Making Sense of the World Economy this lesson, students apply the economic principles of supply and demand, market economy, competition, unemployment rate... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/1...
Money: Bucks, Banks, and Business--Economics lesson plan (grades 6-8)--Discovery Students learn that monetary exchange rates change constantly. Students can convert money in any currency into its equivalent in U.S. dollars by using readily available exchange rates. http: //school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/b...
Stock Options In this lesson, students will simulate the stock market as a class in order to learn more about how different events, including regulation from the Federal Reserve... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...
Money: Kids and Cash--Economics lesson plan (grades K-5)--DiscoverySchool.com Students learn that a bank pays interest to people who put money in it. A bank charges interest to people who borrow money from it. A bank charges higher interest to borrowers than it pays to savers. http: //school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/k...
Calling All Teens In this lesson, students consider the marketing of cellphones to teenagers as a springboard to designing products and related marketing strategies aimed at specific segments of the teen market... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...
High School Investment Challenge A Stock Market Simulation Designed to Help Students Understand Investing http: //ichallenge.net/ushs/challenge_details.a...
Is Monopoly the Microsoft Board's Game? In this multi-day lesson plan, students first participate in an in-depth discussion about capitalism, monopolies... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/1...
Changing the Channel In this lesson, students explore the historic transfer of the Panama Canal from the United States... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/1...
