Economics

Economics (X) - Business (X)

Factory Manager

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Each player owns a factory and tries to earn the most money during the game. To be successful, each player must use his workers to buy the best machines and robots at the market and to run the machines most effectively in his factory.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
60 min.
Factory Manager

U.S. Industries & Resources (2005)

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Discusses how natural resources in different regions of the United States have started different industries - and how dozens of business have been created within those industries. Examines the free market economy, domestic and international trade, and how people use both to satisfy their wants and needs.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
U.S. Industries & Resources

Starting a Business (2005)

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Got a great idea? So do Chloe, Andy, Mia, and Jamaal. Join them as the go from eating a cookie to starting their own cookie business. Discover how market research and a business plan can help you own and operate a business in your community.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
Starting a Business

Roger & Me (1989)

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In 1989, Michael Moore, winner of 2002’s Best Documentary Feature Academy Award* and Cannes Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Bowling for Columbine, triumphantly burst upon the American moviemaking scene with Roger & Me, a hilarious, penetrating forerunner of the independent film movement.

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
01:30
Roger & Me

Going, Going, GONE!

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Can you keep calm while bids are rising? Experience the exhilaration of real life auctions!

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
20 min.
Going, Going, GONE!

Acquire

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This Sid Sackson classic has taken many different forms over the years depending on the publisher. Each player strategically invests in businesses, trying to retain a majority of stock.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
90 min.
Acquire