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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 5: Introduction to the Macroeconomic Perspective

For Students 11th - 12th
In this chapter, you will learn about the following: Measuring the size of the economy with gross domestic product, adjusting nominal values to real values, tracking real gross domestic product over time, comparing gross domestic product...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Closing the Gap

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The students learn what GDP is. They will learn different measures of GDP as well as how GDP per capita can be used to compare countries. They will also calculate GDP per capita and learn how poorer countries can converge, or close the...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: What Does the Nation Consume?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson will focus on what the nation consumes and how that is measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In the United States, the goods and services produced for household consumption account for about two-thirds of total output.
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Article
Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Gross Domestic Product

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Gross Domestic Product(GDP),the sum total of the market price of all the final goods and services produced within a country's borders during a given period of time.In the U. S. it's measured in quarters of a year, then...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Gross Domestic Product

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights the basics about GDP.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Arts and Economics

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights the vital role the arts play in our economy using key economic concepts like gross domestic product and employment. Incorporating data from a variety of primary sources, this infographic strives to capture the economic...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Measuring the Size of the Economy: Gross Domestic Product

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and how we measure it.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Circular Flow Model and Gdp

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice what you have learned about the circular flow model and how gross domestic product (GDP) is calculated in this four-question exercise.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Real vs. Nominal Gdp

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice what you've learned about real GDP, nominal GDP, and the GDP deflator in this exercise.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Limitations of Gdp

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice what you've learned about the limitations of GDP in this exercise.
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Real vs. Nominal Gdp

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and calculations used in calculating real and nominal GDP. Topics include the distinction between real and nominal GDP and how to calculate and use the GDP deflator. This...
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: The Limitations of Gdp

For Students 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and concepts about the limitations of GDP. This resource is designed as a review for the AP Macroeconomics Test or a college-level macroeconomics course.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: The Circular Flow and Gdp

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and calculations used in describing the output of an economy. Key topics include the expenditures approach, income approach, and value added approach to calculating...
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Investopedia

Investopedia: Net National Product (Nnp)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains the net national product, its relationship to gross national product, and why it is important to understanding a country's economy.
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Google

Google for Education: Modeling Gdp and Waste Using Computational Thinking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan showing how computer programming can be used to model biological principles.
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Lesson Plan
University of Nebraska Omaha

Ec Ed Web: Places and Production

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson from the University of Omaha, "Middle schoolers calculate United States GDP and GDP per capita, use a choropleth map to acquire information, and create choropleth maps of GDP per capita in South America. They identify...
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Other

Oecd: Frequently Requested Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development houses links to frequently requested statistical data in areas such as interest rates, population, exchange rates, and employment, just to name a few.
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Robert Schenk, PhD

Cyber Economics: Measuring the Economy: An Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
How the United States government measures the three most commonly used concepts based on aggregated markets: the unemployment rate, the rate of inflation, and Gross Domestic Product. Content explains the purpose of each measurement, how...
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Curated OER

Spending and Output Strings

For Students 9th - 10th
In this classroom activity, "output" cards and "spending" cards are placed on a string. As each increase or decrease, the economy faces more unemployment or inflation. A good visual device to study the relationships among output,...
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Curated OER

Spending and Output Strings

For Students 9th - 10th
In this classroom activity, "output" cards and "spending" cards are placed on a string. As each increase or decrease, the economy faces more unemployment or inflation. A good visual device to study the relationships among output,...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Spending and Output Strings

For Students 9th - 10th
In this classroom activity, "output" cards and "spending" cards are placed on a string. As each increase or decrease, the economy faces more unemployment or inflation. A good visual device to study the relationships among output,...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Spending and Output Strings

For Students 9th - 10th
In this classroom activity, "output" cards and "spending" cards are placed on a string. As each increase or decrease, the economy faces more unemployment or inflation. A good visual device to study the relationships among output,...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Spending and Output Strings

For Students 9th - 10th
In this classroom activity, "output" cards and "spending" cards are placed on a string. As each increase or decrease, the economy faces more unemployment or inflation. A good visual device to study the relationships among output,...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Spending and Output Strings

For Students 9th - 10th
In this classroom activity, "output" cards and "spending" cards are placed on a string. As each increase or decrease, the economy faces more unemployment or inflation. A good visual device to study the relationships among output,...