Games & Activities
Intelligence Quotient (IQ) Tests
- Personal Finance IQ Test – True or False Questions Only (See instructor for answers.)
- Personal Finance IQ Test – Multiple Choice Questions Only (See instructor for answers.)
Hot Topics
- The Crash of 2008: Cause and Aftermath [PDF]. By James Gwartney, David Macpherson, Russell Sobel, and Richard Stroup provides a comprehensive analysis of the current economic crisis. This crisis is likely to be the most important macroeconomic event of our lifetime. The Crash of 2008: Cause and Aftermath [PDF] addresses the cause, analyzes the future, and considers the often ask question of whether we are headed for another Great Depression. Economic Crisis 2008 [PDF] will help teachers communicate valuable information to students. Test questions are available in the secured test bank. Visit the CSE Hot Topics page for other resources connected to the crisis.
Learning Activities
- Activity: Budgeting and Financial Fitness for Life
- Activity: What is Consumer Price Index (CPI)?
- Activity: College: Where I am Going to Go? By EconEdLink.org (Economic Concepts: Scarcity and Marginal Analysis)
- Activity: Demand, Supply and Adjustments to Dynamic Change
- What is a Dollar Worth? By the Federal Reserve System, Minneapolis, District 9
- Activity: The Economic Crisis of 2008: Causes and Lessons for the Future
- Activity: Fiscal Policy and Budget Deficits
- Activity: Gains from Trade Game[PDF]
- What is Globalization? A Student’s Guide to Globalization. Site managed by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- Activity: The Great Depression and Lessons Learned
- Activity: Gross Domestic Product: What It Is and How It Is Measured?
- Activity: Learning and Earning. Site mangaged by TheMint.org. (Use the site to see how higher education translates into higher earning levels, on average.)
- Activity: Monetary Policy: How Is It Conducted and How Does It Affect the Economy?
- Activity: A Property Rights Simulation[PDF]
- Activity: What Is the Unemployment Rate and How Is It Measured?
- Activity: Who Pays for Government or Private Projects and Why It Matters
