Grades 6-8, 9-12
Grade 9-12
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On-Demand Webinar
MCEE Presents Big League Chew: Talking Baseball, Competition & Gum
Time: 60 mins,
Presenter: Minnesota Council on Education
Objective
Teachers will be able to:
- Engage students in a lesson on competition.
- Learn how to use the Econ Lowdown Teacher Portal.
Standards
Concepts
In this webinar, explore three lessons that can all be tied to “America’s Pastime” – baseball.
Description
Presented by Dr. Scott Wolla and Andrea Caceres- Santamaria, both of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
First, participants will participate in an active learning lesson about the economics of baseball. Then, students will learn about the role of competition in different market structures activity using gum. Finally, participants will learn about how to assign The Economics of Subsidizing Sports Stadiums, a special sports-focused article (and other teaching resources) using the Econ Lowdown Teacher Portal.
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