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Creative writing with econ terms, perfect for Valentine's Day.
  • Decision Making & Scarcity
Activity 30 minutes
Decide how to spend tax revenues generated by monster tourism to learn about the factors that support economic growth.
  • Economic Growth
Lesson Plan 60 minutes
Play a simple card matching game to learn about insurance.
  • Personal Finance
Lesson Plan 45 minutes
Play a simple board game to learn about the importance of credit scores & the factors that affect them.
  • Personal Finance
Lesson Plan 45 minutes
Gather and analyze data on price variation in a research report.
  • Markets & Prices
Assessment 90 minutes+
A macroeconomics review game inspired by Taboo.
  • Macro Review
Activity 30 minutes+
List of economics and personal finance books
Research a firm to make connections to economic concepts.
  • Competition & Market Structure
Assessment 60 minutes+
Play a memory-type game, great for introduction or review.
  • Decision Making & Scarcity
Activity 15 minutes
Participate in a simulation to learn about the role of banks.
  • Institutions
Lesson Plan 60 minutes
Play a board game to become familiar with a variety of financial assets and investment accounts.
  • Personal Finance
Lesson Plan 60 minutes+
Create a 1-page plan for a new product that solves a problem related to Halloween.
  • Entrepreneurship
Activity 45 minutes
Summaries and links for 30 lesson plans to bring economics into a U.S. History class.
  • History & Economics
45 minutes+
Students compete to answer a wide variety of questions on macroeconomic concepts.
  • Macro Review
Activity 45 minutes
Decide how to spend an income by building a budget.
  • Personal Finance
Lesson Plan 45 minutes
Play an error analysis game to master product market models.
  • Markets & Prices
  • Role of Prices
Activity 45 minutes
Sort cards to practice shifters of supply and demand. Instructions for a bonus graphing game are included.
  • Role of Prices
Activity 15 minutes+
Students compete to answer a wide variety of questions on microeconomic concepts.
  • Micro Review
Activity 45 minutes
Play an Uno-like game to learn about different occupations and the factors that shape wages.
  • Personal Finance
Lesson Plan 60 minutes
Participate in a simulation and learn about the power of compound interest along with vampires' saving advantage.
  • Personal Finance
Lesson Plan 60 minutes
Learn about rational decision-making by tackling choices in the face of a zombie threat.
  • Decision Making & Scarcity
Lesson Plan 60 minutes
Compose a conversation with a pet in which you help them understand an important economic concept.
  • Macro Review
  • Micro Review
Assessment 60 minutes+
Collect and analyze price data connected to a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
  • Unemployment & Inflation
Activity 60 minutes+
Compose economic messages for Valentine’s Day greeting cards.
  • Decision Making & Scarcity
Activity 30 minutes
Create a 1-page plan for a new product that solves a problem related to Thanksgiving.
  • Entrepreneurship
Activity 45 minutes
Carry out a simplified version of the process used by the BLS to calculate inflation.
  • Money & Inflation
Lesson Plan 60 minutes