Peanut Butter and Cupcake

In this lesson, students learn about complements and substitutes through a story. They then apply this knowledge by matching substitutes and complements goods through active learning.

Consumers and Producers

This video explains that people are both consumers and producers.

Market Equilibrium

This interactive assignment teaches market equilibrium.

Economics and the Environment

This reading assignment provides some economic strategies for protecting the environment.

Price Signals

This audio assignment explains how price signals influence decision-making.

Potato Tale from Great Depression

In this lesson, students learn about the difficulty of bartering by reading a story about a family during the Great Depression.

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.

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

This lesson highlights how different market structures compete through a role playing game.

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.