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Transportation: They Say We Had a Revolution (Part 2) Advancements in transportation have played a key role in the growth of our nation. U.S.government policies have also had a considerable impact on the ... Grade: 6-8 9-12    Published: 06/03/2009

Transportation: They Say We Had a Revolution (Part 1) Advancements in transportation have played a key role in the growth of our nation. U.S.government policies have also had a considerable impact on the ... Grade: 6-8 9-12    Published: 01/30/2008

International Trade Creates More and Better Jobs This lesson explores the relationship between productivity and international trade. Specifically, this lessons shows why there should be fewer trade r... Grade: 9-12    Published: 05/17/2005

To Buy or Not To Buy While precise numbers are not known, it is believed the number of boycotts has grown markedly in the past fifty years. Consumers seem to be besiege... Grade: 6-8 9-12    Published: 06/25/2004

Focus on Economic Data: United States International Trade in Goods and Services - December 23, 2003 Real gross domestic product (GDP) during the third quarter (July through September) of 2003 increased at an annual rate of 8.2 percent. Grade: 9-12    Published: 12/23/2003

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Capstone: Exemplary Lessons for High School Economics - Teacher's Guide Grade: 9-12   Published: 2003 9 of the 45 lessons are related to this lesson. The top 5 are listed below. Unit 7: Lesson 45 - International Trade: How Do We Measure Trades Across Political Borders? Many popular misconceptions evolve from reading balance of payments reports. Newspaper stories warn us of the perils of a deficit in the U.S. trade balance and a surplus in the Chinese trade balance ... Unit 7: Lesson 40 - Why Do People Trade Across National Borders? This lesson involves students in a trading simulation that grows in complexity. Students use this experience to investigate the consequences of voluntary trade among individuals in increasingly large... Unit 7: Lesson 41 - Why People Trade: Comparative Advantage The students decide why people buy foreign goods, and they practice measuring the comparative advantage of different producers. Unit 7: Lesson 42 - Foreign Currencies and Foreign Exchange Students participate in a simulated foreign exchange market. The exercise provides an opportunity for students to use supply and demand analysis to explain how flexible exchange rates are established... Unit 7: Lesson 39 - Why Go Global? Students examine an economic mystery regarding the importance of U.S. participation in the global economy. They participate in a demonstration regarding imported clothing. They use the Guide to Econ...

Choices & Changes: In Life, School, and Work - Grades 9-10 - Teacher's Resource Manual Grade: 9-10   Published: 2002 3 of the 15 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below. Unit 2: Lesson 6 - Changing Productivity In a production simulation, students experience several ways of producing something; they also measure productivity. Unit 1: Lesson 1 - Making Choices Students are introduced to the nature of choice making by confronting thorny problems individually and in groups. Unit 2: Lesson 7 - Human Capital and Productivity In a math demonstration, students demonstrate how capital resources and improvements in human capital can increase productivity.

Mathematics & Economics: Connections for Life - 9-12 Grade: 9-12   Published: 2001 2 of the 15 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below. Lesson 5: The Gains From Trade This lesson is an application of the supply and demand tools developed in lessons 1-4. In the earlier lessons, models of supply and demand were introduced to show students how (equilibrium) prices are... Lesson 7: The Mathematics of Nonlinear Economic Shapes: The Production Possibilities Curve Because the resources (such as raw materials, minerals, energy, labor, equipment, machinery, etc.) that are used to produce goods and services are limited in their availability, we cannot have all tha...

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