Electing a President. Knowledge Unlimited Inc, 1995
 (Video). 
This production explores the campaign process
for presidency of the United States. Topics include: the history of presidential elections in the U.S., the electoral college, how campaigns are financed and how campaigns are influenced by money, primaries and caucuses, the
national conventions, the general election, how the
Constitution affects the electoral process, the impact of mass media, and the importance of voting.

30 Second Democracy 
First Run Icarrs Films, 1996
(Video). 
This program explores the disturbing relationship between political parties and the advertising
 industry during election campaigns. Topics include:
advertising techniques, how ad agencies sell candidates,
distortions created by ad agencies, how viewers might generate solutions.

1. Students will go to the World Trade Organization's website (www.wto.org) to research the organization. The teacher already will have visited the site and found areas of special interest to his/her class.
The teacher will give the students these questions and/or assignment to be answered from information gathered on the website:

What are the main functions of the WTO?
What is its history?
Who belongs to the WTO?
Which recent disputes has the WTO tried to resolve?
What is the process the WTO uses in resolving disputes?
What is the WTO's authority to resolve disputes?
How does the WTO divide the world into trading regions?
What factors does the WTO look at in analyzing trade?
What importance does the WTO place on the U.S. dollar?
On which other currencies does the WTO place particular emphasis?
With which other international organizations does the WTO cooperate?
How does the WTO assist developing countries?
Summarize a recent speech made by the WTO's Director-General.
Which languages does the WTO have on its website?
Give examples of intellectual property rights.
Give examples of "transition economies."

2. Students will construct a chart comparing trade
agreements during the Great Depression and trade agreements today. Discuss the reasons for differences.

3. Students will debate and write position papers on
the arguments for or against free trade.
 
 

EduStock
http://tqd.advanced.org/
3088/
Edustock teaches young and old alike what the stock market is and how it can work for them. It includes tutorials on how to pick good stocks. It also provides information on a select group of companies to help you start your research into what stock is going to make your fortune. Last of all, it provides a FREE 20 minute delayed Stock market simulation on the World Wide Web. 
Author: Michael Schulman, Derek Goldstein and Jason Yang
 

How Has the Constitution Shaped the Economic System in the U.S.?
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/
lessons/fecg1.htm
Students find examples from the newspaper of the six characteristics of a market economy as they exist in the U.S. today. Then find how the U.S. Constitution supports those characteristics. Finally, compare the economic provisions of the U.S. Constitution with that of China to understand the difference between a command and a market system.
Author: Focus on Economics in Civics and Government
 

InvestSmart Stock Market Game
http://library.advanced.org/
10326/market_simulation/
index.html
The InvestSmart Stock Game is a hands-on tool that helps you get started with trading stocks. No prior stock experience is needed to enter this game. Just have fun There is no limit to the number of classrooms that can play our game. Teachers can monitor their students' progress and guide them to wisely invest their virtual money. 
Author: Invest Smart
 

Is the Ruble Becoming Rubbish?
http://www.nytimes.com/
learning/general/
featured_articles/
980909wednesday.html
In this lesson, students evaluate the phrase "the value of the dollar" by discussing the dramatic devaluation of the Russian ruble. Students will create tables comparing costs of American products to what items would cost in Russia today and appraise how their own spending habits would be affected by monetary devaluation.
Author: Alison Zimbalist and Lorin Diggs
 

Oil Trade Game
http://www.eco.utexas.edu/
~wilcoxen/games/oiltrade/
Welcome to Oil Trader, a simulation exploring arbitrage in the crude petroleum market. Each year you must choose whether to buy or sell oil, and whether to borrow money or repay existing loans. Use the buttons and scroll bars at the bottom of the game to indicate what you want to do. When you're ready, click on the "Next Turn" button to see what happens. The game lasts for 10 turns, each one year long. You can restart it whenever you want by clicking the "Restart" button. 
Author: Peter Wilcoxen 
 

What Is a Stock, or Who Owns MacDonalds?
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/
lessons/mark1.htm
Explore the fundamentals of the U.S. market economy and stock ownership. Discuss how stockholders share risks and rewards of business ownership by purchasing stocks.
Author: Learning for the Market: Integrating the Stock Market Games

1. Written responses to the questions will be given a
weighted value.

3. Students will write an essay on the following:

Why does the United States stock market or the
American dollar fluctuate when the yen or the
Japanese stock market prices fall?

The essay will be scored on rubric that will be developed by the class.