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Activity
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Unemployment and the Future of Jobs in America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Unemployment: The job of the future. The resource, designed for high school scholars, explains unemployment rates, recessions, and job trends that are impacting employment in the United States. Academics explore potential careers of the...
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Graphic
Flow of History

Flow of History: The Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
The Great Depression, its causes and effects, is profiled through text and a colored graphic flowchart of events. Visually appealing for both students and teachers.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 11: The Keynesian Perspective: Self Check Questions

For Students 11th - 12th
This section provides a list of 12 self-check study questions covering the content of Chapter 11: The Keynesian Perspective from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 11: The Phillips Curve

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Explain the Phillips curve, noting its impact on the theories of Keynesian economics; graph a Phillips curve; Identify factors that cause the instability of the Phillips...
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: Keynes and the Multiplier [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
John Maynard Keynes was an English economist who had definite ideas on how to end the Great Depression. Read about his economic theories and see whether Franklin Roosevelt followed his advice. Charts show information about the country's...
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Website
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Economic Growth and Stability

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the early 20th Century, post-depression era period of economic growth and stability brought about by Keynesian economics and the New Deal.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: John Maynard Keynes

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on economist John Maynard Keynes details his life and professional works, and gives information about his skills as an investor.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: Commanding Heights: Battle for the World Economy: John Maynard Keynes

For Students 9th - 10th
Profile of Keynes excerpted from Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw's book on the evolution of the global economy, "The Commanding Heights."
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Library of Congress

Loc: Learning Page: Labor Unions During the Great Depression and the New Deal

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of events related to the Great Depression, labor unions and the New Deal along with primary sources.