The Ice Cream Stand
Students will learn about supply, demand, price, competition, and entrepreneurial skills in this lesson. They will put what they learned into action ...
Grade: 6-8    Published: 12/02/2009


Henry Ford and the Model T: A Case Study in Productivity (Part 3)
When Henry Ford announced he was going to produce an automobile that would be affordable to the masses, it is doubtful even he realized the far reachi...
Grade: 6-8 9-12    Published: 01/15/2008


Improving on the Original
What makes something worth marketing? This lesson focuses on the distinction between marketing a new product or licensing it to someone else to mar...
Grade: 6-8    Published: 10/18/2002


Henry Ford and the Model T: A Case Study in Productivity (Part 2)
When Henry Ford announced he was going to produce an automobile that would be affordable to the masses, he probably did not realize what a great impac...
Grade: 6-8 9-12    Published: 01/05/2007


What's Your Angle?
This lesson is last in a series of lessons on entrepreneurship for 3-5. Students will learn about market research and ways to influence consumer b...
Grade: 3-5 6-8    Published: 02/12/2004


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Choices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 5-6 - Teacher's Resource ManualChoices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 5-6 - Teacher's Resource Manual
Grade: 5-6   Published: 2001
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Unit 5: Lesson 14 - How Can I Overcome Obstacles to Achieve My Goals?
Students play The Road to Success game. While playing the game, they identify obstacles and ways to overcome obstacles to achieve a goal. They identify the incentives they respond to when they make ...
Unit 4: Lesson 10 - What Are the Advantages of Working with Others to Produce?
Students read historical fiction set in 1855 in the Oregon Territory. The story illustrates the results of people working interdependently. The students identify ways in which the characters in the ...
Unit 3: Lesson 7 - Can I Produce Something People Want?
Students use common objects to produce goods they think people will use to satisfy wants. They read a biography of inventor George Washington Carver, learning how Carver helped tenant farmers in the ...
Unit 1: Lesson 3 - What Results When People Improve Their Human Capital?
Students read 1998 U.S. labor-market data, compare education and income levels, then graph and analyze the data.
Unit 3: Lesson 9 - What Results When People Use Improved Physical Capital Resources?
Students learn that using technologies increase production during a business simulation.

Your Credit Counts Challenge: Trainer's GuideYour Credit Counts Challenge: Trainer's Guide
Grade: 7-adult   Published: 2004
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Section 2: Financial Institutions
Participants identify the advantages and disadvantages of using financial services from alternative financial institutions and services from mainstream banks. Participants identify the services provi...

Mathematics & Economics: Connections for Life - 6-8Mathematics & Economics: Connections for Life - 6-8
Grade: 6-8   Published: 2002
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Lesson 3 - Baby-sitting Wages and Movie Prices
Through an analysis of data for baby-sitting wages (a price for labor) and the price of movie tickets since 1945, this lesson introduces the students to the idea that prices for goods, services, and r...

Choices & Changes: In Life, School, and Work - Grades 7-8 - Teacher's Resource ManualChoices & Changes: In Life, School, and Work - Grades 7-8 - Teacher's Resource Manual
Grade: 7-8   Published: 2002
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Unit 3: Lesson 12 - Long- and Short-Term Consequences
With information from a guest speaker, students analyze the short- and long-term consequences of dropping out of, or graduating, from high school. Students conduct an Internet search to find and grap...

Financial Fitness for Life: Pocket Power - Grades K-2 - Teacher GuideFinancial Fitness for Life: Pocket Power - Grades K-2 - Teacher Guide
Grade: K-2   Published: 2001
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Theme 1: Lesson 2 - Working for Income
Students discuss goods and services that satisfy people's wants, and they construct a spyglass to help them identify goods and services at school. They also construct "Box Town," a model business com...

Financial Fitness for Life: Steps to Financial Fitness - Grades 3-5 - Teacher GuideFinancial Fitness for Life: Steps to Financial Fitness - Grades 3-5 - Teacher Guide
Grade: 3-5   Published: 2001
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Theme 3: Lesson 6 - Consumers Want Goods and Services
This lesson focuses on consumer spending decisions that students make and the different roles they assume in making those decisions. The activities establish a rationale for studying personal finance...

 

 
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