Fiscal & Monetary Policy

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

Why Does the Fed care about inflation?

This video assignment explains what happens when inflation gets out of control and how one of the Federal Reserve’s main responsibilities is to keep prices stable.

Fiscal Policy: Tools for Influencing the Economy

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

Economics and the Environment

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

Fiscal Policy

This audio assignment covers how the government uses fiscal policy to influence the economy.

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.

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)

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.