We've collected a number of useful high school-level economics lessons for you to use with your students.
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Lesson: Barbie in the Labor Force
GRADES: 6-12
CONCEPTS: Labor Force, Labor Trends
SOURCE: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Lesson: The Case of the Gigantic 100,000 Bill
GRADES: 9-12
CONCEPTS: Money Supply, Excess Reserves, Money Multiplier, Reserve Requirements
SOURCE: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Crossing Borders: The Globalization Debate
GRADES: 9-12
CONCEPTS: Benefits, Costs, Globalization
SOURCE: Federal Reserve Banks of St. Louis
Lesson: Currency and the Fed
GRADES: 8-12
CONCEPTS: Currency features and history, Federal Reserve System, Functions of Money
SOURCE: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Lesson: The Economic Way of Thinking
GRADES: 9-12
CONCEPTS: Consumers, Cost-benefit analysis, Incentives, Producers, Saving, Scarcity
SOURCE: Foundation for Teaching Economics
Lesson: How Can Big Business Make Money From Tariffs?
GRADES: 9-12
CONCEPTS: Incentives, Tariffs, Special Interest Groups
SOURCE: Focus on Economics: U. S. History
Lesson: How Can Entrepreneurs Control Costs?
GRADES: 9-12
CONCEPTS: Entrepreneurship, Fixed Costs, Variable Costs
SOURCE: Entrepreneurship in the U.S. Economy
Lesson: Introducing the Credit Card
Lesson: It’s a Not So Wonderful Life
GRADES: 9-12
CONCEPTS: Banking, Central Banking System, Money, Savers
SOURCE: EconEdLink.org
Lesson: Privatizing Schools: Schools For Sale
GRADES: 9-12
CONCEPTS: Public Goods, Incentives, Private Goods, Economic Efficiency, Costs
SOURCE: Nebraska Council on Economic Education
Lesson: The Ultimatum Game
GRADES: 9-12
CONCEPTS: Self Interest, Markets
SOURCE: Foundation for Teaching Economics
Lesson: What Are the Economic Functions Of Government?
GRADES: 6-12
CONCEPTS: Role of Government
SOURCE: Focus on Economics: Civics and Government
Lesson: What Is a Stock? or Who Owns McDonalds?
GRADES: 6-12
CONCEPTS: Incentives, Choice, Profit, Risk
SOURCE: Learning for the Market: Integrating the Stock Market Game Across the Curriculum
Lesson: Who Desegregated Major League Baseball: Adam Smith or Jackie Robinson?
GRADES: 9-12
CONCEPTS: Competition, Cartel, “Invisible Hand”, Labor Market, Monopoly, Monopsony, Profit, Market
SOURCE: Economic Episodes in American History
A Group of "Bell-Ringer" Activities
SOURCE: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
