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Land Use Competition
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/land_competition/
The city of Rancho Cucamonga has been given
the task of developing a 4 square mile area into a productive venture.
The area in question is located between Rochester and the 15 freeway, bordered
on the south by Highland. There is freeway access and an active railroad
line (cargo only). Sewer lines and various other services must be added.
Your plan should be able to cover the cost of these additions, and you
must convince the community and the planning commission why you represent
the best use for the area. A lender must be found that will allow you maximum
flexibility and sufficient funds. Your time frame to submit a plan is 10
days.
Author: Michael Arenas
Show Me the Money
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/showmoney/
What kind of currency will the world need
in the future? Will electronic "money" work or will we still need currency?
You decide.
Author: Leanne Westphal
Balloon Factory - A Division of Labor Simulation
gopher://bvsd.k12.co.us:70/00/
Educational_Resources/
Lesson_Plans/Big%20Sky/
social_studies/CECsst.73
Conduct a "balloon race" to test the effectiveness
of the division of labor system compared to the domestic system. Divide
the class into two groups of workers to design, cut out, and assemble paper
models of hot air balloons. Make the balloons in five steps. Some students
work alone and some in groups of five students who work according to the
division of labor system, with each student specializing in only one of
the five steps.
Author: Frances Glenn
Civil War Andersonville Prison: An Economic
Microcosm
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/
ecedweek/lesson2.htm
How did prisoners in Andersonville Prison
cope with the scarce resources they had to provide for their needs? Learn
how people deal with scarcity in the face of unlimited economic wants by
devising command or market conomic systems.
Author: Focus on Economics: U.S. History
Explorations in Economic Supply and Demand
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/
Dem_Sup/demand.htm
Use the Internet to help Bob find the right
place to shop and develop a realistic list of clothes for college when,
just before school starts, he suddenly finds that he must pay for everything
himself .
Author: Kim Sosin
Give and Take
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/
lessons/fems3.html
How can both the girls and boys basketball
teams have access to the scarce resource of prime gymnasium time for their
games? Latoya and Jeff were asked by their coach to help schedule the intramural
tournament. Here is your chance to help them.
Author: Middle School Economics
Is the Tassle Worth the Hassle?
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/
ecedweek/lesson15.htm
What are the opportunity costs of getting
an education? Learn about economic choice, opportunity costs and incentives.
Opportunities and Costs
http://www.fee.org/
education/lessons/
9903/lee.html
The true cost of doing something is the value
of whatever opportunity one must give up in order to do it. Like all values,
such opportunity costs are subjective and difficult to measure in terms
of dollars or any other units. Most importantly, since time, energy and
resources are scarce, any and every choice involves a cost; some use of
scarce resources must be foregone to put them to the most desired use.
Apply these concepts to the issue of health care.
Author: Dwight R. Lee
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