LESSON PLANS: JA Economics - GRADE 11-12
JA Economics JA Economics is a one-semester course that connects high school students to the economic principles that influence their...
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- Jan 15, 2022
RESOURCE: Empowered - GRADE 1-12
Register to join the Empowered Teacher Community by clicking on the 'request to join' button at the link below and receive 100+...
- Jan 15, 2022
PAID RESOURCES: Entrepreneurship Curricula - GRADE 1-12
See below for a list of paid entrepreneurship education resources for grade-school students. VentureLab BizKidz Uncharted Learning
- Jan 15, 2019
LESSON PLANS: EVERFI Financial Literacy Education - GRADE 4-12
Free personal finance lesson plans for various grades and focusing on various topics. Teachers can make a free account at Everfi and...
- Jan 15, 2017
VIDEO: What is Capitalism? - GRADE 6-12
This video describes what is meant by the term 'Free-Market Capitalism.' LINK
- Jan 15, 2017
VIDEO: The Origins of Money - GRADE 6-12
Brain POP video on money - a useful introduction to the history and purpose of money. LINK
- Jan 15, 2017
LESSON PLAN: Living in the "Great Depression" - GRADE 6-12
In this lesson students interview a person who has lived during an important economic event. As there are few individuals now alive who...
- Jan 15, 2017
LESSON PLAN: Productivity and the Model T Ford - GRADE 6-12
In this lesson plan students will; (i) describe how Henry Ford’s Model T assembly line increased productivity and lowered production...
- Jan 16, 2016
VIDEO: Hawaii Gas Lines in 1974 - GRADE 7-12
Archival footage of the long gas lines present at Fort Shafter Honolulu on January 18th 1974. LINK
- Jan 15, 2016
VIDEO: The History of the Pineapple - GRADE 7-12
A fascinating 10-minute video detailing the biology and history of the pineapple from its Western discovery in the New World in 1493 to...
- Jan 15, 2016
VIDEO: Why Did Contract Laborers Come to Hawaii? - GRADE 7-12
In this video, ex-workers recount memories of working at the Ka'u sugar plantation on Hawaii Island. Contract laborers from Japan,...
- Jan 15, 2016
VIDEO: Why Teachers Consistently Become Millionaires - GRADE 6-12
It's true! The noble profession of teaching has benefits besides the personal gratification of educating the next generation and the...
- Jan 15, 2016
RESOURCE: Geothermal Energy - GRADE 7-12
Kalakaua Visits Edison: The King in Search of a Means to Light up Honolulu The cost of electricity in Hawaii is the highest in the...
- Jan 15, 2016
LESSON PLAN: How Much? - GRADE 7-12
An exercise on understanding Demand and the Interpretation of a Demand Curve for grades 7-12.
- Jan 15, 2016
LESSON PLAN: Classifying Productive Resources - GRADE 7-12
An exercise where students differentiate between Land, Labor, and Capital for grades 7-12.
- Jan 15, 2016
RESOURCE: Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) - GRADE 7-12
The cost of electricity in Hawaii is the highest in the country, more than double the national average. Our high energy price presents a...
- Jan 15, 2016
LESSON PLAN: What is Profit? - GRADE 7-12
An exercise to help students understand what profit is. Suitable for grades 7-12.
- Jan 15, 2016
LESSON PLAN: Price Control - GRADE 7-12
A lesson plan on the welfare effects of price controls. Designed for middle school students, but can be adapted for high school students.
- Jan 15, 2016
LESSON PLAN: Price Graph Stories - GRADE 7-12
A lesson plan providing practice in constructing and interpreting demand graphs, supply graphs, and market equilibrium. Directed at...
- Jan 15, 2016
VIDEO: North American Indians' Connection to Hawaii - GRADE 7-12
This video shows how much of the technology used by pre-contact Hawaiians came from the American Indians of the Pacific Northwest. LINK
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