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Middle School Lesson Plans: Economics and Globalization

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Posted on September 8, 2006
Previously filed under: South America, Lesson Plans
These resources are appropriate for grade levels 6th, 7th, 8th.
Lesson Plans:


  1. Comparative Economic Systems
    Students research the economic systems of a communist country and a third-world country and compare them to the US, guided by questions and using information from the CIA World Factbook website.

    Time needed for lesson plan: 2-3 hours

    To link to the actual lesson plan, please visit  EconEdLink.



  2. Marketplace: Let's Go Euro!
    With the start of the new year in 2002, the 12 members of the European Union launched a single currency across their borders, replacing individual country currencies and singling out the Euro as their one shared monetary denomination. Marketplace, a daily economics news program heard on National Public Radio, featured a story on January 2, 2002 about the currency change of the landmark event. (This lesson should be used as an introduction to this topic. There is another Economics Minute The Euro Makes its Debut that would be a good follow-up to this lesson. )

    Time needed for lesson plan: 2-3 hours

    To link to the actual lesson plan, please visit  EconEdLink.



  3. Cost/Benefit Analysis:Three Gorges Dam
    This lesson will allow students to evaluate the costs/benefits of the Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangtze River in China. The purpose of this lesson is to encourage students to look at a complex issue from differing viewpoints and to reach a decision on its merits after examining multiple points of view.

    Time needed for lesson plan: 1-2 hours

    To link to the actual lesson plan, please visit  EconEdLink.






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