Focus on Economics: Personal Decision Making (Focus on Economics)

by Don R. Leet, Nancy Lang

Show your students how basic economics concepts relate to consumer, business, social, and personal choices. These 15 lessons make connections between classroom learning and real-world experiences in budgeting, career planning, credit management, and housing. Lessons also explore goal setting, consumer sovereignty and advertising, collective bargaining, health care, inter-national economics and the American consumer, and the role of government. Also Financing Your A Complete Personal Finance Program on DVD For High School Teachers And Their Students - ISBN 1561836443
From plan to Teaching ideas for social studies, economics, and business classes - ISBN 1561834955 The Council for Economic Education envisions a world in which people are empowered through economic and financial literacy to make informed and responsible choices throughout their lives as consumers, savers, investors, workers, citizens, and participants in our global economy. Some of the areas in K-12 education we publish in - Establishing and building credit - Managing personal finances - Understanding economics on a local, national, and global level - Using economics in other subject Social Studies, Geography, History, etc.

200 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2005