Fiscal & Monetary Policy

In this lesson, students learn about the similarities and differences between fiscal and monetary policy.

Goods and Services

This video assignment helps kids understand that people buy and use both goods and services.

Fiscal Policy: Tools for Influencing the Economy

This interactive assignment illustrates how fiscal policy choices can affect the economy.

The Economics of Flying: How Competitive Are the Friendly Skies?

In this reading assignment, learn about market structures and deregulation in the context of the modern airline industry.

Costs of Production and the Shutdown Decision

This audio assignment describes how businesses consider costs when making decisions.

Making Personal Finance Decisions Curriculum

The Making Personal Finance Decisions curriculum teaches valuable personal finance lessons grounded in economic theory.

Teaching Economics with Active Learning

Ten active learning lessons for your economics classroom to make your teaching stick!

PACED Decision Making and Pretzels

Students learn about and apply the five-step PACED decision-making process through a taste test.

How Many Beverages will Consumers Buy? Lesson on Demand

In this activity, students learn about the law of demand by looking at their favorite beverage.

Using a Minimum Wage Debate in an Economics Class

This activity uses a classroom debate about the minimum wage to teach prices floors.

Is Trade a Zero-Sum Game?

This simple trading activity demonstrates a key economic idea: Voluntary trade can benefit buyers and sellers.

How do we Measure Unemployment?

This activity is designed to show students how we calculate the civilian unemployment rate.

Imports and GDP

Learn about gross domestic product (GDP)

How Fed Policy Transmits to the Economy

In this activity, students participate in a demonstration showing how changes in monetary policy ripple through the economy.

Career Choices

This activity highlights the connection between education, training, and experience in determining income.

The Three C's of Credit (Lesson 9A)

Students play the role of credit providers and assess the credit worthiness of a fictitious individual.