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Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Local Area Unemployment Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides historical unemployment data for state and metropolitan areas of the United States.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Unemployment in My Hometown

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students interpret data tables from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to compare national and local unemployment data.
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Website
Robert Schenk, PhD

Cyber Economics: Measuring the Economy: An Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
How the United States government measures the three most commonly used concepts based on aggregated markets: the unemployment rate, the rate of inflation, and Gross Domestic Product. Content explains the purpose of each measurement, how...