In this lesson, students explore the financial and political relationship between the Palestinian Authority and Middle Eastern countries. In this lesson, students will examine the Bush Administration's plan to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from varying points of view. In this lesson, students will simulate the stock market as a class in order to learn more about how different events, including regulation from the Federal Reserve, can impact the stock market. In this lesson, students explore the significance of the Federal Reserve in the United States economy by defining key economic terms through drama and creative writing. In this lesson, students brainstorm creative and imaginative solutions to economic and other problems in Mexico and the United States to help stem the flow of perilous border crossings.
Students then use their ideas to formulate a coherent plan to present to lawmakers.
In this lesson, students first discover the tensions that have recently caused the price of crude oil to skyrocket. Students then explore the ways in which oil prices are determined, investigating both free market and oligopoly conditions. By studying the recent financial performance of the two banks, students will predict how the merger will affect the new company's financial performance. Students will then create an annual report for the new company based on their predictions. Students then participate in a trading game in which they explore the international trading system and the ways in which it rewards and punishes countries.