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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Free personal finance lesson plans for various grades and focusing on various topics. Teachers can make a free account at Everfi and...

This video describes what is meant by the term 'Free-Market Capitalism.' LINK

Brain POP video on money - a useful introduction to the history and purpose of money. LINK

In this lesson students interview a person who has lived during an important economic event. As there are few individuals now alive who...

In this lesson plan students will; (i) describe how Henry Ford’s Model T assembly line increased productivity and lowered production...

Archival footage of the long gas lines present at Fort Shafter Honolulu on January 18th 1974. LINK

A fascinating 10-minute video detailing the biology and history of the pineapple from its Western discovery in the New World in 1493 to...

In this video, ex-workers recount memories of working at the Ka'u sugar plantation on Hawaii Island. Contract laborers from Japan,...

It's true! The noble profession of teaching has benefits besides the personal gratification of educating the next generation and the...

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...

An exercise on understanding Demand and the Interpretation of a Demand Curve for grades 7-12.

An exercise where students differentiate between Land, Labor, and Capital for grades 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...

An exercise to help students understand what profit is. Suitable for grades 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.

A lesson plan providing practice in constructing and interpreting demand graphs, supply graphs, and market equilibrium. Directed at...

This video shows how much of the technology used by pre-contact Hawaiians came from the American Indians of the Pacific Northwest. LINK