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Contents Focus: Grades K-2 Economics Teaching Economics Using Children’s Literature Play Dough Economics Energy, Economics, and the Environment K-12 – Virtual Economics ® Play Dough Economics Trading Around the World K-12 – Virtual Economics ® Energy, Economics, and the Environment Customized Digital License Program Risky Business DVD Financing Your Future DVD Play Dough Economics Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics Test of Understanding in College Economics K-12 – Virtual Economics ®

National Council on Economic Education - 2008 Catalog

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