How Many Beverages Will Consumers Buy? Lesson on Demand

How Do We Get The Things We Want?

Learn more about goods and services, barter and trade, currency, and money.

Consumers and Producers

Understand that people are both producers and consumers.

Saturday Sancocho

Learn about money's advantages over barter.

Mr. Cookie Baker

Read a story and identify economic resources.

The Berenstain Bears: Mad Mad Mad Toy Craze

Define buyers, goods, price, and sellers; identify prices and sellers for common goods.

The Little Red Hen Makes A Pizza

Illustrate the roles consumers and producers play.

Teaching Economics with Active Learning

Teach economics with active and engaging lessons.

PACED Pretzels

Learn about and apply the five-step PACED decision-making process.

Using a Minimum Wage Debate in an Economics Class

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

Teaching Market Structures with Gum

Highlight different market structures through a role playing game.

Is Trade a Zero-Sum Game?

Demonstrate that voluntary trade can benefit buyers and sellers.

How do we Measure Unemployment?

Demonstrate how we calculate the civilian unemployment rate.

Imports and GDP

Learn about gross domestic product (GDP)

How Fed Policy Transmits to the Economy

Show 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)

Play the role of credit providers and assess the credit worthiness of an individual.