What Is an Economy?
Learn about supply, demand, and the flow of goods and services.
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1 Hour+
Why Money?
OVERVIEW
This lesson illustrates how bartering for goods and services is inefficient when compared to an economy that uses money.
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INFOGRAPHICS & COMICS
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
31-45 MIN
Here Today, Back Here Tomorrow
Define goods, services, consumer, production, natural resources, intermediate goods, waste, and trade-off.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
1 HOUR+
Letter Perfect and Clean Enough
Learn about the types of natural resources that the environment provides.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
Waste Not, Want a Lot
Learn how producers respond to various incentives.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
Eggs-ternal Costs
Recognize that some actions people take have external costs and how property rights impact those costs.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
Cycling and Recycling Around the Classroom
Discover ways that businesses have reduced the impact of their production and products on the environment.
