Handout
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas

State Energy Conservation Office: Renewable Energy and Electric Utilities [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the state of renewable energy production in Texas, which opened the market to competition, set minimum standards for the production of renewable energy, and established a system of Renewable Energy Credits. These factors...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Effect of Changes in Policies/econ Conditions on Foreign Exch Mkt

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice your understanding of how exchange rates change when economic conditions change.
Interactive
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: European Union

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an animated resource that lists countries that have joined the European Union. Includes dates and maps of the countries.
Website
Other

The Dismal Scientist

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you looking for business and economic news? The Dismal Scientist provides all the latest current events regarding economics and business environments.
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spanish 2: Unit 7: Las Compras

For Students 9th - 10th
In this seventh unit of an intermediate Spanish course, students learn about shopping and develop their listening, speaking, and writing vocabulary around this topic. Includes modeling of oral Spanish pronunciation and conversation,...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 3: Demand and Supply: Self Check Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a list of 11 self-check study questions covering the content of Chapter 3: Demand and Supply from the TEA AP Macroeconomics online text.
eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Changes in Equilibrium Price and Quantity: The Four Step Process

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to identify equilibrium price and quantity through the four-step process; graph equilibrium price and quantity; contrast shifts of demand and supply and movements along a demand or supply...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Smith, Marx, and Keynes

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanning three centuries of history, from the dawn of the industrial age to modern times, three diverse thinkers developed their own landmark theories on commerce, labor, and the global economy. The three economists profiled in this...
Lesson Plan
Other

Finra Investor Education Foundation: Introduction to Earning Interest 11 & 12

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students will know and be able to use the formula for calculating compound interest and understand the effect of compounding on savings in this lesson.
Website
Employment Spot

Employment Spot: Back to School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Perhaps it's time to consider further education or training. In today's job market, the competition is fierce. Applicants are more qualified and better educated than their counterparts of only a few years ago. Many times, the only way to...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Financial Futures

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this activity shows students how money invested at different interest rates grow differently. The lesson focuses on aspects of interest such as compounding, length of time between...
Article
PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Mississippi Approves Onshore Gambling

For Students 9th - 10th
Biloxi, Mississippi, one of the country's largest casino markets, was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. This report discusses the change in Mississippi gambling laws and how it will help Biloxi post-Hurricane Katrina. Report is from...
Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: u.s. Rationing During Wwii

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Interactive lesson on U.S. Rationing during WWII uses a 1942 genre painting, Wartime Marketing, for students to study American Life during WWII.
eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Macroeconomics: Chapter 3: Introduction to Demand and Supply

For Students 11th - 12th
This is an introduction to demand and supply. In this chapter, you will learn about the following: demand, supply, and equilibrium in markets for goods and services; shifts in demand and supply for goods and services; changes in...
eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 18: Improving Countries' Standards of Living

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Analyze the growth policies of low-income countries seeking to improve standards of living; Analyze the growth policies of middle-income countries, particularly the East...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Want to Be an Activist? Start With Your Toys

For Students 9th - 10th
McKenna Pope's younger brother loved to cook, but he worried about using an Easy-Bake Oven- because it was a toy for girls. So at age 13, Pope started an online petition for the American toy company Hasbro to change the pink-and-purple...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Explore Career Opportunities in Accounting

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will work on a team to research a variety of newly related accounting careers, including accounting trends in the global market. Then, they will collaborate as a team to create and perform a PowerPoint presentation on their...
Unit Plan
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Choosing Between a Laptop and a Tablet

For Students 9th - 10th
If you're in the market for a new device, you may be wondering whether a laptop or a tablet is the right choice for you. In this video, we'll go over some of the basics of what you'll need to know if you're shopping for one or both of...
Article
Other

Umi: 3 Companies That Found New Application Fields for Their Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
This article looks at how three companies were able to tap into new markets for their technology products by discovering new applications for them.
Website
CNN

Cnn Money: Tax Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about taxes including paying taxes, filing a return, audits, tax planning.
Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Media Smarts: Adversmarts: Introduction to Food Advertising Online

For Students K - 1st
Media Smarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for young scholars. In this lesson, young students will learn about online advertisements targeted to children. Young scholars will play on online game; they will create an...
Article
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 3: Demand and Supply: Key Concepts and Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This section summarizes the key concepts of Chapter 3: Demand and Supply from the TEA AP Macroeconomics online text.
Graphic
US National Archives

Nara: A New Deal for the Arts: Rediscovering America

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the artistic nationalism that took place during the Great Depression, this website from the National Archives and Records Administration focuses on many American scenes. Lots of focus on small-town life and various regions.
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US National Archives

Nara: A New Deal for the Arts Activist Arts

For Students 9th - 10th
The turbulence of the Great Depression is reflected in these images of workers in artwork from the NARA on this site.