Curated OER
Limiting Trade
Students debate imposing tariffs on imported shoes. In this tariffs lesson plan, the class is divided into two groups: those that oppose a tariff on imported shoes, and those that support it. Groups read about each position, write...
Digital History
Digital History: British Mercantilism and the Cost of Empire [Pdf]
Learn about the theory of mercantilism and how it affected the economies of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. Practice making a bar graph showing the value of exports to and imports from England between 1700 and 1774 with...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Economic Crisis of the 1780s
Find out how massive debt and trade restrictions threatened the very existence of the new United States. See how debt affected the central and state governments as well as the average citizen.
Other
Age of Jefferson and Jackson: Chronology of the War of 1812
A chronology of events that occurred in Jefferson's administration as well as Madison's the resulted in the War of 1812.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Rationalizing Transplants
This lesson encourages students to explain the consequences of a non-market rationing process, to evaluate the consequences of restricting organ transplants to U.S. citizens, and to suggest alternative policies to reduce the scarcity of...
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: The Navigation Acts 1650 1696
Find a very short summary of the Navigation Acts with a bibliography.