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Grades 9-12

National Parks: Only You Can Prevent the Coming Crisis

What do you think of when you think of the National Parks System? Do you think of the majesty of...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Demand…

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Grades 9-12

Tapped Dry: How Do You Solve a Water Shortage?

Economists do not operate in a vacuum. If an economist is going to suggest that the price of a good...

Key Concepts: Demand, Incentive, Markets and Prices…

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Grades 9-12

Population Growth: Friend or Foe?

The environment has recently been the focus of much research and discussion. Because productive resources are limited, it is important...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis

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Grades 9-12

The Early 1980s: A Tough Time For Home Builders and Mortgage Bankers

Have you ever thought of how much it might cost you to finance the purchase of a home? The home's...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Credit, Economic Institutions…

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Grades 9-12

If You Hear a Hoot, Then This Site is Kaput

Should the Endangered Species Act of 1973 be left alone so the legal system is left to decide the toughest...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis

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Grades 9-12

To Keep the Strike Going or to End It? That Was the Question

According to the Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, tenth edition, the term "strike" is defined as a "temporary stoppage of activities...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economic Institutions, Incentive

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 18, 2016 is Martin Luther King Day. Students can explore the history behind this day and this charismatic man...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Division of Labor/Specialization

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Grades 9-12

Are the Best Things in Life Free?

Students use economic reasoning to analyze the costs and consequences of marital choice. "The best things in life are free."...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Incentive

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Grades 9-12

The American Standard of Living - For Better or For Worse

Is the distribution of income in the United States becoming more unequal? Does the average American today have a higher...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Business Costs and Revenues, Consumers…

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