Economics
Explore classroom-ready lessons and activities covering basic economic concepts, personal finance, markets, government policy, and the global economy.
Basic Economic Concepts
Scarcity, opportunity cost, trade-offs, incentives, and rational decision-making.
Economic Systems
Traditional, command, market, and mixed economies and how they answer key economic questions.
Supply, Demand & Market Equilibrium
How buyers and sellers interact to set prices, including shifts in supply and demand.
Business & Market Structures
Perfect competition, monopolies, oligopolies, and monopolistic competition.
Personal Finance & Financial Literacy
Budgeting, saving, investing, credit, banking, and responsible money management.
Labor Markets & Income
How wages are determined, human capital, unions, and income distribution.
Costs, Production & Profit
Marginal analysis, productivity, costs of production, and business decision-making.
Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Risk, innovation, starting a business, and the role of entrepreneurs in the economy.
Economic Indicators
GDP, unemployment, inflation, and business cycles as measures of economic performance.
Money, Banking & Financial Institutions
The role of money, banks, the Federal Reserve, and financial markets.
Fiscal Policy
Government spending, taxation, budgets, and their impact on the economy.
Monetary Policy
How central banks use interest rates and the money supply to influence economic activity.
International Trade & Globalization
Comparative advantage, trade barriers, exchange rates, and global trade networks.
Economic Development
Developed and developing nations, growth, poverty, sustainability, and global inequality.