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Economics and Personal Finance
You don't have to be an economist to understand this packet packed with information and exercises about economics and personal finance. Designed for high schoolers, the activities explain why setting short and long terms goals is...
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Limiting Trade
Read a narrative describing various types of trade restrictions, and then engage in a debate about a new tariff. Critical thinkers will evaluate arguments to determine who benefits and who is hurt by the new tariff. Consider assigning...
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Sentence Completion 14: High-Intermediate Level
Part of a series of exercises, this sentence completion learning exercise could be used as an assessment, as extra practice, as the basis of small group discussion, or as homework. The extensive answer key explains how to approach...
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Free Enterprise and Monopoly
In this United States history worksheet, students utilize a word bank of 10 terms or phrases to answer 10 fill in the blank questions pertaining to evolution of the nation's economy to one of free enterprise. A short answer question is...
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Hey, Mom! What's for Breakfast?
Students examine how he world eats breakfast. In this food choices instructional activity, students work in groups to list breakfast foods and their ingredients and find goods and consumers on the list. The, students use the Internet...
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Introduction to Business Studies
Students examine what a business does. They study the business process - inputs through to outputs and explore how profit is made
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The Job Jungle -- A Labor Market Game
Students work together to participate in a labor market game. They discuss the concepts of supply and demand and how they relate to labor. They ask any questions they have to complete the lesson.
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EOC Review G
In this end of course review, students factor expressions, interpret statistic problems, and identify the maximum and minimum of equations. This two-page learning exercise contains 5 multi-step problems.
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A Royal Wedding: Facts, Figures and Basic Economics
The upcoming royal wedding can lead students on an exploration of economics and finances.
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Intermediate Sentence Completion 14
In this sentence completion worksheet, students complete the sentence by choosing the best words to complete them. Students complete 12 sentences.
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How Can Big Business Make Money From Tariffs?
Students explore the concept of the rise of big business in the United States. In this economics lesson plan, students investigate the impact of tariffs on businesses. Students also investigate the impact that incentives have on special...
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Microeconomics Study Guide, Section II: Elasticities
In this economics instructional activity, students define elasticity, calculate ranges of elasticity, and label diagrams pertaining to the concept of elasticity.
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What is a Stock? or, Who Owns McDonald's?
Students explore profit and risk. In this economics lesson, students read about McDonald's and Nabisco stock and discuss the risks and rewards of stock ownership. Printable worksheets ask questions about rights of stock owners and the...
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Limiting Trade
Students debate imposing tariffs on imported shoes. In this tariffs lesson, the class is divided into two groups: those that oppose a tariff on imported shoes, and those that support it. Groups read about each position, write position...
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Economic Recessions
Pupils examine the characteristics of recessions and explore the role of government in encouraging business investment. They discuss why the services segment of employment has increased and list companies in their area that qualify as...
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Economic Community
Fourth graders assume different jobs of a community and understand the terms goods, services, producer, and consumer. In this community lesson plan, 4th graders answer short answer questions to show their knowledge of the terms.
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Allegry Season
Students use the Internet to research allergies. They discover different companies which are involved in helping Americans relieve their allergy symptoms. They finally discover the different types of allergy causing agents.
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Information Fluency Unit
Fourth graders, after defining the task and searching for some creative strategies, role play being a Park Ranger who tries to save Big Bend from being removed from the National Park system in Texas. They support the keeping of Big Bend...
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The Artist as Entrepreneur: Is this a Hobby or a Business?
High schoolers discover the IRS codes and criteria for establishing their art activity as a business rather than a hobby. They develop ways to demonstrate that their art activity is actually a business venture as classified by the IRS.
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Doctor's Dilemma: Advocacy for Whom?
Learners investigate why doctors feel torn between patients and insurance companies. They examine the health care system and how it affects patients. They discuss one's ability to afford health insurance as well.
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How Can Business Profit from Tariffs? p1
Students investigate the impact of tariffs on businesses and consumers during the 1880s by looking at a political cartoon, solving a short math problem and comparing protectionism in the 1980's to protectionism in the 1880's.