PBS
Pbs: Commanding Heights: Battle for the World Economy: John Maynard Keynes
Profile of Keynes excerpted from Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw's book on the evolution of the global economy, "The Commanding Heights."
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: Globalization and the Economic Crisis
One-day lesson provides young scholars an opportunity to explore a series of political cartoons and consider the relationship between globalization and the economic crisis. Note: Video content may not load in archived version.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Economy of Guatemala
Presents complete information on the economy of Guatemala. Check out the easy-to-read economic statistics chart.
The World Bank
World Bank: Data Catalog
This resource provides statistical data on numerous categories for nearly every country in the world. A great tool for a comparative analysis. Human, natural, and capital resources are all included.
CNN
Cnn Money: Economy in the Balance
What impact did the September 11, 2001 attacks have on the economy of the US and the global economy? This CNN Money article, written the day after the attack, assesses the already fragile condition of the US economy and speculates what...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Interdependence
Use this interactive to explore how interconnected the global economy is. After creating a character, gather some clothes together and enter their origin information into your database. Then look at your own interdependence map and...
Central Intelligence Agency
Cia: World Factbook: Economy Overview: Country Comparison to the World
The CIA provides an excellent resource for every country of the world that describes its economy in a nutshell. Important aspects include the type of economy, level of development, unique areas of specialization, major economic events...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: China Where Will They Fit in the World Economy?
With its emerging middle class, its new markets, and a new emphasis on increasing its technology base, where is China going to fit in the world economy?
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Group of 20 Reacts to Global Economic Crisis
For this lesson, students will explore how a global economic crisis affects nations differently depending on their circumstances. They will also get to know the Group of 20 and how they are addressing the economic crisis of 2009.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: How Economies Can Be Organized: An Overview of Economic Systems
By the end of this section, you will be able to contrast traditional economies, command economies, and market economies; explain gross domestic product (GDP); and assess the importance and effects of globalization.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Global Edge: Economy of Panama
A description and economic indicators of the recent economy in Panama. It is current through 2015.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Is Globalization a Dirty Word?
Is globalization a dirty word? Well not according to a recent study conducted by the World Bank. The report, entitled Globalization, Growth, and Poverty: Building an Inclusive World Economy, makes the case for globalization as a method...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: Globalization
Reduced barriers to trade and communication across international boundaries have changed politics, culture, and economics across the globe.
Other
Usa: Chapter 10: Foreign Trade and Global Economic Policies
Chapter 10 overview traces the history of U.S. foreign trade and global economic movement from a protectionist to more liberalized trade policies.
Other
Global Issues: Causes of Debt Crisis
This resource provides economic analysis of mismanaged lending to underdeveloped countries that points toward causes of the debt crisis in Mexico and Latin America during the 80s.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Horn of Africa
This resource addresses the economies and geographic locations of African countries.
Geographypods
Geographypods: Global Interactions: Economic Interactions and Flows
This learning module examines how money travels around the world between more developed and less developed nations, and the various forms it takes. Includes slideshows, student tasks, videos, maps, charts, and case studies, including one...
Other
World Economic Forum: What the World's Waste Does to People in Poorer Countries
Describes the serious global waste crisis, the problem of plastic waste, the issue of wealthy countries exporting their trash to less-developed ones, informal waste management practices, and electronic waste dumps. The article ends with...
University of Nebraska Omaha
Ec Ed Web: Virtual Economics Web Companion
The Virtual Economics Web Companion for K-12 economics and social studies teachers was created by the National Council on Economic Education. A wide variety of educational materials and lesson plans can be accessed through this site....
US Department of State
Info Usa: Foreign Trade and Global Economic Policies
U.S. foreign trade and global economic policies have changed direction dramatically during the more than two centuries that the United States has been a country. In the early days of the nation's history, government and business mostly...
Robert Schenk, PhD
Cyber Economics: Comparative Advantage
Article with charts and links to related material discusses how free trade is a result of comparative advantage, and how consumers can consume beyond their original production possibilities frontier if they specialize and trade.
Other
Middle East Institute: Middle Eastern Economies
Economic trends will provide a very important part of the context in which President Obama's policies play out in the remainder of his term until January 2017. The Middle East's economic recovery from the 2008-2010 global economic crisis...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ch. 18: Diversity of Countries and Economies Across the World
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Analyze GDP per capita as a measure of the diversity of international standards of living; Identify what classifies a country as low-income, middle-income, or high-income;...
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Financial Crisis Glossary
PBS's NewsHour Extra provides an Economic and Government lesson plan covering the economic crisis and its impact on the U.S. and global markets. Students must utilize current media outlets covering the financial crisis and refer to the...