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Watts, Michael, Ed. – 1983
Designed to help students in grades 9-12 understand economic terms, fundamental economic principles of the free enterprise system, and economic forces that influence activities in everyone's life, this teacher's guide provides over 50 reproducible activity sheets on the following topics: (1) scarcity and planning, (2) cost, (3) demand, (4) supply,…
Descriptors: Costs, Economics Education, High Schools, Instructional Materials

Bohanon, Cecil E.; And Others – Journal of Economic Education, 1985
Neither short-run nor long-run price stability is a necessary state of affairs under a gold standard. This conclusion results from an examination of possible differential rates of productivity growth in the gold and non-gold producing sectors. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Higher Education, Productivity
Lankiewicz, Donald – Georgia Social Science Journal, 1985
A simulation that helps secondary students to distinguish between nominal and real dollar values is presented. It was designed for use as part of a junior or senior high school US history unit on life at the beginning of the twentieth century. (RM)
Descriptors: Economics Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Secondary Education, Simulation
Williams, Wayne – Balance Sheet, 1976
Outlines projects which have been particularly successful in bridging the gap between classroom economic knowledge and community activities. The outlines should help stimulate teachers to develop topics which would motivate student learning in the economics and business areas. (HD)
Descriptors: Business Education, Economics Education, Learning Activities, Secondary Education
Forecast for Home Economics, 1976
Carpets, laundry, parenting, cooking, sewing notions, and health word search puzzles are presented; answers are included. (TA)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Home Economics Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Lewin, Roland – 2001
This introductory lesson on teaching economics concepts contains sections on the following: purpose; objectives; time; materials needed; and step-by-step classroom procedures. The focus is on the economic problem of scarcity and opportunity costs. Attached is an original skit, "There's no such thing as a free lunch," and a chart that…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economics, Economics Education, High Schools
Ripp, Ken – 2001
This lesson plan offers students the opportunity to participate in the three basic economic systems (market, command, and tradition). By working in each of the systems, students will internalize the fundamental values present in each system and will gain insights into the basic advantages and disadvantages of each system. The lesson plan provides…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Educational Games, High Schools
Owens, Kimberly – 2001
This lesson plan features a classroom simulation that helps students understand a command economic system. The lesson plan states a purpose; gives student educational objectives; suggests a time duration for the activity; lists materials needed; and outlines a step-by-step teaching procedure. Instructions for a research and writing homework…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, High Schools, Simulation
Griffitts, Dawn – Inside the Vault, 2002
This economics education publication focuses on the U.S. stock market and the risk and uncertainty that an individual faces when investing in the market. The material explains that risk and uncertainty relate to the same underlying concept randomness. It defines and discusses both concepts and notes that although risk is quantifiable, uncertainty…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Monetary Systems, Risk
MacDonald, Rich; Breidenbach, Lisa; Doetschman, Evelyn L. – 2001
Bringing mathematics and economics together to connect them in students' minds gives students very important skills they can use in their lives. This book is intended for high school mathematics teachers, with lessons designed to reinforce the mathematics concepts and processes taught by using examples from economics. The book consists of 15…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, High Schools, Mathematics

Pisciotta, John – Social Education, 1983
The Economic Balance model can be used in secondary economics classes to show demand- and supply-sides of the overall economy as well as how the two sides influence each other. Demand-side approaches to recession and inflation and supply-side approaches to expansion of production capacity and inflation are discussed. (AM)
Descriptors: Economics Education, Inflation (Economics), Models, Productivity

Dunham, Loren J. – Social Education, 1983
People should understand what the commodity futures market is and who uses it. The commodity futures market should be studied in a high school economics course so a one-week unit was developed for students that involved them in a simulation as hedgers and speculators. (AM)
Descriptors: Economics Education, Secondary Education, Simulation, Social Studies
Rogers, Jean – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1983
Sketches the origins and growth of consumer education and presents results of a survey to determine priorities for the objectives of consumer education. (SK)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Economics, Educational Objectives, Home Economics

Schug, Mark C. – Social Studies, 1982
Describes how students' economic experiences as workers and consumers can be used as a foundation to build a secondary economic education program. Emphasis is placed on the study and active observation of the local economy. (RM)
Descriptors: Economics Education, Relevance (Education), Secondary Education, Student Experience

Van Hook, Barry L. – Business Education Forum, 1980
Encourages business teachers to advocate the private enterprise system and to attempt to present a totally balanced input of information so that students will have a sound basis for forming reasonable and fair attitudes. Presents suggested subjects for classroom discussion on economics, government, and labor.(CT)
Descriptors: Business Education Teachers, Decision Making Skills, Economics Education, Student Attitudes