Michigan Department of Agriculture provides this site that teaches students about the risks and benefits involved with food production. Includes a detailed lesson plan along with a list of terms and definitions. Gives great background...

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.

Find out more about the concept of incentives in our economy through this lesson plan. "You will identify incentives used at home and school."

This website focuses on productive resources which are divided into three categories, natural, human, and capital.

In this lesson, you will learn about substitute goods. You will have choices to make in your role as a shopper. In making these choices, you will decide whether you are willing to accept one good as a substitute for another or not. Are...

Even the savviest consumer has a problem with a good or service on occasion. It is a consumer's right to complain when there is a genuine problem. In some situations, it is also a consumer's responsibility. A problem can't be fixed if no...

This activity will help middle schoolers identify how to make good decisions which will help them financially in the future. Students will identify how to take their own wants and work them into a form of a personal budget. Middle...

A instructional activity exploring whether or not mobile phones matter when it comes to financial management and financial decision-making.

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...

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...

Students examine tradeoffs and profit- maximization decisions in the case study of Kaiser Aluminum, which decided to shut down aluminum production in favor of reselling electricity.

Look up! Can you ever imagine standing on another planet and looking down at earth? We've been to the moon - now lets launch an expedition to Mars. Imagine all the preparation you will have to go through in order to have a safe and...

In this lesson young scholars will make a decision making chart and use it to help them in deciding which flavor of Jelly beans to buy.

Fairy tales have always been used to give lessons about life. The story of Jack and the Bean Stalk is a good lesson about the importance of knowing about money and banks. The story of Jack asks the question, "What is money?"

The lesson will help middle schoolers to discover the importance of the Crusades to the expansion of many European countries. Students will also be introduced to new products and find out why explorers were willing to risk all to locate...

Students learn about the successful Adopt-a- Highway program and how it can save governments and taxpayers money.

Students will use a PACED decision making grid to help them decide where they would like to attend college.

It's December 16, 1773 and many of the citizens of Boston are furious with King George's new tax on tea. Young Ethan, a printer's errand boy, has been given the task of conveying information concerning an upcoming protest meeting. As he...

Each student will buy (hypothetically) a car that will need to be financed. The student will need to look at different options and decide which will be the best choice for his situation. The student will need to find an advertisement for...

This is a lesson presented by EconEdLink that delivers the dilemma of cash or credit. Includes background information, a problem-solving grid, and great questions.

There are lots of ways to receive income, and lots of ways to spend it. In this EconomicsMinute you will develop two budgets to help you decide how to allocate your income. Assuming you do not love making dollar bill rings.

This is a instructional activity from EconEdLink where students learn about saving money. Includes activities and materials.

This lesson will discuss absolute advantage, comparative advantage, specialization and trade with an example using professional basketball player LeBron James.

This lesson uses results from the 2008 Summer Olympic Games to explain that athletes specialize in sports and events for which they are most skilled for the same reasons that individuals and nations specialize in the production of goods...