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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Human Resources and Capital Resources: It's a Match!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will define and identify human resources and capital resources workers use in their jobs.
Activity
Edutopia

Edutopia: Goods and Services [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A unit that teaches the difference between goods and services, the difference between producers and consumers, the difference between human, natural, and capital resources, and the difference between bartering/trading and buying/selling....
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The World Bank

World Bank: Data Catalog

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides statistical data on numerous categories for nearly every country in the world. A great tool for a comparative analysis. Human, natural, and capital resources are all included.
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Civil War: A War of Resources

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The North won the Civil War in large part due to its superior resources. In this lesson middle schoolers will learn the difference between capital resources, human capital, and natural resources. They will investigate and compare the...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Henry Ford and the Model T: A Case Study in Productivity (Part 2)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Henry Ford's use of mass production strategies to manufacture the Model T revolutionized industrial manufacturing. This 3-part learning unit provides learners with the story of Henry Ford and the Model T from an economics perspective....
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University of Nebraska Omaha

An Economics and Literature Lesson: The Goat in the Rug

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This is a lesson plan geared toward first through third grades, cross-curricular, dealing with economics and literature. "Learn about economics: producers, resources (natural, human, capital), intermediate goods; and Language Arts:...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Shoemaker's Tools

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson incorporates the folk tale of The Shoemaker and the Elves to teach your students about the concept of capital resources. Lesson contains a link to an animated retelling of this beloved classic. Use it to have students...
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Council for Economic Education

Econedlink: Scarcity Video and Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
This video teaches the concept of Scarcity and includes a quiz. The total resources of society, including natural resources, human resources, capital goods and entrepreneurship, are limited, causing scarcity to exist. [1:13]
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Other

Technology Resources: Resources Are Things We Need to Get a Job Done [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 6th
Resources are things we need to get a job done. Every technological system makes use of seven types of resources: people, information, materials, tools and machines, energy, capital, and time.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Tortilla Factory [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan accompanies a story by Gary Paulsen called Tortilla Factory, and teaches students to identify the different types of resources (human, capital, natural, etc.) that go into creating corn tortillas and other products.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Macroeconomics: Chapter 6: Economic Growth: Key Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a list of key terms and definitions for terms used in Chapter 6: Economic Growth of the online Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics text.
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Economics of the Family Farm

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn about the status of farming as a career, investigate the management of a family farm, and examine one recent farm crisis in this lesson.