Activity 7: The Great Depression – A Family’s Choices
Lesson Overview: Download Activity and Handouts (doc file) Virtual Lesson Instructions and Resources In this simulation, students play the role…
Activity 6: Show Me the Money! A Fractional Reserve Banking Simulation
Lesson Overview Download Activity and Handouts (doc file) Fractional Reserve Banking is a fundamental part of all modern economies. First…
Activity 5: A Question of Trust
Lesson Overview Download Activity and Handouts (doc file) Virtual Lesson Modifcation & Slides The purpose of “A Question of Trust”…
Activity 4: The Oklahoma Land Rush – Property Rights on the American Frontier
Lesson overview Download Activity and Handouts (doc file) Slides and Instructions for Virtual Classrooms What would life be like if…
Activity 3: Transaction Costs and Currency – 1808 Road Trip
Lesson Description Download Activity and Handouts (doc file) Students are given a “purse” containing one of four types of bank…
Activity 2: Indentured Servitude – A Colonial Market for Labor
Lesson Overview Download Activity and Handouts (word doc) The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate to students, using the…
Activity 1: Property Rights and U.S. History – Jamestown Simulation
Lesson Overview Download Activity and Handouts (doc file) Slides and Instructions for Virtual Classrooms In this lesson the class will…
Addendum to Introduction – Catalog of Disasters
download EOD Lesson Introduction Outline (including Appendix Catalog of Disasters) The Black Plague, 1347-50 Dates: Deadliest wave, 1348-1350. Recurring, less…
Economic Reasoning Propositions
The Foundation for Teaching Economics’ Economic Reasoning Propositions are a guide to the economic way of thinking. The “E.R.P.s” provide…
Conclusion and Caveats
Download Caveats and Conclusions .doc file , including source citations Overview The purpose of this unit is to provide data and…
Lesson 6 Activity: The Balance of Trade Always Balances
Activity: Balance of Trade Among States Download Balance of Trade Activity: Teacher Guide, Handouts, Visuals (.doc file) Concepts Balance of…
Past Webinars
A Hard, Soft or No Landing?: Examining the American Economy Speaker: Dr. Scott Baier, Professor and Chair of the John…
FTE MobLab Activities
FTE has partnered with MobLab so you can run your favorite classroom activities virtually! With an easy-to-use platform, step-by-step instructions…