Lesson 4 - Uncle Sam's Checkbook

Lesson 5 - Scarcity and Choice

Lesson 6 - Public Goods and Services

Personal Decision Making: Focus on Economics

Front Material

Lesson 1 - Decision Making: Scarcity, Opportunity Cost, and You

Lesson 2 - Applying a Decision-Making Model: You and Your Future

Lesson 3 - Planning and Goal Setting: Can You Get There From Here?

Lesson 4 - A Student's Potential in the Labor Market: It's a Matter of Supply and Demand

Lesson 5 - Price As A Rationing Method: How Does A Market Work?

Lesson 6 - Financial Planning: Budgeting Your Financial Resources



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Lesson 7 - Business Decision Making: Are They Out to Get You?

Lesson 8 - The Role of Government: Who Needs It?

Lesson 9 - Collective Bargaining: A Negotiation Simulation

Lesson 10 - Consumer Credit: Buy Now, Pay Later, and More

Lesson 11 - Housing: Deciding to Rent or Buy

Lesson 12 - Advertising: Is Consumer Sovereignty Dead?

Lesson 13 - The Basic Questions of Health Care: What? Why? How?

Lesson 14 - Savings and Personal Investments: If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?

Lesson 15 - International Economics: Why Should You Care?

Playful Economics

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Front Material

Lesson 1 - Goods and Services - The Things We Want

Lesson 2 - Production - How We Get the Goods and Services We Want

Lesson 3 - Scarcity - We Can't Have Everything We Want

Lesson 4 - Opportunity Cost (Consumers) - The Best Alternative Not Chosen

Lesson 5 - Opportunity Cost (Producers) - Producers Also Have To Choose

Lesson 6 - Trade - Getting the Things We Want

Lesson 7 - Money - Making Trade Easier

Lesson 8 - Specialization and Division of Labor - Making Production More Efficient

Lesson 9 - Capital - Making Work More Productive

Lesson 10 - Saving and Investing - Planning for the Future

Lesson 11 - Market Price I - Changes in Supply

Lesson 12 - Market Price II - Changes in Supply and Demand

Lesson 13 - Costs and Profits - How Much Did We Really Make?

Lesson 14 - Inflation - When All Prices Rise

Lesson 15 - GDP - Measuring What We Produce

Back

Resources A to Z

Front Material

Lesson 1: From Boxes to Sheep

Lesson 2: Pyramids in Production

Lesson 3: Porridge from an Ax

Lesson 4: Entrepreneurs Exist Everywhere

Lesson 5: Dacian Masks

Lesson 6: Work Pays

Roosters to Robots: Lesson Plans from Writers around the World

Front Material

Lesson 1 - A Rooster and a Bean Seed

Lesson 2 - Folding Our Way to Productivity

Lesson 3 - Gross Domestic Pizza

Lesson 4 - What, How and For Whom to Produce?

Lesson 5 - Clothes from Grain: A Miracle or a Problem?

Lesson 6 - Centuries of Economic Growth: From Feathers to Robotics





Teaching Economics Using Children's Literature


Front: Acknowledgements

Correlation With National Standards for Economics

Introduction

Part 1: Economic Concepts

Lesson 1: Charlie Needs a Cloak

Lesson 2: The Giving Tree

Lesson 3: The Doorbell Rang

Lesson 4: Arthur's Pet Business

Lesson 5: Pancakes, Pancakes!

Lesson 6: The Goat in the Rug

Lesson 7: Mitchell Is Moving

Lesson 8: Uncle Jed's Barbershop

Lesson 9: Ant Cities

Lesson 10: Follow an Ice-Cream Cone Around the World

Lesson 11: My Rows and Piles of Coins

Lesson 12: To Market, To Market

Lesson 13: The Tortilla Factory

Lesson 14: A Chair for My Mother

Lesson 15: The Babe and I

Lesson 16: The Three Little Pigs

Lesson 17: From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil Frankweiler

Lesson 18: The Sign of the Beaver

Lesson 19: Stone Fox

Lesson 20: Holes

Lesson 21: Lunch Money

Lesson 22: Island of the Blue Dolphin

Lesson 23: Beetles Lightly Toasted

Lesson 24: Night of the Twister

Handouts, Book Report and Literature Connection

Teaching Financial Crises

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Front Material

Lesson 1 - A Comparison of the Panic of 1907 to the Crisis That Began in 2007

Lesson 2 - How Economic Performance From 2007-2009 Compares to Other Periods in U.S. History

Lesson 3 - Manias, Bubbles, and Panics in World History

Lesson 4 - The Japan Comparison

Lesson 5 - Monetary Policy in the Recent Financial Crisis

Lesson 6 - The Role of Housing in the Financial Crisis of 2007-2009

Lesson 7 - The Instruments and Institutions of Modern Financial Markets

Lesson 8 - Understanding Financial Markets, 2007-2009





Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics


Front: Foreword and Introductions

Lesson 1 - Does Science Need Ethics?

Lesson 2 - What Is the Difference Between Self-Interest and Greed?

Lesson 3 - Do Markets Need Ethical Standards?

Lesson 4 - Do Markets Make Us More Moral?

Lesson 5 - What Are the Moral Limits of Markets?

Lesson 6 - What Should We Do About Sweatshops?

Lesson 7 - Should We Allow a Market For Transplant Organs?

Lesson 8 - Is Efficiency an Ethical Concept?

Lesson 9 - Do Businesses Have A Social Responsibility?

Lesson 10 - What Is Economic Justice?

Test Bank and Glossary

Trading Around the World


Front Material

Unit 1 - Economic Survival: Resources, Production, and Scarcity

Unit 2 - Working and Living Together: The Importance of Trade

Unit 3 - Gross Domestic Product: Measuring a Country's Income

Unit 4 - Productivity: The Key to Increasing a Country's Income

Unit 5 - Economic Systems: How A Country Organizes Its Economy

Appendix A

Virtual Economics: Insurance Lessons

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Lesson 1 - Why Insurance and How Does It Work?

Lesson 2 - The Basics of Life Insurance

Lesson 3 - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Automobile Insurance

Lesson 4 - Why Renter's Insurance?

Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics

Front Material

Standard 1 - Scarcity

Standard 2 - Decision Making

Standard 3 - Allocation

Standard 4 - Incentives

Standard 5 - Trade

Standard 6 - Specialization

Standard 7 - Markets and Prices

Standard 8 - Role of Prices

Standard 9 - Competition and Market Structure

Standard 10 - Institutions

Standard 11 - Money and Inflation



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Standard 12 - Interest Rates

Standard 13 - Income

Standard 14 - Entrepreneurship

Standard 15 - Economic Growth

Standard 16 - Role of Government and Market Failure

Standard 17 - Government Failure

Standard 18 - Economic Fluctuations

Standard 19 - Unemployment and Inflation

Standard 20 - Fiscal and Monetary Policy

What Personal Finance Is About: The Economics of Financial Decision Making

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Front Material

Publication Content

What Economics Is About: Understanding the Basics of Our Economic System


Front: Acknowledgements and Rationale

Scarcity

Basic Economic Problem

Economic Systems

Opportunity Cost: There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch!

Productivity

Interdependence: The Result of Specialization

Money: Reducing the Costs of Trade

The Price System: How the Market Directs Economic Activity

The Circular Flow Model of a Market Economy

The Role of Government

Making the Market Economy Work: Business and the Entrepreneur

Additional Resources and Economic Principles

The Wide World of Trade


Front Material

Lesson 1: There's Never Enough

Lesson 2: Special Friends

Lesson 3: Everyone Is Interdependent

Lesson 4: Resources and Trade

Lesson 5: Mystery Almanac

Lesson 6: Trading Connections

Lesson 7: Mutual (and Comparative) Advantages

Lesson 8: Something's in the Way

Lesson 9: Why Restrict Trade?

Lesson 10: Why Trade Money?

Lesson 11: Why Are There Foreign Currency Markets?







World History: Focus on Economics


Front Material

Lesson 1- The First Economic Revolution

Lesson 2- Making Clothes And Houses Out Of Wheat

Lesson 3- Trade In Africa: 9th to 12th Centuries A.D.

Lesson 4- How Did The Black Death Raise Living Standards In Europe?

Lesson 5- Why Didn't China Discover The New World?

Lesson 6- The Decline of Spain

Lesson 7- The Great Tulip Boom

Lesson 8- Adam Smith And The Market Economy

Lesson 9- The Industrial Revolution

Lesson 10- How The Industrial Revolution Raised Living Standards

Lesson 11- Japan's Economic Miracle

Lesson 12- The Fall Of Communism

Sample Test Questions

Your Credit Counts Challenge: Trainer's Guide

Front Material

Section 1: Income and Choices

Section 2: Financial Institutions

Section 3: Managing Credit

Section 4: A Roof Over Your Head

Section 5: Strategies for Wealth Building

Section 6: The Basics of a Market Economy

Your Credit Counts Challenge: Participant's Guide

Front Material

Section 1: Income and Choices

Section 2: Financial Institutions

Section 3: Managing Credit

Section 4: A Roof Over Your Head

Section 5: Strategies for Wealth Building

Section 6: The Basics of a Market Economy

Your Credit Counts Challenge: Participant's Guide (Spanish)

Front Material

Sección 1: Ingresos y elecciones

Sección 2: Instituciones financieras

Sección 3: Gestión del crédito

Sección 4: Hogar, dulce hogar

Sección 5: Estrategias para la creación de riqueza

Sección 6: Los fundamentos de la economía de mercado






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