Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Incentives Video and Quiz
Economics website with video [1:35] and interactive quiz teaches about costs, benefits, and incentives.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: You Decide!
Think about a difficult decision you have had to make. After you decided did it work out? Why or why not? Why do you think decisions and choices are hard to make? We make personal decisions and we make decisions as groups. There is a...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Country Mouse Makes a Decision! (Student Version)
Use this site to teach your primary students how to identify the costs and benefits of making a decision. Animated link to the story, Country Mouse Makes a Decision, makes this an entertaining and educational economics lesson.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Off to Interactive Island
This activity provides a fun way to explore concept of economic decision making. In the lesson plan, young scholars are given a limited number of "tokens" and asked to exchange those tokens for goods in preparation for pioneering in a...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Off to Interactive Island
This site is a lesson that teaches learners about scarcity and choice. Students participate in a simulation where they are asked to make choices about what they want to take with them in order to survive.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Dynamic Decision Making
Students will be introduced to the PACED Model and learn to use the parts of the model-- Problem, Alternatives, Criteria, and Evaluation- in solving problems and making decisions. They will practice using the model in decisions about...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Costs and Benefits of Buying a T Shirt
Video and related resources examines the costs and benefits of buying a new T-shirt.