Early February Holiday Resources

Lesson Plans and Government Resources for Early February "Holidays":

“American Heart Month, February” Stats for Stories, U.S. Census, https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/american-heart-month.html

“Black History Month – Government Resources for Teachers”, BlackHistoryMonth.gov, 2025, https://www.blackhistorymonth.gov/ForTeachers.html

“The Cost of a Super Bowl Bet” (lesson plan), Foundation for Economic Education, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QAKgxN0IE_tDeAse875JmlQGL3fDReaQ0ghZgiaQbV0

“The Costs and Benefits of Hosting the Olympics” (lesson plan), Council for Economic Education, Aug 2025, https://econedlink.org/resources/the-costsandbenefits-of-hosting-the-olympics/

“Economic Marvels #45: The Economics of The Super Bowl”, Foundation for Economic Education, https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nYuU7Yh9uqZkRuSvuzcNB3u_VTz79LhXMV0Z0JCX7NQ

“Everyday Wonders - Amazon sensors will track every tackle at Super Bowl LIX”, Foundation for Economic Education, https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1utTUu32_SX2zcnOxCupa40HMyyn4j2AatYKeG_yBCYs

“FEE Super Bowl Facts & Figures 2026 (for Blooket)”, FEE Learning Center, Mar 2025, https://dashboard.blooket.com/set/67e43e8260742add37c1f6a3

“FinCap Friday: Black-Owned Banks Break Barriers” (video), NextGen Personal Finance, Feb 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYsVUq3KWjQ (video) and https://www.ngpf.org/blog/fincap-friday/fincap-friday-money-is-key-in-the-black-community/ (blog article)

“FinCap Friday: Closing the Gap” (video), NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF), Feb 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENE-7EvqaOc (video) and https://www.ngpf.org/blog/fincap-friday/fincap-friday-closing-the-gap/ (blog article)

“FinCap Friday: Super Bowl Spectacle” (video), NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF), Feb 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rOwfvGAfNA (video) and https://www.ngpf.org/blog/fincap-friday/fincap-friday-Super-Bowl-Spectacle/ (blog article)

“Fincap Friday: Super Bowl Spending”, NextGen Personal Finance, Feb 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrYEwQj4Dm8 (video) and https://www.ngpf.org/blog/fincap-friday/fincap-friday-super-bowl-spending/ (blog article)

“Math Monday: Highlighting Black Mathematicians in the Classroom”, NextGen Personal Finance, Feb 2025, https://www.ngpf.org/blog/math/math-monday-highlighting-black-mathematicians-in-the-classroom-2025/

“National Museum of African American History and Culture collections”, Smithsonian Learning Lab, https://learninglab.si.edu/org/nmaahc

“National Black (African American) History Month: February 2024 Facts for Features”, U.S. Census, https://www.census.gov/newsroom/facts-for-features/2024/black-history-month.html

“Question of the Day: By how much has Taylor Swift impacted the brand value of the Kansas City Chiefs and the NFL?”, NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF), Feb 2024, https://www.ngpf.org/blog/question-of-the-day/question-of-the-day-what-was-the-estimated-dollar-amount-of-the-economic-impact-generated-by-taylor-swifts-concert-in-santa-clara-ca/ (blog article w/links to lesson)

“Question of the Day [Black History Month]: There are 13 Black billionaires in the U.S. How many can you name?”, NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF), Feb 2025, https://www.ngpf.org/blog/question-of-the-day/question-of-the-day-black-history-month-there-are-9-black-billionaires-in-the-us-how-many-can-you-name/

“Question of the Day [Black History Month]: What Black-owned media company became the first to be publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange?”, NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF), Feb 2025, https://www.ngpf.org/blog/question-of-the-day/question-of-the-day-black-history-month-what-black-owned-media-company-became-the-first-to-be-publicly-traded-on-the-new-york-stock-exchange/ (blog article w/links to lesson)

“Question of the Day [Black History Month]: Who was the first Black CEO of a Fortune 500 company and what company did they lead?”, NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF), Feb 2025, https://www.ngpf.org/blog/question-of-the-day/question-of-the-day-black-history-month-who-was-the-first-black-ceo-of-a-fortune-500-company-and-what-company-did-they-lead/

“Question of the Day: How many boxes of Girl Scout cookies are sold each year?”, NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF), Feb 2025, https://www.ngpf.org/blog/question-of-the-day/question-of-the-day-how-many-boxes-of-girl-scout-cookies-are-sold-each-year/

“Question of the Day: How much does the average Super Bowl viewer expect to spend on purchases related to the big game?”, NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF), Feb 2025, https://www.ngpf.org/blog/question-of-the-day/question-of-the-day-how-much-on-average-did-super-bowl-lv-viewers-spend-on-food-and-drinks-for-the-big-game/

“Question of the Day: What is the cost of a 30-second Super Bowl ad?” (updated), NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF), Feb 2025, https://www.ngpf.org/blog/question-of-the-day/question-of-the-day-what-is-the-cost-of-a-30-second-super-bowl-ad/ (blog article w/links to lesson)

“Stock Prices and the 2025 Super Bowl” (lesson plan), Council for Economic Education, Aug 2025, https://econedlink.org/resources/stock-prices-and-the-super-bowl/

Early February "Holiday" articles from Blogs/Podcasts, etc..:

“Economics and Sports Betting” (podcast), Economics Happy Hour, Jul 2025, https://www.econhappyhour.com/p/economics-and-sports-betting

“Economics of the Super Bowl: From ticket prices to ads, America's biggest game has an impact”, Pop Culture & Economics with Dr. Matthew Rousu, Feb 2025, https://www.econtastic.com/p/economics-of-the-super-bowl

“The Economics of Everyday Things: Girl Scout Cookies” (podcast), Freakonomics Radio, Jan 2026 (originally Jan 2023), https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-economics-of-everyday-things-girl-scout-cookies/

“How much would we pay for a Super Bowl Ticket? And why is it less than what we would need to sell one?” (podcast), Economics Happy Hour, Feb 2024, https://www.econhappyhour.com/p/how-much-would-we-pay-for-a-super

“How Super Bowl LV Is Different”, Econlife, Feb 2021, https://econlife.com/2021/02/super-bowl-ads-2/

“How the Super Bowl Affects the Labor Force”, Econlife, Feb 2025, https://econlife.com/2025/02/super-bowl-absentees/

“How To Spend $7 Million”, Econlife, Feb 2024, https://econlife.com/2024/02/super-bowl-ads-3/

“Inflation has a new victim: Girl Scout cookies” (podcast), NPR, Oct 2023, https://www.npr.org/2023/10/14/1205699066/inflation-economy-girl-scout-cookies

“Learning Economics and Personal Finance from Black Authors”, Pop Culture & Economics with Dr. Matthew Rousu, Feb 2025, https://www.econtastic.com/p/learning-economics-and-personal-finance

“The Olympic Medal That Makes People Mad and Sad”, Econlife, Aug 2024, https://econlife.com/2024/08/silver-medal-sadness/

“The Paris Olympics Won’t Add Billions to France’s Economy”, Monday Morning Economist, Jul 2024, https://www.mondayeconomist.com/p/the-paris-olympics-wont-add-billions

“The Real Reason We Love Girl Scout Cookies”, Econlife, Feb 2022, https://econlife.com/2022/02/girl-scout-cookie-economics/

“The Super Bowl Slump”, Monday Morning Economist, Feb 2023, https://www.mondayeconomist.com/p/super-bowl

“Super Bowl Spending”, Econlife, Jan 2024, https://econlife.com/2014/01/super-bowl-spending/

“Super-Sized Bets for Football’s Big Game”, Virtual Economist, Feb 2023, https://www.visualcapitalist.com/super-sized-bets-for-footballs-big-game/

“Taylor Swift's Extensive Reach for the NFL”, Monday Morning Economist, Feb 2024, https://www.mondayeconomist.com/p/the-swift-effect

“When Alphabetical Order Matters (Olympic Parade of Nations)”, Econlife, Dec 2021, https://econlife.com/2021/12/when-alphabetical-order-matters/

“Where Are the Olympic Women?”, Econlife, Aug 2021, https://econlife.com/2021/08/female-olympic-medal-winners/

“Why Are Championship Tickets So Expensive?” (podcast), Economics Happy Hour, Jan 2026, https://www.econhappyhour.com/p/why-are-championship-tickets-so-expensive

“Why Super Bowl Halftime Performers Get Paid $0 to Play”, FEE.org, Jan 2020, https://fee.org/articles/why-super-bowl-halftime-performers-get-paid-0-to-play

Other general ECON/PFL/Social Studies articles on Early February “holidays”:

“2026 Marks The 100th Anniversary Of Black History Month — A Brief History”, Forbes Magazine, Jan 2026, https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2026/01/05/2026-marks-the-100th-anniversary-of-black-history-month---a-brief-history/

“The 2026 Olympics are the most widespread in history. See what's happening where”, NPR, Jan 2026, https://www.npr.org/2026/01/19/nx-s1-5621791/winter-olympics-venues-milan-cortina

“2026 Winter Olympic Competition Schedule”, Olympics.com, https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/schedule/overview

“Another Super Bowl bet emerges: Can Taylor Swift make it from her Tokyo show in time?”, NPR, Jan 2024, https://www.npr.org/2024/01/30/1227866771/taylor-swift-super-bowl-eras-tour-travis-kelce

“Behind the $800 Million Girl Scout Cookie Empire” (video), The Economics of from the Wall Street Journal, Jan 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXZrYzadoLk

“The Economics of the Super Bowl: A Winning Play for Business”, DECA Direct, Feb 2025, https://www.decadirect.org/articles/the-economics-of-the-super-bowl-a-winning-play-for-business

“Five inspiring women’s sports stories to watch with the Olympics a month away”, The Fixture, Jan 2026, https://katiemcinerney.substack.com/p/olympics-2026-team-usa-women

“Girl Scout Economics: Thin Mints, Thick Margins”, Alts Community (focusing on alternative investments), Mar 2025, https://altea.circle.so/c/knowledge/girl-scout-economics-thin-mints-thick-margins

“How Much Would You Pay to Watch the Super Bowl on TV?”, Wall Street Journal, Feb 2024, https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/super-bowl-pay-per-view-a304385c

“How the Puppy Bowl became a marketing juggernaut in its own right” (podcast), Marketplace, Feb 2023, https://www.marketplace.org/2023/02/10/how-the-puppy-bowl-became-a-marketing-juggernaut-in-its-own-right/

“Inflation Already Ruined Your Super Bowl Party”, American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), Feb 2024, https://www.aier.org/article/inflation-already-ruined-your-super-bowl-party/

“A look at the venues for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina”, Associated Press (AP), Feb 2025, https://apnews.com/article/milan-cortina-winter-olympics-2026-839ffb77e24a5fb851d5f895ac02538e

“New events at the 2026 Winter Olympics”, ESPN, Jan 2026, https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/47632304/new-events-2026-winter-olympics

Science of the Winter Olympics playlist (videos), NBC News Learn, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRpUYjB1LkA97vS6sT745jwnak8-mBNFP

“Sports for People and Planet”, a report from the World Economic Forum, Jan 2026, https://www.weforum.org/publications/sports-for-people-and-planet/

“Super Bowl betting, snacks and corporate buybacks (podcast)”, The Indicator from Planet Money (NPR), Feb 2023, https://www.npr.org/2023/02/10/1156187731/super-bowl-betting-snacks-and-corporate-buybacks

“The Super Bowl’s Most Reliable Stock Market Indicator? The Ads”, Wall Street Journal, Feb 2023, https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-super-bowls-most-reliable-stock-market-indicator-the-ads-ced4e75a?mod=Searchresults_pos11&page=14

“Super Bowl Spending for the Big Game”, National Retail Federation, Feb 2025, https://nrf.com/research-insights/holiday-data-and-trends/super-bowl

“Taylor Swift effect: Female-focused ad spots take the Super Bowl”, Axios, Feb 2024, https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/super-bowl-commercials-taylor-swift-beauty-advertisers

“Your Super Bowl platter may cost less this year – if you follow these menu twists”, NPR, Feb 2023, https://www.npr.org/2023/02/10/1155694629/super-bowl-menu-food-deals