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Grade 9-12

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On-Demand Webinar

Understanding Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, & Blockchain Technology

Time: 60 mins,

Presenter: Council for Economic Education

Teacher Version

Objective Standards Summary Description Resources

Objective

Teachers will be able to:

Gain background information about Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology.
Discover resources to use to educate students on these topics.

Standards

State Standards

Concepts

Fixed Income, Profit

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In this webinar, you will learn to explain the basics of how Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain technology work.

Description

Teachers will learn the basics of how Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain technology work. Teachers will come away with many strategies to explain this timely topic to their students. If you’re looking for easy ways to teach and answer your students’ questions about crypto, this session is for you.

Resources

Subjects:

Grades 9-12

Do Businesses Have Social Responsibility?

In Lesson #6 of the Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues curriculum, students will participate in a simulation and discussion to...

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Profit

45 min

Lesson

Grades 3-5, 6-8

I Can Be an Entrepreneur

In this personal finance lesson, students explore entrepreneurship by earning money and advertising their business. Learners are given advice on...

Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, Profit

45 mins

Lesson

Grades 9-12

Break-Even Analysis Activity

This interactive graphs the break-even point using the equation, Breakeven Quantity (BEQ) = Fixed Costs / (Total Revenue per Job...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Goods and Services, Profit

Activity

Grades 9-12

Rates of Change

In this personal finance lesson, students will analyze the relationship between differing costs using the concept of slopes.

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Profit

60 mins

Lesson