Curated OER
Business Cycles in the Four-Corners
Learners are introduced to new vocabulary associated with business cycles. In groups, they read excerpts from their textbook about the causes and effects of business cycles. To end the instructional activity, they identify the...
Curated OER
Finding, Gathering, Saving Seeds
Students understand the importance of saving seeds. For this saving seeds lesson, students dry out seeds for later use planting. Students recognize that one plant may have many seeds.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Business Cycles
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...
Auburn University
Auburn University: Glossary of Political Economy Terms: Depression Defined
This is a very thorough definition of economic depression by Dr. Paul Johnson of Auburn University.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Aggregate Supply and Demand
This site is a short lesson on business cycles, aggregate demand, and aggregate supply. It has some good explanations of the terms.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Measuring the Size of the Economy: Gross Domestic Product
Read about Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and how we measure it.