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Economic Data Lesson: Economic Policy Options
This is the final lesson in a series of lessons that introduces students to the economic data that economists use to assess the health of the economy. This lesson focuses on assessing the...
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Cybersecurity and Economics: Social Media and...
How do you make wise decisions about posting on social media? In this lesson, students will learn how to differentiate between good and poor social media posts and understand the oppor...
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Cybersecurity and Personal Finance: Appily Ev...
When working online, children aren't usually aware that parents have to enter a credit card in order to pay for apps on mobile devices. In this lesson, students will learn how to b...
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Cybersecurity and Economics: Protecting Your ...
How do you help students practice safe behavior online? In this lesson, students learn the do's and don’ts through the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood. After reading an ...
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Unemployment Data: Is the Economy Healthy?
This series of lessons will introduce you to economic data that economists use to assess the health of the economy. You will learn about economic data and what they communicate about the ...
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Cybersecurity and Personal Finance: Identity ...
Anyone can become a victim of identity theft. Protecting one’s identity can help reduce the potential of becoming a victim of fraud or other illegal activities that can create fu...
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Cybersecurity and Economics: Goldi and the Th...
In this lesson, students learn about how to create good passwords and the risks of not doing so. Through an original video called Goldi and the Three Passwords, they learn what goes in...
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Bunny Money
In this lesson, students listen to the story of Ruby and Max, two bunnies that go shopping and make many spending decisions. Students are introduced to short-term and long-term savings ...
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GDP Data: Is the Economy Healthy?
This series of lessons will introduce you to economic data that economists use to assess the health of the economy. You will learn about economic data and what they communicate about the ...
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Cybersecurity and Economics: Evaluating Websites
In this lesson, students access a website to research the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus, which is a hoax. The initial (false) premise of the lesson is that students are learning to us...
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FEATURED INTERACTIVE TOOLS find an interactive tool »
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The Fiscal Ship | Activity
Think like a president! Choose strategies to keep the federal debt in check as you play The Fiscal Ship, a game developed by the Hutchins Center on...
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Using CEE's Image Annotation Tool | Video
Introduce a fun and creative means of exercising critical thinking skills in your classroom with CEE's Image Annotation Tool. This video demonstrat...
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Compound Interest Calculator
The Compound Interest Calculator visually shows the dramatic effect that compounding can have on investments. Adjust the monthly savings, interest ...
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Credit Score Video
Teach your students about credit scores. In this video a young man wants to get a loan to make surround sound video game chairs, but he has to impr...
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Goods and Services
This drag-and-drop activity gives students the chance to decide if various items represent goods or services. There are four parts to this activity...
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The Economic Way of Thinking
In this video, Dr. Mark Schug explains how the "economic way of thinking" can help students understand U.S. History concepts. If you're thinking ab...
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Employment and Unemployment Video and Quiz
This video teaches the concepts of Employment and Unemployment. Employment refers to people who have jobs while unemployment refers to people who w...
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You're Going to College
This game-based interactive gives students the chance to learn about costs and benefits, the cost of college, and potential lifetime earnings.
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Balancing the Federal Budget | Activity
Use this Image Annotation Tool to enable your students to creatively comment on political cartoons, and to share their annotated creations. Encoura...
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National Security Goals, the Federal Budget, ...
Use this Image Annotation Tool to enable your students to creatively comment on political cartoons, and to share their annotated creations. Encoura...
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