Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Information
The Federal Trade Commission has developed helpful investment articles and videos to assist consumers in making educated decisions about how they spend, manage and invest their money.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: What Does the Nation Consume?
This activity will focus on what the nation consumes and how that is measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In the United States, the goods and services produced for household consumption account for about two-thirds of total output.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Consumer and Producer Surplus and Allocative Efficiency
Practice what you've learned about consumer and producer surplus in this four-question exercise.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Consumer Price Index
Extensive information about the Consumer Price Index. Constantly updated.
US Food and Drug Administration
Fda: Us Food and Drug Administration: Proposed Cigarette Product Warning Label
Graphic labels and warnings are due to be on tobacco products to warn consumers of the consequences of smoking. January 2011
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas
Seco: Environmental Pollutants From Electricity Production [Pdf]
Facts about some major environmental pollutants produced by power plants, and what consumers can do to lower the carbon footprint from their energy use.
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Information: Health and Fitness
Learn how to decode ads for products that promise to cure everything from baldness and cancer to diabetes and dementia, and for services that say they will shape you up, restore your youthful glow, and turn those abs into a well-defined...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Dividing to Find the Unit Working Product
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students solve word problems where they must find the unit working product, which is the whole product divided by an amount used or...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Overview: Consumer and Producer Surplus
This lesson introduced the basics of a branch of economics known as welfare economics, which is interested in how the allocation of resources affects well-being. The most important concepts used in welfare analysis are total surplus and...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Using "Good Guide" to Create Better Consumers
This learning activity helps educators and students use a valuable web resource that ranks products based on three sustainability criteria: personal health, environmental impact, and social equity.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: A Consumer Economy
The booming economy of the 1920s introduced new products and ways of paying for those products. Read about the increase in the kinds of household appliances, places to buy the appliances, and the financing of all those new consumer goods.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Becoming a Wise Consumer: Comparison Shopping
In this introductory lesson to money management for teens, students will use everyday math skills to comparison shop a variety of products. Students will learn several ways to save money, including using store discounts, coupons, and...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Investigating Investing
Students explore the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's investor.gov website to learn about some common types of financial investment products.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Banking Basics Card Game
Students play a game to learn about common banking products and services and to consider which ones they might use now and in the future.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Advertising and Its Effects on Consumer Decision Making
This lesson will show the student the power of advertising to create demand for a product. After reviewing existing advertisements, the students will create their own campaign for a product. Following a presentation to the class as a...
US Department of Agriculture
Food Safety and Inspection Service: Problems With Food Products
Learn what steps to take when you have a problem with a food product.
Social Science Education Consortium
Performance of National Economy: How Do We Measure the Economy's Health? [Pdf]
This investigation helps students clarify economic performance measures. These include: percentage changes in the Gross Domestic Product or the Consumer Price Index, how the labor force is measured, the meaning of employment and...
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Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
This page from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond provides access to information in the following categories: General Information, Monetary Policy & Business Conditions, Financial Services, Banking, Community Affairs, Consumer...
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
This page from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta provides access to information in the following categories: the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve System, Banking & Finance, Economics, Publications, Search, Site...
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The American Package Museum
Get a glimpse of consumer products and their package designs from the early 20th century. Each image includes a dime so that you get an idea of the size of each package. On some of the products you can get a virtual 3D image.
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Nrdc: 9 Ways to Avoid Hormone Disrupting Chemicals
Endocrine disruptors are in a wide range of consumer products. This article lists tips for how to protect yourself from this health hazard.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Clipping Coupons
Explore this website to find out how and why consumers make choices on what products to buy. Learn how producers entice consumers into buying their products. This is a very informative lesson plan.
Other
Ergonomics4 Schools: The Learning Zone: Product Evaluation
A product is a term for any item that has been manufactured and is useful to you. You are a consumer when you buy it or use it. Evaluation of the product means that its suitability and safety for use by consumers are checked out. All...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Bringing the Market to the Farm
This printable lesson discusses producers and consumers from an agricultural perspective. It focuses on choices that the consumer has with regard to purchasing agricultural goods (e.g. fruits and vegetables). As an example, it uses...
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