Career Technical Education
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This collection of video-centered educational materials focuses on the areas of Career Technical Education and work-based learning for grades 6-12+. Explore our Courses (some accredited!), Learning Modules (structured content collections with about a week's worth of material), Teaching Units (educational videos with support materials), and Teachable Moments (short, right-to-the-point videos on one topic).
Educational videos with full teacher's guides.
Financial Literacy
Want less stress? More happiness? Learn how to manage your money... whatever there is of it!
3 Keys to Success
Keys for a successful life: education, avoid single parenthood, work full-time.
The Invisible Hand
eBay and a Scottish bakery demonstrate Adam Smith's Invisible Hand concept within a free market.
Morality in the Marketplace
Knowing right from wrong, and how morality applies to today's businesses and the free market.
The Paradox of Progress
The process of creative destruction through the story of package delivery pioneered by FedEx.
The Price System
It is the price system and the free market which has enabled the United States to develop.
Risk & Reward
Venture capitalists backed entrepreneurs to create some of America's most successful businesses.
Student Loans
Planning for your future requires understanding education & career options, and the ramifications of student loan debt. How does it all work?
Where Did My Money Go?
Paycheck sticker shock leads to a lesson on the many taxes paid by individuals.
Short, right-to-the-point videos.
Barter & Entrepreneurship
Lady entrepreneur in Africa (Zambia) explans how barter was part of her initial business.
Birth of Video Game Biz
The history of Atari and video games.
Competition Brings Better Products
How competition allows consumers choices.
Consumer Choices Drive Price, Supply & Demand
Consumers vote with their wallets, impacting price and supply & demand.
Freewheeling Innovation
New technology in bike helmets can't be used in the U.S. Why not? Regulations.
From Idea to Business
How business incubators help entrepreneurs connect with venture capitalists and get started.
Specialization & Creative Thinking
Sometimes it takes creative thinking & determination to save an entrepreneur (or farm!)
Steve Forbes On Achievement - A.P. Giannini
A.P. Giannini built his bank by loaning money to ordinary people.
Steve Forbes On Achievement - Frank Woolworth
Frank Woolworth opened the first five-and-dime store.
Steve Forbes On Achievement - Fred Harvey
Fred Harvey, civilizer of the American West.
Steve Forbes On Achievement - George Eastman
George Eastman created the Kodak camera.
Steve Forbes On Achievement - Henry Kaiser
Henry Kaiser built roads, dams, ships–and more.
Steve Forbes On Achievement - Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover succeeded and failed with the same skills.
Steve Forbes On Achievement - J.R. Simplot
How Billionaire J.R. Simplot went from French fries to microchips.
Steve Forbes On Achievement - Malcolm McLean
Malcom McLean revolutionized the shipping industry.
Steve Forbes On Achievement - Ruth Handler
Ruth Handler created the Barbie doll.
Success on the Open Highway
1980 trucking deregulation allowed dreams to flourish.
Supply, Demand & Price
Adam Smith's Invisible Hand at work - Supply & Demand drive price.
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