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

Exercise on the Demand Curve for grades 7-12.

A video from 1975 showcasing the history of the sugar industry in Hawaii and the sugar production process. LINK

A lesson plan examining the difference between price and value, while also exploring economic concepts of demand, supply, and market...

A lesson plan examining the difference between demand shifts and movements along the demand curve. The lesson uses the mnemonic 'There is...

An online course from the Foundation for Economic Education introducing the reasoning behind the divisions of the federal government and...

This activity is a discovery lesson designed to help students determine the relationship between unemployment and economic growth through...

LINK Note that the calculation of the time value of money is just the inverse (i.e. undoing) the calculation of the future value of...

An exercise on how to correct prices for inflation for grades 8-12.

Exercise to define and compute productivity for grades 8-12.

An Exercise on Opportunity Cost utilizing the island of Lanai as a case study for grades 8-12.

This video explains what economists really mean by 'supply' and 'demand' - not a 'thing' but in fact a relationship - that is customarily...

A lesson plan on externalities for middle school students and up. Also useful for Civics classes to understand the potential economic...

An exercise to practice categorizing economic good types - with particular emphasis on Common Goods and the Tragedy of the Commons. For...