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Basic Economic Education Toolkit: Curriculum Guides, Lesson Plans and Content Standards

All you need to know about what a K-12 student needs to know...about economics.

The Council for Economic Education materials are developed for all primary and secondary grades and for varying teaching and classroom needs. This section contains 4 basic tools — two volumes outlining and explaining economics lessons, and a CD-ROM resource — representing systematic efforts by distinquished economists and teachers to give directions and shape to economics education.

Toolkit materials are designed to aid those who:

  • Develop standards
  • Develop curriculum at the state and local levels
  • Provide economics instruction in the classroom



Virtual Economics: CD-ROM - Version 3.0
Virtual Economics: CD-ROM - Version 3.0
This CD-ROM contains over 1,200 activity-based lessons, 51 key economic concepts, and a glossary with over 500 terms. This is a resource every economics teacher should have.
Grades: K-12 | Price: $99.95

What Economics Is About: Understanding the Basics of Our Economic System
What Economics Is About: Understanding the Basics of Our Economic System
This booklet details the fundamental economics problem -- scarcity -- and introduces students to the terms and content that are necessary for a more advanced understanding of economics. In addition to background reading content for teachers and advanced students, the visuals can be used with students to introduce them to economics.
Grades: K-12 | Price: $14.95

Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics
Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics
The essential guide for curriculum developers, administrators, teachers, and education and economics professors, the standards provide a framework and benchmarks for teaching economics to K-12 students.
Grades: 4-12 | Price: $22.95

A Framework for Teaching Basic Economic Concepts: With Scope and Sequence Guidelines, K-12
A Framework for Teaching Basic Economic Concepts: With Scope and Sequence Guidelines, K-12
This companion to the National Content Standards provides definitions and explanations of key economic concepts as well as scope and sequence guidelines for teaching economics concepts within the K-12 curriculum.
Grades: K-12 | Price: $24.95