Activity: Creative Destruction – Build a Better Widget
NTRODUCTION Joseph Schumpeter coined the term “creative destruction” to describe the process by which old products and processes give way…
Lesson 5: Business Plan for Entrepreneurs
In this lesson students will learn what a business plan is and begin writing one for their own businesses. Economics…
Activity: Food Truck Challenge – A Supply and Demand Activity
In this lesson students will understand and use the concepts of supply and demand to make entrepreneurial decisions in a…
Lesson 4: Pricing Decisions for Entrepreneurs
In this lesson, students will focus on how supply, demand, and the market affect pricing decisions for entrepreneurs. Economics Prices…
Lesson 3: Institutions for Entrepreneurs
In this lesson students will be introduced to institutions that affect the choices and incentives of entrepreneurs. Economics Students will…
Lesson 2: Economic Concepts for Entrepreneurs
In this lesson students will be introduced to economic concepts that are important to entrepreneurs using mini games/activities. Economics Thinking…
Activity: Entrepreneurship Self-Assessement
In this lesson students will take a self-assessment about their Entrepreneurship characteristics and then participate in skill challenge stations as…
Lesson 1: Foundations for an Entrepreneur
In this lesson students will be introduced to entrepreneurs and the role they play in the economy. Complete lesson instructions and…
Lesson: The Environment Is An Economic Good
Economic Concepts Environmental Context Markets incorporate incentives to reduce costs Solving environmental mysteries National Content Standards Addressed: Standard 1: Productive…
Lesson: Using Markets to Reduce Pollution
Economic Concepts Environmental Context Markets incorporate incentives to reduce costs Clean air markets Externalities Markets Marginal analysis National Content Standards…
Lesson: Incentives Change With the Rules of the Game
Economic Concepts Environmental Context regulation shape incentives Endangered species unintended consequences incentives command and control markets voluntarty exchange National Content…
Lesson: How Clean Is Clean?
Economic Concepts Environmental Context Marginal analysis Pollution clean-up Opportunity Cost Sunk cost Marginal Cost and Benefit Total Cost and Benefit…
Lesson: Property Rights and “Green” Incentives
Economic Concepts Environmental Context Property rights shape incentives Resource conservation: fisheries Incentives Property Rights Tragedy of the Commons National Content…
Lesson: Creating Teachable Moments – Economic Content in the Environmental Context
Economic Concepts Environmental Context Incentives Resource Economic Reasoning Scarcity Rational Choice Cost Cost/Benefit Analysis Trade-Off Activity Download Download handout: “Ignoring…
Lesson: Environmental Quality Is A Choice
Economic Concepts Environmental Context Opportunity Cost Scarcity Choice Cost Cost/Benefit Analysis Trade-Off National Content Standards Addressed: Standard 1: Productive resources…
Activity: Bag and Baggage
Economic Concepts Environmental Context Opportunity Cost Resource Use Scarcity Rational Choice Trade-Off Cost/Benefit Analysis Activity Download Download lesson outline and…
Lesson: The Economic Perspective
Economic Concepts Environmental Context Economics in the study of human behavior Studying Environmental Issues EcoDetectives: Introduction “Introduction,” pp. i-viii of…
Lesson 6: Applying the Lessons of the Soviet Union
Assessment: A Brief History of the Post Office (As Told By Grandpa McCoy) “You kids these days have it so…