What Is an Entrepreneur?
Demonstrate what it means to be an entrepreneur.
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1 Hour+
Exploring Careers in Economics
OVERVIEW
This high-school-level lesson plan teaches students about economics careers through research activities exploring famous economics graduates and career fields. The assessment requires students to write an essay analyzing career options and comparing median incomes.
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VIDEO Q&A
0-15 MIN
Forms 101: Filling out the I-9 Form
Introduce the I-9 form.
MODULES
1 HOUR+
Invest in What's Next: Your Career and Education Pathways
Leverage cost and benefit analysis to make a personal career and education plan.
READING Q&A
16-30 MIN
Individual Income Tax: The Basics and New Changes
Learn about federal individual income tax and the new changes in taxation laws.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
1 HOUR+
Entrepreneurship In Your Community: Creating Your Own Career
Learn how to create your own career through being an entrepreneur.
CURRICULUM UNITS
Katrina's Classroom
Katrina's Classroom: Teaching Money Skills for Life is a four-part curriculum unit designed for personal finance-related high school classrooms.
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LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
1 HOUR+
PACED Pretzels
Learn about and apply the five-step PACED decision-making process.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
16-30 MIN
Is Trade a Zero-Sum Game?
Demonstrate that voluntary trade can benefit buyers and sellers.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
1 HOUR+
The Basics of Supply and Demand: A Classroom Cocoa Bean Market
Learn to identify equilibrium price, explain how market interactions determine prices, and recognize conditions that create shortages and surpluses.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
Comparative Advantage: Trading Brownies and Pizza
Discover the benefits of trade.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
1 HOUR+
Circular Flow
Simulate the circular flow model and learn about economic relationships.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
16-30 MIN
The GDP Expenditures Equation: How Do We Measure It?
Learn about gross domestic product (GDP)
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
0-15 MIN
How Do We Measure Unemployment?
Demonstrate how we calculate the civilian unemployment rate.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
16-30 MIN
Teaching About Money, Spending, & Inflation Using an Auction
Conduct two rounds of auctioning off the same goods with increasing money to demonstrate inflationary forces.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
1 HOUR+
The CPI Market Basket
Compare the price of goods and interpret the effects of inflation on consumers.
