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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chapter 10: Aggregate Expenditures (The Multiplier, Net Exports, and Government)

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Effectively portraying the multiplier effect and the gaps within recession and inflation periods, these slides would be a good resource for both a beginning and advanced economics class. Clear, easy-to-read graphs and charts take viewers...
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Activity
Other

The Multiplier Effect of Local Currency

For Students 9th - 10th
The "multiplier effect" of local currencies refers most specifically to the fact that a given amount of local currency changes hands numerous times in the course of a year. So you can convert the known quantity of the stock of currency...
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Activity
Curated OER

Biz/ed: Government Expenditure Theories the Multiplier 10bn Expenditure

For Students 9th - 10th
When the government increases the level of its spending, the effects will often go well beyond the spending itself. There will often be knock-on effects in the economy as well. To illustrate this, consider the example of previously...
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Schweigger Multiplier 1820

For Students 9th - 10th
Spurred by Hans Christian Orsted's discovery of a relationship between electricity and magnetism, German chemist Julian Schweigger immediately began tinkering and soon came up with a very early galvanometer known as the Schweigger...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: The Expenditure and Tax Multipliers

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson summary we cover the key takeaways and terminology related to spending multipliers and tax multipliers. Topics include how to calculate the expenditure multiplier and the tax multiplier.