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Activity
Other

Biographies: The Economists: Lord John Maynard Keynes (1883 1946)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of the economist Lord John Maynard Keynes.
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Other

International Monetary Fund: Monetary Mania

For Students 9th - 10th
All right, Angie. Now it's time to meet the other contestants. Nori is a typical high school student. She's always interested in learning more about money-especially how to earn it-but she hasn't taken any economics classes at school....
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Website
Other

Bureau of Economic Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
The homepage of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis. This site provides national, international, regional, and bureau-wide information. You can click on a link titled "GDP and related data" to get more...
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Primary
The Federal Reserve System

Federal Reserve Board: Sustainability and Monetary Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
"Sustainability and Monetary Policy," Remarks by Governor Laurence H. Meyer before the National Economists Club and the Society of Government Economists, Washington, D.C., January 20, 2000. With links to graphics files in PDF format.
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Handout
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: What Is the Full Employment Rate of Unemployment?

For Students 9th - 10th
Unit 5 of a macroeconomics course. Looks at the meaning of 'full employment' and how this relates to the rate of unemployment.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Government Spending: Why Do We Spend the Way We Do?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan reviews how the government spends money. It shows how the government's needs have changed over the years. To learn more about this area of economics use this informative website.
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Macroeconomics: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe microeconomics, describe macroeconomics, and contrast monetary policy and fiscal policy.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Macroeconomics: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introduction to AP Macroeconomics; it includes an outline of what you will learn in Chapter 1. You will learn about the following: Economics and why it is important, microeconomics and macroeconomics, how economists use...
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eBook
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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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Macroeconomic Policy Around the World:critical Thinking Questions

For Students 11th - 12th
This section provides study questions that require critical thinking skills; these cover the content of Chapter 18: Macroeconomic Policy Around the World from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online textbook.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 18: Macroeconomic Policy Around the World: Review Questions

For Students 11th - 12th
This section provides review study questions covering the content in Texas Gateway: Ch. 18: Macroeconomic Policy Around the World from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online textbook.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: 18: Macroeconomic Policy Around the World: Self Check Questions

For Students 11th - 12th
This section provides self-check study question based on the content in Ch. 18: Macroeconomic Policy Around the World.
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: 18: Macroeconomic Policy Around the World: Key Concepts & Summary

For Students 9th - 10th
This section provides a summary of the key concepts discusses in Ch. 18: Macroeconomic Policy Around the World from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online textbook.
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Website
Friesian School

Proceedings of the Friesian School: Six Kinds of United States Paper Currency

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on the different paper currencies available before the Great Depression, and those that are still in use.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Companion Curriculum: Girl Rising

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Girl Rising tells the stories of nine girls from nine different countries and the power education has to change their lives. The accompanying curriculum provides teachers with a unique opportunity to educate students about the issues...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Why Is It Important to Educate Girls?: Pbs News Hour

For Teachers 9th - 10th
When girls are allowed to go to school, they have a significant impact on their family and community. Students learn and think critically about the variety of reasons why it is in everyone's best interest to ensure that all girls, across...
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 10: Macroeconomic Perspectives on Demand and Supply

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Explain Say's Law and determine whether it applies in the short run or the long run and Explain Keynes' Law and determine whether it applies in the short run or the long run.
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Macroeconomics: Chapter 8: Inflation: Key Concepts and Summary

For Students 9th - 10th
This section summarizes the key concepts discussed in Chapter 8: Inflation.
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: C 8: How the United States & Other Countries Experience Inflation

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Identify the difference between demand-pull inflation and cost-push inflation, Identify patterns of inflation for the United States using data from the Consumer Price...
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 8: How Changes in the Cost of Living Are Measured

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Use the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to calculate U.S. inflation rates; Identify several ways the Bureau of Labor Statistics avoids biases in the CPI; Differentiate among...
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Macroeconomics: Chapter 8: Introduction to Inflation

For Students 9th - 10th
In this chapter, you will learn about the following: Tracking inflation, How changes in the cost of living are measured, How the United States and other countries experience inflation, The confusion over inflation, and Indexing and its...
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Macroeconomics: Chapter 8: Tracking Inflation

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Calculate the annual rate of inflation, Explain and use index numbers and base years when simplifying the total quantity spent over a year for products, and Calculate...
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Macroeconomics: Ch. 7: Unemployment: Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
This section provides problems to solve to aid in the understanding of the content of Chapter 7: Unemployment.
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Macroeconomics: Ch. 7: Unemployment: Critical Thinking Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This section provides questions requiring critical thinking covering the content of Chapter 7: Unemployment.