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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Principles of Macroeconomics: Business Cycles, Aggregate Demand and Supply

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at the way aggregate demand and supply affect the business cycle. Information used is current to 2003. From the Department of Economics at the University of Colorado.
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Website
Other

U.s. Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed chart showing the number and duration of the business cycle in the United States, from 1854 to the present.
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Business Cycles

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms, concepts, and graphs related to the business cycle. Topics include the four phases of the business cycle and the relationship between key macroeconomic indicators at...
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Website
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Real Business Cycles: A Legacy of Countercyclical Policies

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explores the relationship of a real business cycle theory to existing and prospective countercyclical policies. (Published March 1, 1999)
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Interactive
Council for Economic Education

Econedlink: Business Cycles

For Students 9th - 10th
This video teaches the concept of Business Cycles. The pattern in which economies have periods of recession and then also periods of economic expansion or recovery is known as the business cycle.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Business Cycles

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice what you've learned about the business cycle, and how different phases of it relate to GDP and the unemployment rate, in this four-question exercise.
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Handout
Auburn University

Auburn University: A Glossary of Political Economy Terms: Business Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of a glossary of economic terms, business cycles are explained. Gives an explanation of what a business cycle is, what causes them, John Maynard Keynes's explanation of the business cycle, and other theorists' views of business...
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Article
University of Oxford (UK)

American National Biography Online: Depressions, Economic

For Students 9th - 10th
Depressions are sustained troughs in the business cycle characterized by declines in output, employment, income, and trade. While they date from the earliest years of American history, little is known about them from the Colonial Era....
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Causes Economic Bubbles?

For Students 9th - 10th
During the 1600's, the exotic tulip became a nationwide sensation; some single bulbs even sold for ten times the yearly salary of a skilled craftsman. Suddenly, though, the demand completely plummeted, leaving the tulip market in a...
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Article
Other

Gartner: 6 Trends on the Gartner Hype Cycle for the Digital Workplace, 2020

For Students 9th - 10th
The need to improve the digital resiliency of the workforce during and after the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically accelerated trends in digital workplace technology. Read about the significant ways the pandemic is changing the world of...
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Interactive
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences: Pot Biz

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how to be a successful innovator as you try to turn an idea for a decomposing plant pot into a profitable business. It won't be easy; being an innovator never is. In this interactive game, the decisions you make could lead to fame...
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Website
Other

City of Vancouver: Engineering Services: Traffic and Transportation Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
The City of Vancouver's transportation plans can be found here. These involve cycling, public transit, pedestrian traffic, traffic management, etc.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Figure 1

For Students 9th - 10th
A report from the National Bureau of Economic Research on recent trends in business cycles and characteristics which tend to show signs of future economic development. a question and answer session is also provided at the end of the report.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Figure 2

For Students 9th - 10th
A report from the National Bureau of Economic Research on recent trends in business cycles and characteristics which tend to show signs of future economic development. a question and answer session is also provided at the end of the report.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Figure 3

For Students 9th - 10th
A report from the National Bureau of Economic Research on recent trends in business cycles and characteristics which tend to show signs of future economic development. a question and answer session is also provided at the end of the report.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Tracking Real Gdp Over Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about fluctuations in Gross National Product (GDP) from year to year.
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Unemployment

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and calculations used in measuring unemployment, the labor force, the unemployment rate, the labor force participation rate, and the natural rate of unemployment. Topics...
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Real vs. Nominal Gdp

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and calculations used in calculating real and nominal GDP. Topics include the distinction between real and nominal GDP and how to calculate and use the GDP deflator. This...
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Price Indices and Inflation

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and calculations used in measuring inflation. Topics include the consumer price index (CPI), calculating the rate of inflation, the distinction between inflation,...
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: The Limitations of Gdp

For Students 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and concepts about the limitations of GDP. This resource is designed as a review for the AP Macroeconomics Test or a college-level macroeconomics course.
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: The Costs of Inflation

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and calculations used in describing the costs of inflation. This resource is designed as a review for the AP Macroeconomics Test or a college-level macroeconomics course.
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: The Circular Flow and Gdp

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and calculations used in describing the output of an economy. Key topics include the expenditures approach, income approach, and value added approach to calculating...
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Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Write Now: Write Now How Can Nitrogen Affect My Business?

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to conduct online research in order to write an informative article about the development of algae blooms in Maryland's Deep Creek Lake.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 3: Money in Our Community

For Teachers K - 1st
Lesson focuses on how and why money circulated within our community. Being able to discern the difference between things we need and things we want is one of the foundational concepts for using money wisely. Goods and services are things...

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