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A Moo-ving Experience
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Students gain an understanding about non-profit organizations and the role they play in our economy. Students then learn about a relatively new type of fundraising effort, known as CowParade©, for non- profit organizations that has been successful in a number of cities around the world. Students adapt CowParade for their own community.

Subject:
Business, Finance and Information Technology Education
Career Technical Education
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Council for Economic Education
Author:
Cheryl McGaughey
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Not Your Grandma's Lemonade
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Students will apply their understanding of economic concepts by playing an online computer game, Lemonade Stand. This game has the students competing against themselves and others to earn the biggest profit in 25 days’ time. "Daily" economic advice helps students find out where they fail in understanding the demand and supply sides of economics. Fun!

Subject:
Business, Finance and Information Technology Education
Career Technical Education
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Council for Economic Education
Author:
Mickey Ebert
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Old Business, New Business
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In this lesson, Activities 1 & 2, students are introduced to several businesses from the past. They see that, while the names for these businesses are different many of the elements of that job are seen in occupations today. The web site "Business Cards..." explains that many of our family names may have come the occupations of preceding generations.

Subject:
Business, Finance and Information Technology Education
Career Technical Education
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Council for Economic Education
Author:
Judy Shull-Hiebenthal
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Pop Goes the Housing Bubble
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In this lesson, students will learn about a speculative bubble within the context of the U.S. real estate market. This lesson includes book excerpts,role-playing activites, exercises, and assessments.

Subject:
Civics and Economics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Presentation
Primary Source
Provider:
Council for Economic Education
Author:
EconEdLink
Date Added:
02/26/2019
The Power of Youth: Movements Past & Present
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Young people often feel disengaged from the political process and powerless to bring about change. However, history shows us that successful movements have often had youth at the forefront, leading the charge for social justice. In this lesson, students will examine historical and current examples of various movements and protests driven by youth, in the hope that young people will begin to develop political identities themselves.

Subject:
Civics and Economics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Council for Economic Education
Author:
Center for Civic Education
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Should LeBron James Mow His Own Lawn?
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This lesson will discuss absolute advantage, comparative advantage, specialization and trade with an example using professional basketball player LeBron James.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Council for Economic Education
Author:
Council for Economic Education
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Stock Market Price History
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Each of us seek to make wise investment decisions that will make our money grow. Unfortunately, we cannot predict the future, but the past can give us a window to understanding the risks and rewards of investing in the stock market. This lesson will track the history of a Dow Jones 30 stock and enable to student to calculate the return on his investment. Students will track the price history of selected stocks on the Dow Jones 30. Students will describe how inflation, transaction costs, and taxes impact returns.

Subject:
Business, Finance and Information Technology Education
Career Technical Education
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Council for Economic Education
Author:
Steve McManigal
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Supply and Demand, Lessons From Toy Fads
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The concepts of supply and demand and related terms are taught through stories about the toy fads of Hula Hoops and Silly Bandz. In 1958, Wham-O, Inc. began marketing the Hula Hoop in the United States and sales of the Hula Hoops sky-rocketed as over 25 million were sold in the first few months, within the year over 100 million. Similarly today, Silly Bandz has taken off in sales since the summer of 2008.

Subject:
Civics and Economics
English Language Arts
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Council for Economic Education
Author:
Chad Mares
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Traditional Economies and the Inuit
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The Inuit people of northern Canada provide an example of a traditional economy. For thousands of years, Inuit parents have taught their children the survival skills needed to survive in the Arctic Circle's severe climate. Students will research the Inuit economy and compare and contrast it with the United States' market economy.

Subject:
Business, Finance and Information Technology Education
Career Technical Education
Civics and Economics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Council for Economic Education
Author:
Andrew Pass
Date Added:
02/26/2019
What Do People Want To Wear?
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Role playing as fashion merchants or purchasing agents, students will analyze market scenarios to determine their effect on the demand and price for the identified product. Students will determine the relationship beween a change in demand and a change in price.

Subject:
Business, Finance and Information Technology Education
Career Technical Education
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Council for Economic Education
Author:
Mike Duckworth
Date Added:
02/26/2019
What Makes an Entrepreneur
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Students will list characteristics associated with an entrepreneur, which will be used to create a definition of an entrepreneur. Using their definition students should be able to identify an entrepreneur and explain why the entrepreneur is an entrepreneur and explain the difference between an entrepreneur and an intrapreneur.

Subject:
Business, Finance and Information Technology Education
Career Technical Education
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Council for Economic Education
Author:
Council for Economic Education Technology Staff
Date Added:
02/26/2019
What is Competition
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Students will understand what businesses are, that a marketplace exists whenever buyers and sellers exchange goods and services, and that there is competition in the market place if you have more than one seller of the same item or similar items.

Subject:
Business, Finance and Information Technology Education
Career Technical Education
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Council for Economic Education
Author:
Cross-Curricular Connections
Date Added:
02/26/2019