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Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Information

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: What Does the Nation Consume?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Consumer and Producer Surplus and Allocative Efficiency

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice what you've learned about consumer and producer surplus in this four-question exercise.
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Consumer Price Index

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive information about the Consumer Price Index. Constantly updated.
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US Food and Drug Administration

Fda: Us Food and Drug Administration: Proposed Cigarette Product Warning Label

For Students 9th - 10th
Graphic labels and warnings are due to be on tobacco products to warn consumers of the consequences of smoking. January 2011
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State Energy Conservation Office-Texas

Seco: Environmental Pollutants From Electricity Production [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
Facts about some major environmental pollutants produced by power plants, and what consumers can do to lower the carbon footprint from their energy use.
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Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Information: Health and Fitness

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Dividing to Find the Unit Working Product

For Students 3rd - 5th
[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...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Overview: Consumer and Producer Surplus

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Using "Good Guide" to Create Better Consumers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: A Consumer Economy

For Students 5th - 8th
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.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Becoming a Wise Consumer: Comparison Shopping

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Investigating Investing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's investor.gov website to learn about some common types of financial investment products.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Banking Basics Card Game

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Advertising and Its Effects on Consumer Decision Making

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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US Department of Agriculture

Food Safety and Inspection Service: Problems With Food Products

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what steps to take when you have a problem with a food product.
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Social Science Education Consortium

Performance of National Economy: How Do We Measure the Economy's Health? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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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Other

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Other

The American Package Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
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

For Students 9th - 10th
Endocrine disruptors are in a wide range of consumer products. This article lists tips for how to protect yourself from this health hazard.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Clipping Coupons

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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.
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Ergonomics4 Schools: The Learning Zone: Product Evaluation

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Bringing the Market to the Farm

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
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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