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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Business Cycles in the Four-Corners

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding, Gathering, Saving Seeds

For Teachers 1st - 5th
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.
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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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Handout
Auburn University

Auburn University: Glossary of Political Economy Terms: Depression Defined

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very thorough definition of economic depression by Dr. Paul Johnson of Auburn University.
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Handout
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Aggregate Supply and Demand

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a short lesson on business cycles, aggregate demand, and aggregate supply. It has some good explanations of the terms.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Measuring the Size of the Economy: Gross Domestic Product

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and how we measure it.