Once Upon A Dime

The Bridge Home

Introduce basic economic concepts like decision-making, opportunity cost, and employment.

Here Today, Back Here Tomorrow

Define goods, services, consumer, production, natural resources, intermediate goods, waste, and trade-off.

Is College Still Worth the High Price?

Declining college enrollment raises doubts about its value for high school graduates.

Letter Perfect and Clean Enough

Learn about the types of natural resources that the environment provides.

Waste Not, Want a Lot

Learn how producers respond to various incentives.

Eggs-ternal Costs

Recognize that some actions people take have external costs and how property rights impact those costs.

How Do I Use Economics In My Life?

Explore how economics is a part of students’ everyday lives.

How Do We Get The Things We Want?

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

What Is an Economy?

Learn about supply, demand, and the flow of goods and services.

A Story of Interest (and Supervision!)

Explore the concepts of interest, savings, and budgeting.

The Story of Monetary Policy

Understand the importance of monetary policy and the Federal Reserve’s key responsibilities.

The Story of the Federal Reserve System

Read about the Federal Reserve’s structure and key responsibilities.