ACTIVE CLASSROOM: Economics and Personal Finance
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Basic Economic Concepts and Issues: Reading and analytic activities apply economics to familiar real-world issuesEconomics at Work: Teenagers in video scenarios show how economic principles emerge in daily activitiesHigh School Economics: 28 flexible lesson plans from the Council for Economic EducationProject Based Economics: Simulations challenge students to solve problems like those faced by working economists Smart Songs Economics Videos: Catchy beats and rhymes make facts about economics and personal finance entertaining and memorableAn individual license provides unlimited access to one teacher and all that teacher's students for one year. Contact our customer service staff to discuss multiyear, multiuser, and multisite licenses. Social Studies School Service.
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