Grade 9-12

Video

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: France Considers Reforms Amid Europe Debt Crisis

Updated: July 7 2010,

Author: barrel fan

Standards Summary

Paul Solman talks with French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde about the European debt crisis, as France examines new financial reforms.

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Managing money is hard! Even when you know what you should do, it can be hard to actually do it....

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Opportunity Cost, Saving

45 min

Activity

Grades 9-12

In this lesson, updated with 2023 statistics, students learn about the challenges of the federal debt and play the Fiscal...

Key Concepts: Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Fiscal Policy, Roles of Government

120 mins

Lesson

Grades K-2

Students study a painting by van Gogh called "Flower Beds in Holland". The students recognize that this farmer made a...

Key Concepts: Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Scarcity

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Grades K-2, 3-5

The students will explore the ideas of scarcity and choices by exploring a virtual model of the Mayflower. They will...

Key Concepts: Choice, Scarcity

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