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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning about Interest Group Politics

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students identify and interpret major interest groups and think tanks of the government. Students evaluate, record, and discuss the viewpoints of guests on the News Hour. Students select several Web-based transcripts of interviews,...
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Handout
Digital History

Digital History: Reaganomics

For Students 9th - 10th
This on "Reaganomics," President Reagan's economic policy during his two presidential terms in the 1980s, discusses his laissez-faire approach and tax-cutting, which contributed to the economic recovery of that period.
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Handout
Social Studies Help Center

The Social Studies Help Center: Banking Crisis & Reform

For Students 9th - 10th
An explananation of the Reagan Deregulation Program and the effect of deregulation on the savings and loan industry.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Deregulation and the California Utilities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"The verdict is in: California's experiment with energy deregulation is not just a mess; it's a certifiable failure, according to everyone from the state governor to the very utilities that initially backed the scheme." This is how...
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Primary
PBS

Pbs: Inflation, Stagflation, and Deregulation

For Students 9th - 10th
Comments on the economy during the Carter administration that speak to the deregulation of the airlines.