Author
Martha Rush
Mounds View High School
Arden Hills, MN
Arden Hills, MN
Martha teaches AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Psychology and Journalism at Mounds View High School in Arden Hills, MN, where she has worked since 1997. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan (B.A.) and the University of Minnesota (M.A.). She serves on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Council on Economic Education (MCEE) and is a member of the College Board's AP Microeconomics Curriculum Development and Assessment Committee.
She is the 2013 recipient of the national John Morton Excellence in the Teaching of Economics Award and is a frequent instructor for MCEE.
Published Resources
6-8, 9-12
Case Study on Productivity (Part 1) - Henry Ford and the Model T
In this economics lesson, students will create an assembly line to learn how specialization increases productivity.
Lesson
6-8, 9-12
Case Study on Productivity (Part 2) - Henry Ford and the Model T
In economics lesson, students will research Henry Ford’s innovations to find strategies that improve productivity.
Lesson
6-8, 9-12
Case Study on Productivity (Part 3) - Henry Ford and the Model T
In this economics lesson, students analyze shifts in supply and demand in the auto market and related markets.
Lesson
9-12
Graphing a Lorenz Curve and Calculating the Gini Coefficient
In this economics lesson, students derive a Lorenz Curve and Gini coefficient in order to represent income distribution.
Lesson
6-8, 9-12
Time Value of Money
In this economics lesson, students will learn how the value of money changes over time.
Lesson
9-12
Price Elasticity: From Tires to Toothpicks
In this economics lesson, students will compare elasticity coefficients of consumer goods.
Lesson
9-12
Buy and Hold: A Stock Market Simulation
In this economics lesson, students will learn how the stock market works by participating in a historical simulation.
Lesson
6-8
Cybersecurity and Economics: Evaluating Websites
In this lesson, students access a website to research the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus, which is a hoax. Th…
Lesson
9-12
Earning Credit
In this personal finance lesson, students will learn to compound interest and amortization to calculate the cost…
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