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The Tools for Teaching the High School Economics with Personal Finance Course includes lessons, links to resources, and lecture PowerPoint presentations aligned to the Arkansas Social Studies Frameworks.

Travel to eastern Africa with Dr. Willene A. Johnson and use data to explore the economic activity of women in urban Tanzania. Learn about gathering and evaluating data to help answer your BIG QUESTIONS about the world!

In this lesson, students play the role of producers in two fictional countries, Acca and Dur. Students use production cards to construct production possibilities tables and graphs. These tables and graphs are used to discuss productivity, opportunity costs, and comparative advantage. Producers in each country discover that if they specialize and trade, they are able to produce and consume more goods than they would have been able to produce and consume on their own.

In this course, learn about the production possibilities curve, a graphic representation of output combinations that can be produced given an economy’s available resources and technology. With their new-found wealth, Andy and Jack have acquired islands, Los Andeles and Jackramento, giving Jack the perfect opportunity to teach Jack about production possibilities, opportunity cost, and the efficiencies of trade according to comparative advantage.

In this course, students learn about the production possibilities curve, a graphic representation of output combinations that can be produced given an economy’s available resources and technology. With their new-found wealth, Andy and Jack have acquired islands, Los Andeles and Jackramento, giving Jack the perfect opportunity to teach Jack about production possibilities, opportunity cost, and the efficiencies of trade according to comparative advantage.

In this course, use your knowledge of the production possibilities curve to determine how specialization in production can yield greater global consumption. Specifically, Andy and Jack grow potatoes and strawberries on their islands, Los Andeles and Jackramento. When trying to find the mix of potato and strawberry production that will satisfy the islanders’ wants, they happen upon a solution that provides greater strawberry and potato consumption – specialization and trade.

In this course, students use their knowledge of the production possibilities curve to determine how specialization in production can yield greater global consumption.Specifically, Andy and Jack grow potatoes and strawberries on their islands, Los Andeles and Jackramento. When trying to find the mix of potato and strawberry production that will satisfy the islanders’ wants, they happen upon a solution that provides greater strawberry and potato consumption – specialization and trade.

In the Comparative Advantage courses, students meet Jack Of All Trades, a most awesome superhero. I

In the Comparative Advantage courses, you will meet Jack Of All Trades, a most awesome superhero. In all tasks, Jack can do everything better and faster (he has absolute advantage), but does that mean he must do everything while the rest of the people stand around helplessly? Find out if justice is served when a formerly idle citizen, Andy, wades through the depths of opportunity cost and the benefits of comparative advantage.

Is there a recipe for economic growth? Perhaps some Miracle-Gro for the economy? If only it were that easy. While the exact recipe is a mystery, economists have identified some of the key ingredients. The September 2013 Page One Economics Newsletter discusses the role that economic institutions play in fostering long-term economic growth.