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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Continental Drift and Comparative Advantage

Combine your economics and geography lessons in this activity that has students reviewing continental drift and the continents of Laurasia...
Key Concepts: Absolute Advantage, Benefits of Trade/Comparative Advantage
60 min
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Simple Interest Calculator

This Simple Interest Calculator helps you calculate the interest earned on your investment over a set period of time.
Key Concepts: Interest, Interest Rate
15 mins
Calculator

Content Partner

Grades 6-8, 9-12

PBS-NOVA Financial Lab

Managing money is hard! Even when you know what you should do, it can be hard to actually do it....
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Opportunity Cost, Saving
45 min
Activity

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Market Structures Activity

In this economics drag and drop, students will learn about the different types of market structures. 
Key Concepts: Competition and Market Structures
10 mins
Activity

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Keynes vs. Classical Tool

In this economics interactive, users will play a drag and drop interactive to find the difference between Keynesian theory and...
Key Concepts: Keynesian Theory, New Classical Theory
15 mins
Activity

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Comparative Advantage Interactive

In this economics interactive, students will be able to explore the benefits of specialization and trade. 
Key Concepts: Comparative Advantage
15 mins
Activity

Content Partner

Grades 6-8

Dinner Discussions at Maggie Walker's House

Students study historic objects, photographs and documents, research influential members of the African American community and role-play a dinner party...
Key Concepts: Banking, Decision Making, Entrepreneurship…
3 class periods
Lesson

SIFMA Foundation

Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Stock Prices and the Super Bowl

Harness the excitement of the Super Bowl with this lesson from the SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education. Students analyze the...
Key Concepts: Advertising, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Investing
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Taxes Tic Tac Toe

In this game, students can play tic tac toe while answering questions about proportional, regressive, and progressive taxes.
Key Concepts: Taxes
Activity

Grades 3-5, 6-8

The Perfect Pet

In this economics interactive, students will learn about decision making while shopping for a fish.
Key Concepts: Decision Making, Economics
15 mins
Activity