Trade Concessions Stand In this lesson, students explore the foundational principles of the World Trade Organization... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/1...
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...
World Consumption: Unequal Slices of the Pie Students learn how to interpret the United Nations Human Development Reports and understand the relevance and use of the human development... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/1...
Step by Step In this lesson, students analyze the importance of each step, person, and technology involved in the production of goods from raw materials to finished products... 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...
Dot-Commerce In this lesson, students analyze the impact that e-commerce has in their community... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...
And Now, a Word from Our Sponsor In this lesson, students act as groups of event planners to "invent" large entertainment events, determine appropriate sponsorship categories for them... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...
Hot Commodities in Turm-Oil? In this lesson, students learn notions of "supply and demand" and "scarcity" by acting as commodities traders on the floor of an imaginary stock exchange based on the game "Pit." http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...