Energy, Economics, and the Environment: Case Studies and Teaching Activities for Elementary School

Challenge your upper elementary students with activities that enable them to analyze energy and environment issues from an economics perspective. Newly updated with current information and timely issues, you'll give your students the knowledge and tools they need to analyze important energy and environment issues. An introductory essay gives you and your students a framework for analyzing issues, and each unit provides teachers Basic Facts About the Issue. Next, specific Teaching Activities get your students involved in the issue. Finally, students put their new found knowledge to use with realistic Case Studies.

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Economics and the Environment: Ecodetectives - ISBN 1561835749
Economics and the environment - ISBN 1561834823
Energy, Economics, and the Environment: Case Studies and Teaching Activities for High School - ISBN 156183632X

The Council for Economic Education envisions a world in which people are empowered through economic and financial literacy to make informed and responsible choices throughout their lives as consumers, savers, investors, workers, citizens, and participants in our global economy.

Some of the areas in K-12 education we publish in include:

- Establishing and building credit

- Managing personal finances

- Understanding economics on a local, national, and global level

- Using economics in other subject areas: Social Studies, Geography, History, etc.