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Title Grade Standard Date
Dumptown, USA: Making a Ton of Difference
6-8
2 16 17
12/01/2008
What Is Money? Why Does It Have Value?
6-8
7
11/26/2008
Tax Time Scavenger Hunt
9-12
10 16
07/30/2008
Marketplace: The Trouble with Truffles
6-8
9-12
1 3 8
07/30/2008
Marketplace: Iraq's Supply and Demand
9-12
1 7 8
07/30/2008
The Mitten
K-2
1
07/25/2008
Marketplace: School Competition
9-12
1 2 4 9 16 17
07/15/2008
Marketplace: Price Increase or Price-Gouging?
9-12
7 8
06/23/2008
Lemonade For Sale!
6-8
14
06/17/2008
A Case Study: Real Gross Domestic Product, May 29, 2008
9-12
13 15 18
06/17/2008
Cowboy Bob Builds a Community
3-5
10
05/21/2008
Marketplace: Real(ity) Estate
6-8
9-12
9
05/21/2008
A Case Study: Employment and the Unemployment Rate, May 2, 2008
9-12
15 18 19
05/20/2008
Jobs: Who Needs 'Em?
3-5
19
05/08/2008
A Case Study: The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy, April 30, 2008
9-12
10 18 20
04/30/2008
A Case Study: Real Gross Domestic Product, April 30, 2008
9-12
15 18 19 20
04/30/2008
A Case Study: Inflation and the CPI, April 16, 2008
9-12
10 12 17 19 20
04/16/2008
A Case Study: Employment and the Unemployment Rate - April 4, 2008
9-12
17 18 19 20
04/04/2008
A Case Study: Inflation and the CPI, March 14, 2008
9-12
18 19 20
04/03/2008
A Case Study: The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy, March 18, 2008
9-12
12 16 18 19
04/03/2008
A Case Study: Real Gross Domestic Product, March 27, 2008
9-12
15 18 20
04/03/2008
A Case Study: Employment and the Unemployment Rate - March 7, 2008
9-12
15 18 19 20
03/19/2008
Funny Money or Phony Money?
K-2
11
03/14/2008
A Case Study: Gross Domestic Product, February 28, 2008
9-12
15 18 20
03/10/2008
Case Study: Inflation February 20, 2008
9-12
8 18 20
03/09/2008
A Case Study: The Unemployment Rate - December, 2007
9-12
15 18 19
03/05/2008
A Case Study: The Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy - January 30, 2008
9-12
8 12 15 17 18 20
02/26/2008
Case Study: Gross Domestic Product, January 30, 2008
9-12
10 12 18 19 20
02/26/2008
A Case Study: Employment and the Unemployment Rate - February 1, 2008
9-12
15 16 17 18 19 20
02/26/2008
Transportation: They Say We Had a Revolution (3)
6-8
9-12
4 14 16
02/05/2008
How Labor Got Its Day
3-5
10
02/04/2008
The Civil War: A War of Resources
6-8
1 2
02/01/2008
Transportation: They Say We Had a Revolution (1)
6-8
9-12
4 5 6 14 15 16
01/30/2008
The Five Stages of Investing
9-12
1 2
01/30/2008
Case Study: Inflation, January 16, 2008
9-12
19
01/16/2008
Henry Ford and the Model T: A Case Study in Productivity (Part 3)
6-8
9-12
8 9 13 14 15
01/15/2008
Work, Earnings and Economics: Using
6-8
1 4 10 16
09/13/2007
A Case Study: The Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy - June 28, 2007
9-12
11 12 15 16 18 19
06/28/2007
A Case Study: The Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy - June 28, 2007
9-12
11 12 15 16 18 19
06/28/2007
The Choice is Us: Monopolies
6-8
7 9 16
06/22/2007
A Case Study: The Inflation Rate - June 16, 2007
9-12
10 11 18 19 20
06/15/2007
What Happened to Railroads?
9-12
9 14 16 17
06/07/2007
Banks & Credit Unions (Part I)
9-12
10
05/24/2007
It's a Not So Wonderful Life
9-12
11 12 20
05/23/2007
The Higher you Climb, The More You Pay
6-8
1
05/23/2007
The Color of Resources
3-5
6
04/30/2007
No Extra Room on the Mayflower
K-2
1
01/10/2007
Henry Ford and the Model T: A Case Study in Productivity (Part 2)
6-8
9-12
4 13 14 15
01/05/2007
Henry Ford and the Model T: A Case Study in Productivity (Part 1)
6-8
9-12
6 14 15
01/05/2007
China - Where will they fit in the word economy?
9-12
1 3 6 7 9 15 16
11/10/2006
Deceptive Advertising: Crossing the Line
9-12
4 16
11/01/2006
Marketplace: Teen Nightclubs
9-12
7 14
07/27/2006
The Price of Gasoline: What's Behind It?
6-8
7 8 13
07/21/2006
Did You Get the Message?
3-5
6-8
4 7 8 9
06/15/2006
Why does Brett Favre make $8.5 million per year?
9-12
1 7 8 13
06/06/2006
Education: Weigh Your Options
9-12
2
05/22/2006
Goods and Services
K-2
1 7 13
05/17/2006
Be An Ad Detective
3-5
6-8
9
03/15/2006
Satisfaction Please! (Part 3)
9-12
10 16
03/09/2006
Believe it or Not?
3-5
6-8
9 16
03/03/2006
No Fireworks on the 4th of July
6-8
16
01/12/2006
Was Babe Ruth Under Paid?
9-12
19
01/12/2006
Why do we need money? Think about Ebay!
6-8
9-12
5 7 11
01/12/2006
What causes inflation?
9-12
4 7 8 12 19 20
01/12/2006
History of monopolies in the United States.
9-12
10 14 16
01/04/2006
There is Something in the Water
6-8
1 2 15
01/04/2006
Capital Investments: Human v. Physical
9-12
1 2 13 15
12/21/2005
Satisfaction Please! (Part 2)
9-12
4 10
11/14/2005
Satisfaction Please! (Part I)
9-12
2 4
11/04/2005
Fewer Watts and Fatter Wallets
9-12
1 4 8
10/31/2005
Closing the Gap
9-12
18
10/27/2005
Fad or Fortune
6-8
1 4 5 7 8 9
10/25/2005
Agent Pincher: The Case of the UFO
6-8
5 6 7 11
09/09/2005
You Can BANK on This! Part 1
3-5
10 11
09/06/2005
A Case Study: Productivity - August 9, 2005
9-12
13 15 18 20
08/09/2005
Do I Look Like I'm Made of Money?
3-5
6-8
13
08/08/2005
New Sense, Inc. vs. Fish 'Till U Drop or Coase Vs. Pigou
9-12
1 2 10 14 16
08/05/2005
You Can BANK on This! Part 3
3-5
2 4 10
07/25/2005
Keynes vs. Hayek: The Rise of the Chicago School of Economics
9-12
9 15 16
06/22/2005
You Can BANK on This! Part 4
3-5
4 10
06/22/2005
The Benefits of Investing Early
9-12
2 3 12
06/20/2005
You Can BANK on This! Part 2
3-5
1 2
06/20/2005
The Economics of the New Deal
9-12
16 18 19 20
06/20/2005
Credit for Beginners
9-12
2 10
06/20/2005
Sand Art Brownies
6-8
1 2 8
05/31/2005
What Face do you Use?
3-5
11
05/24/2005
The Role of a Bank Teller
9-12
10
05/24/2005
Break a Leg
9-12
2 15
05/23/2005
To Be or Not To Be?
3-5
13
05/23/2005
Agent Pincher: The Case of the missing Susan B. Anthony Dollar
6-8
11
05/18/2005
International Trade Creates More and Better Jobs
9-12
5 6 16
05/17/2005
Dry as a Bone
9-12
1 6 14
05/17/2005
Take a Risk on Investor Island (Part III)
6-8
9-12
2 10 12
05/17/2005
Where did that pencil come from? The Study of Natural Resources
3-5
1 2
05/05/2005
Agent Pincher: P is for Penny or Where did money come from?
6-8
5 11
04/18/2005
Take a Risk on Investor Island (Part I)
6-8
9-12
10 12
04/14/2005
Take a Risk on Investor Island (Part II)
6-8
9-12
10 12
04/14/2005
The South's Decision to Secede: A Violation of Self Interest?
6-8
9-12
1 2 4 10 16 17
04/08/2005
A Case Study: Productivity - March 3, 2005
9-12
13 15 18 20
03/03/2005
Collecting for Fun . . . and Profit?
6-8
9-12
5 7 8 9
12/27/2004
The Economics of Voting: What Do You Mean My Vote Doesn't Count?
9-12
4
10/18/2004
A Perfect Pet
K-2
3-5
1
10/14/2004
College: Where am I going to go?
9-12
1 2
07/28/2004
Price Elasticity: From Tires to Toothpicks
9-12
7 8
07/12/2004
Little Bill the Producer!
K-2
1
07/01/2004
To Buy or Not To Buy
6-8
9-12
4 5 6 9 10
06/25/2004
Timing Is Everything
9-12
12
06/16/2004
Trade in Colonial America / NAFTA
9-12
5 6
06/03/2004
Developing a Financial Investment Portfolio
9-12
2 4 7 10
06/02/2004
What Do You Get for Your $1,818,600,000,000?
9-12
16 20
06/02/2004
Economic Sectors and International Development
9-12
1 3 15
06/02/2004
U.S. farmers and the Cuban embargo
9-12
5 7 16
05/24/2004
Cost/Benefit Analysis:Three Gorges Dam
6-8
2 15
05/24/2004
Marketplace: Corporate Leap Frog
6-8
9-12
9
05/18/2004
Lowell Workers and Producers Respond to Incentives
9-12
8
05/12/2004
How E-Commerce Influences Consumer Choice
3-5
6-8
2 8
04/29/2004
WHERE DID ALL THE MONEY GO? The Great Depression Mystery
9-12
16 18 19
04/27/2004
Business Ownership: The Franchise Option
9-12
2 14
04/21/2004
Toys for Me: A Lesson on Choice
K-2
3-5
1 2 5
04/21/2004
The Entepreneur in you?
9-12
14
04/21/2004
Business Ownership: How Sweet It Can Be!
9-12
14
04/20/2004
Those Golden Jeans
3-5
1 7
04/19/2004
Demand Shifters
6-8
8
04/06/2004
I Don't Want Much, I Just Want More: Allocation, Competition and Productivity
9-12
3
04/06/2004
Worker Safety - The Triangle Fire Legacy
6-8
9-12
10 15 16 17
04/06/2004
We are Consumers and Producers
K-2
7 11
03/30/2004
Government Spending: Why Do We Spend the Way We Do?
9-12
16
03/15/2004
Be an Energy Saver
6-8
9-12
4 16
03/11/2004
Marketplace: To Show or Not To Show
6-8
9-12
2 14
03/11/2004
The Price We Pay for Health: US and Canada
9-12
1 3 9 16
03/03/2004
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
6-8
9-12
16 17
02/20/2004
WIDGET PRODUCTION: Producing More, Using Less
3-5
6-8
15
02/19/2004
Mystery Workers
K-2
3-5
1
02/18/2004
What's Your Angle?
3-5
6-8
9 14
02/12/2004
Money Comes and Goes
3-5
1
02/04/2004
The Best Deal
3-5
6-8
8
02/04/2004
A Case Study: United States International Trade in Goods and Services - December 23, 2003
9-12
1 5 6 9 18 19
12/23/2003
Climbing the Savings Mountain
6-8
10 12 19
12/17/2003
What is Competition?
K-2
3-5
7 9
12/17/2003
Classroom Cash Incentive Plan
9-12
4
12/15/2003
Dynamic Decision Making
3-5
1 2
12/11/2003
Where's the Beef?
6-8
1 6 15
12/02/2003
Giving Credit
3-5
2 10
12/02/2003
Hawaiian Economics: Barter for Fish & Poi
3-5
5 6
11/10/2003
Big Banks, Piggy Banks
K-2
3-5
2 10 12
11/04/2003
Hey, Get a Job!
6-8
1 13 14
10/31/2003
I Can Be an Entrepreneur
3-5
6-8
14
10/30/2003
Community Helpers are at Your Service
K-2
1 16
10/30/2003
Hawaiian Economics: From the Mountains to the Sea
3-5
1 2
10/28/2003
Communities - What They Provide For Us
K-2
1
09/30/2003
Clipping Coupons
K-2
3-5
7 8 9
09/25/2003
A Case Study: United States International Trade in Goods and Services - September 11, 2003
9-12
1 5 6 9 18 19
09/11/2003
Lewis and Clark barter with the Native Americans
6-8
1 2 5
09/08/2003
A Case Study: Productivity - September 4, 2003
9-12
13 15 18 20
09/04/2003
The Mystery of is it Mine or Ours?
6-8
16
08/22/2003
The ABCs of Saving
K-2
3-5
1 10
08/22/2003
Buy A Bond, James!: A Lesson on U.S. Savings Bonds
3-5
10 16
08/22/2003
Peanuts, Pecans, and Peas, Please
3-5
14 15
08/22/2003
Lean on Me -- We depend on each other!
K-2
3-5
6
08/22/2003
Taxation without Representation?
3-5
6-8
16 17
08/14/2003
Money Doesn't Grow on Trees
3-5
11 14
08/13/2003
Every Penny Counts
K-2
1 8 9
08/11/2003
The Productive Blues (Jeans)
3-5
6-8
1
08/11/2003
A Case Study: Productivity - August 7, 2003
9-12
13 15 18 20
08/07/2003
We Can Earn Money (or) Working Hard for a Living
K-2
13
07/29/2003
Incentives Influence Us!
3-5
4
07/28/2003
Who Is Working?
6-8
19
07/23/2003
What Do People Want to Wear?
6-8
9-12
7
07/22/2003
You Decide!
3-5
1 2
07/18/2003
Simple Simon Meets a Producer
K-2
1 7
07/17/2003
Coming and Going: Imports and Exports Throughout the World
6-8
5
07/17/2003
A Pet For Beans from 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
K-2
3-5
5
07/17/2003
What's My Interest?
3-5
10
07/10/2003
Hey Pop!
3-5
1 2 9
07/03/2003
The Write Stuff
3-5
3 6
07/02/2003
No Funny Money, Honey....I Want the Real Thing!
K-2
3-5
1 11
07/02/2003
President Bush's Allowance
3-5
16
06/26/2003
Laura Ingalls Wilder's Frontier Town
3-5
7 9
06/25/2003
This Little Piggybank Went to Market
K-2
10 13
06/10/2003
Marketplace: Back-to-School Retail
6-8
9-12
9
05/27/2003
Bringing the Market to the Farm
6-8
1 3 6
05/27/2003
If I Ran the Zoo - Economics and Literature
3-5
1 2 3
05/21/2003
How much is that doggy?
3-5
2
05/19/2003
Economic Incentives in Our Community
3-5
2 4
05/16/2003
Competition: Pizza!
3-5
9
05/16/2003
Where Did You Come From?
3-5
6
05/15/2003
All In Business
6-8
2 14
05/14/2003
To Market To Market
K-2
3-5
7 8 10
05/08/2003
Fill 'er up, Please
6-8
7 8
04/23/2003
Banks, Bankers, Banking
3-5
6 10
04/22/2003
When Gas was a Quarter!
3-5
19
04/08/2003
Destination: Mars
3-5
1 2 15
04/07/2003
Car Loan Project
9-12
1 2
04/07/2003
Show Me the Money!
9-12
2 12
04/04/2003
Clean Land - Thanks to US!
3-5
16
04/01/2003
One is Silver and the Other's Gold
6-8
9-12
11
03/26/2003
Why Work Now?
3-5
6-8
13
03/17/2003
Banking is INTEREST-ing!
3-5
10
03/10/2003
Blowing in the Wind
9-12
1 6 15
03/06/2003
How is Our Economy Doing?
9-12
18
03/06/2003
Let's Find a Deal - How the Crusades Led to the Finding of the New World
6-8
5 7 9 14
02/26/2003
Fiscal and Monetary Policy Process
9-12
20
02/26/2003
Jelly Belly Jam
3-5
1 2
02/10/2003
A Case Study: Productivity - February 6, 2003
9-12
13 15 18