Of the order in which Societies are by nature recommended to our Beneficence| www.adamsmithworks.org
Read through the original texts of Theory of Moral Sentiments and Wealth of Nations with discussion questions added directly to the text.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Original, classroom-ready activities to use with your students TODAY.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
“Bellringers” are quick activities to add onto a lesson and help set the tone or introduce a topic in the classroom.| www.adamsmithworks.org
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How can we use Adam Smith in the classroom?| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Adam Smith’s quotations that “set the stage” for various lesson topics.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Adam Smith’s quotations are tied to short classroom activities that introduce various lesson topics.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use Adam Smith's famous quotation about benevolence to introduce to your class the concept of the merits of competition, the benefits of trade, and producer self-interest, the profit motive, and how these benefit consumers.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Self-interested behavior, according to Smith, encourages the virtue of prudence. This quotation can be used to launch a discussion into what constitutes prudence, whether self-interested behavior really does encourage it, and what personal prudence might do for society as a whole.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use this quote from The Theory of Moral Sentiments to start a discussion with your class about happiness, needs, wants, and gratitude.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Chapter I: Of the Division of Labor| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use the opening lines of Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments to prompt a conversation about what motivates our social behavior.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use this quotation from Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments to explore how people react to wealth and poverty with your students.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use this quotation from Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments to discuss the different interest groups in society and how they interact.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use this quotation from Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations to discuss property and inequality with your students.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Chapter II: Of the Principle which gives Occasion to the Division of Labor| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
A guided overview of the questions used in AdamSmithWorks reading guides.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use this quotation from Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations to prompt a discussion of how likely it is that any country will ever have completely free trade.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Chapter III: That the Division of Labour is Limited by the Extent of the Market| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Chapter IV: Of the Origin and Use of Money| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Chapter V: Of the Real and Nominal Price of Commodities| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of the Component Parts of the Price of Commodities| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of the Natural and Market Price of Commodities| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of Wages and Profit in the Different Employments of Labour and Stock| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use this quotation from Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations to explore the effects of the division of labor on innovation.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use this quotation from Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations to explore the nature of wealth.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use this quotation from Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments to discuss the role of tranquility in finding happiness.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use this quotation from Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments to discuss the nature of vanity and whether it can ever be good.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use this quotation from Adam Smith's essay on the "Imitative Arts" to discuss what makes art interesting.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use this quotation from Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations to talk about whether people are born equal.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use this quotation from Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments to talk about anger and happiness.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of Money Considered as a particular Branch of the General Stock of the Society, or of the Expence of Maintaining the National Capital| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of the Accumulation of Capital, or of Productive and Unproductive Labour| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Subscribe to a curated collection of resources for teachers. Timed for the beginning of each semester and the end of the year.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of the Different Employment of Capitals| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Review previous issues of our Teachers Resource Collection.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of the Natural Progress of Opulence| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of the Discouragement of Agriculture in the Ancient State of Europe after the Fall of the Roman Empire| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of the Rise and Progress of Cities and Towns| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
How the Commerce of the Towns Contributed to the Improvement of the Country| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
A comic strip to spark discussion of Adam Smith's "the butcher, the brewer, and the baker", and of how our care for each other is affected by money.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of the Expences of the Sovereign or Commonwealth| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use Twitter-length statements as a tool to better understand the complex text about free trade in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations and to practice the process of distilling complex ideas into concise statements to improve communication and understanding.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Explore a pin factory with Adam Smith and contemplate the creation of the humble pencil to understand better how markets and prices help people coordinate their economic activity.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use Twitter-length statements as a tool to better understand the invisible hand passage in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations and to practice the process of distilling complex ideas into concise statements to improve communication and understanding.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Start your class with a brief activity and discussion of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Explore the most famous metaphor in economics with our collection of original resources for you and your classroom.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use Twitter-length statements as a tool to better understand the complex text about natural and market prices in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations and to practice the process of distilling complex ideas into concise statements to improve communication and understanding.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use this quotation from Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations to start a conversation about prices and value.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Did you miss our most recent collection about teaching the division of labor?| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use this quotation from The Theory of Moral Sentiments to discuss the special treatment that people feel they owe to political rulers.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of the Causes of Improvement in the productive Powers of Labour, and of the Order according to which its Produce is naturally distributed among the different Ranks of the People| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
A book and video series available at no cost from the Fraser Institute.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
In the lesson, the instructor will read passages from Smith and display corresponding maps. Students will investigate each map and discuss how the maps & passages relate to concepts like specialization, scarcity, interdependence, and trade.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of the Principle of the Commercial or Mercantile System| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
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The invisible hand is one of Smith's most well-known turns of phrase, yet he uses it but once in each book. So what does it mean, and why does this concept remain important today?| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
In this activity, students create timelines of scientific innovations and historical events during the life of Smith. The lesson highlights economic concepts and could also be a great introductory activity for a unit on Technology & Innovation, or Entrepreneurship.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use this quotation from Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments to discuss whether we can be forced to be generous and kind.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of the Nature, Accumulation, and Employment of Stock| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
A Cato Institute home study course module| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
June 2023| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
"Smith’s system can help adolescents build a moral narrative for their developing social lives."| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of Restraints upon the Importation from Foreign Countries| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
January/February 2024| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
April/May 2024| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
A five-part short video series on the life and contemporary relevance of Adam Smith.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
"Man is an animal that bargains," said Smith. Our commercial interactions help us further our individual interests and civilize us at the same time. How is the free market necessary for Smith's "system of natural liberty?"| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Explore the division of labor and specialization with high school or introductory university students by putting students to work in their own (pipe cleaner) pin factory.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use this quotation from Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments to discuss the nature of justice with your class.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of the different Progress of Opulence in different Nations| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
A video and lesson plan from Izzit.org| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
June 7, 2023| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Revisit old VRGs to find associated reading lists.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of the extraordinary Restraints upon the Importation of Goods of almost all Kinds| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of the Propriety of Action| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
AdamSmithWorks is pleased to offer Virtual Reading Groups designed to gather individuals interested in serious and civil discussion. These are now listed along with other virtual reading groups at the Online Library of Liberty's Community page. | Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Smith's discussions of the division of labor, while they might seem like common sense today, were radical in his time. Find out more, and consider its enduring relevance today.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Use Adam Smith's discussion of men "whose public spirit is prompted altogether by humanity and benevolence" as a starting point to discuss civil government and how to approach difficult public policy problems.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
High School teachers who teach Adam Smith are already going beyond the requirements. Use the Adam Smith Escape Room to take your students beyond the ordinary as well. Students will explore big questions from Wealth of Nations and think about what inspires economists to study the world around them.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
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Of Systems of political Economy| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
A five-part short video series on the life and contemporary relevance of Adam Smith with complementary questions for discussion.| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
Of Merit and Demerit; or, of the Objects of Reward and Punishment| Adam Smith’s Enlightened World | Adam Smith Works
