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Grades 9-12

AP Microeconomics - Competition versus Monopsony in Labor Markets

This lesson supports the Factor Markets section of the Advanced Placement Microeconomics curriculum. In this lesson, students are introduced to...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Market Structures

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Grades 9-12

AP Microeconomics - When Markets Fail

This lesson supports the Market Failure and the Role of Government section of the Advanced Placement Microeconomics curriculum. Students need...

Key Concepts: Market Structures, Negative Externality, Roles of Government

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Grades 9-12

Should the NCAA Pay College Athletes?

PBS Economics correspondent Paul Solman examines the cases for and against paying student athletes. He interviews Ed O'Bannon, the former...

Key Concepts: Division of Labor/Specialization, Producers

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Grades 9-12

Taxation and the National Debt | Lesson Demo

This video models a lesson from our Understanding Fiscal Responsibility curriculum in the classroom, discusses lesson objectives and provides pointers...

Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Credit…

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Grades 9-12

Curriculum Tackles Economics Through the Lens of Sports

This NY1 segment features Jonathan Joseph, an economics teacher at White Plains High School (NY) and recipient of the Alfred...

Key Concepts: Demand, Markets and Prices, Roles of Government

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Grades 9-12

AP Macroeconomics - The Money Market and the Loanable Funds Market

This lesson supports the Financial Sector section of the Advanced Placement Economics course. It introduces students to the money market...

Key Concepts: Credit, Economic Institutions

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Grades 9-12

AP Macroeconomics - The Deficit and the Debt

This lesson supports the Inflation, Unemployment, and Stabilization Policies section of the Advanced Placement Macroeconomics course. It introduces government budget...

Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Budget Surplus…

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Grades 9-12

AP Macroeconomics - Net Exports and Capital Flows

This lesson supports the Open Economy: International Trade and Finance section of the Advanced Placement Macroeconomics course. This lesson introduces...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade, Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Economic Institutions…

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Grades 9-12

How to Use the Behavioral Economics Lessons

This note from one of our behavioral economics authors, William Bosshardt, Florida Atlantic University, explains how these behavioral economics lessons...

Key Concepts: Choice

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Grades 9-12

Behavioral Economics Lesson Two: The Anchoring Effect

COMPELLING QUESTION Can arbitrary numbers stick in our minds and affect our decision making? Students will participate in a trading...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis

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Grades 9-12

Behavioral Economics Lesson Three - Loss Aversion, Endowment Effects, and Default Bias

COMPELLING QUESTION Why don’t we always choose the best option when making a decision? The lesson presents three short illustrations...

Key Concepts: Choice

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Grades 9-12

Behavioral Economics Lesson Four - Why Are We So Impatient?

COMPELLING QUESTION: Why do people tend to procrastinate when it comes to doing things that are good for them? Students...

Key Concepts: Choice

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Grades 9-12

Sports Economics: Worshipping at the Altars of Adi, Phil and Kevin

Essential Question: How do entrepreneurship, competition, and specialization benefit consumers of athletic footwear and apparel? In order to gain a...

Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, Specialization, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

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Grades 9-12

Political Beliefs and the Federal Budget | Lesson Demo

This video models a lesson from our Understanding Fiscal Responsibility curriculum in the classroom, discusses lesson objectives and provides pointers...

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Grades 9-12

Should the U.S. Government Encourage Farmers To Grow More Sugar?

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Is the U.S. Sugar Program a necessary defense against disruptive global trade practices or lavish corporate welfare at...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Price Ceilings and Floors, Roles of Government…

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Grades 9-12

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Are the Presidential Candidates Telling the Whole Story?

Compelling question: Are the presidential candidates telling the whole story about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)?

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Benefits of Trade, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

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