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…
Lesson 5: Transaction Costs – Life in a Soviet Household
Key Economic Concept: Transaction Costs Related concepts: Incentives Markets Opportunity Cost Prices Secondary Markets Creation of wealth Content Standards and…
Lesson 4: Property Rights
Concepts: Property Rights Private property Incentives Collectivization Profits Tragedy of the Commons Content Standards and Benchmarks (4, 10 and 16):…
Lesson 3: Incentives Matter
Concepts: People respond to incentives. Entrepreneur Innovation Profit Productivity Competition Content Standards and Benchmarks (4 and 14): Standard 4: People…
Lesson 2: Missing Markets and Missing Prices
Concepts: Markets provide information in the form of prices. Opportunity cost Prices Information costs Investment Demand and Supply Markets Competition…
Hot Topic: Trade Wars – Economics Awakens
By Ninos Malek, May 2018 INTRODUCTION: “Trade wars are good and easy to win.” ~President Donald Trump “Wars make not a…
Hot Topic Lesson: The US Airline Industry…Fight or Flight!?
By Greg Caskey, January 2018 INTRODUCTION: “It’s time to level the flying field. Spread the word to help enforce Open…
The Bread Market!
Download Bread Market Teacher Guide, Handouts and Visuals doc file (or pdf). An emergent order activity to accompany the poem and…
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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…
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FTE MobLab Activities
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