| Activity: When Gas Was a Quarter! | |||
| Go to: | http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lid=373&type=student (opens a new window) | ||
| Description: | This is the student page that goes with the When Gas Was a Quarter! lesson plan. In this exercise, students explore the following questions: Why does everything cost so much more now, compared to when your parents were growing up? Have you heard your relatives say that they paid a quarter for a gallon of gas? Or that they paid a dollar to get into the movie? Well, your grandparents or your great-grandparents only paid a dime! | ||
| Technology Type: | JavaScript | ||
| Author: | Council for Economic Education | ||
| Language: | English | ||
| Cost: | Does not require payment for use | ||
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| Lesson Plan: | When Gas Was a Quarter | ||
| Support Materials: | Compare Prices During the Great Depression to Prices Today | Consumer Price Index (Estimate) 1800- | Consumer Price Index, 1913- |
| Tool: | NASA New Start Index Inflation Calculator | ||
| Courses: | Math 4 | Writing percentages, Finding percentages, Money/coins | |
| Math 5 | Writing percentages, Finding percentages, Rates | ||
| Financial Education | Inflation | ||
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