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8th Grade Economics and Money Worksheets

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Economics is the study of how people and governments make choices with scarce resources, and these pages teach it through American history. There are 18 worksheets for 8th grade here, each with an answer key, on trade policy, supply and demand, taxes, household budgets and inflation. The Embargo of 1807 and Its Cost, Supply and Demand in Gold Rush San Francisco and Continental Currency and Wartime Inflation are three of the sheets. Native sheets practice C3 codes such as D2.Eco.1.6-8, D2.Eco.6.6-8 and D2.Eco.15.6-8.

Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

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Frequently Asked Questions

Opportunity cost is the value of the next best choice given up. The Embargo of 1807 and Its Cost has students find how many dollars of exports the nation gave up from 1807 to 1808. They then judge whether the embargo was worth that cost, using a number and a fact.

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