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FRED in the Classroom: Measures of Inflation
Don't just tell class members about how to measure inflation, have them experience it firsthand by asking them to work with real data and construct graphs!
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The Free Silver Movement and Inflation
Why are US dollars no longer backed by gold and silver? What is our medium of exchange, and what would it be like to live in a barter economy? Learners consider these questions, as well as learn about the major historical events in the...
Curated OER
Inflation: Taking Prices Higher
Learners examine the definition of inflation and its impact through history. They read and discuss online text, discuss examples of inflation, calculate the prices of various items for different years using an inflation rate of 3%, and...
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Making Sense of the Ups and Downs of Prices
What are the consequences and costs of inflation? What is CPI, and how do we calculate it? This resource answers these questions in an organized and in-depth manner, and also includes a learning exercise of follow-up questions...
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Deflation: Who Let the Air Out?
Why do decreasing prices (deflation) restrain economic growth, and why is this a real concern? Here you'll find reading materials and a related worksheet that gets right to the heart of this question, using recent events and...
Curated OER
Are things Really More Expensive Today?
Students explore the topics of inflation and deflation within the economy. The Consumer Price Index is used to contrast the price of goods today with that of years past.
Curated OER
The Consumer Price Index: A Measure of Inflation
Learners examine inflation over the years and learn to calculate how it changes over time. In this money management lesson, students learn how price changes affect their purchasing power, how to come up with strategies for dealing with...
Council for Economic Education
One is Silver and the Other's Gold
Learners investigate the money supply and how it can affect the value of money. They examine how the changing money supply can affect prices.
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The Story of the Federal Reserve System
Prevent the Federal Reserve System from becoming a dry topic for your middle and high schoolers by using an informative, engaging resource! The cartoon takes your class on a journey with aliens from the planet of Novus to observe the...
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The Story of the Federal Reserve: Middle School Lesson Plan
After reading the charming cartoon about the United States Federal Reserve, pupils often need to complete activities to retain their learning. The resource does a wonderful job of using class discussion and various written exercises to...
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Measuring the Great Depression
Young historians examine the cost of goods and services through the Consumer Price Index (CPI), output measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and unemployment measured by the unemployment rate to gain an understanding of the economic...
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Could It Happen Again?
The final lesson in a series of six about the Great Depression focuses on the Federal Reserve's role in stabilizing the economy.
Curated OER
Mr. Yamada’s Tips for Success on Current Events Commentary: Macroeconomics
In this economic systems activity, students read and follow the provided 5 tips to locate, analyze, and discuss macroeconomics current event issues.
Curated OER
Loose and Tight Monetary Policy
Students discuss goals of tight or loose monetary policy, act as advisers to heads of various nations' central banks to determine whether countries should pursue tight or loose monetary policy, and present realistic solutions orally to...
Curated OER
A Parable on Populism
Fourth graders study the sombolism between Populism of the 1890's and the story of The Wizard of Oz.
Curated OER
Making a Globe
Students participate in a creative project where they construct globes. They label specific places on the globe that helps them learn how to read an actual globe.
Curated OER
Learning Lesson: Heavy Air
Young scholars complete an experiment in which they discover air has weight. They use the same size balloons to explain this concept. They also examine thunderstorm safety.
Other
Reference for Business: Implicit Price Deflator
A description of inflation, deflation, the consumer price index, and the implicit price deflator.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: How the United States and Other Countries Experience Inflation
How does inflation affect a country's well-being? What are some examples of high and low inflation?.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Price Indices and Inflation
In this lesson 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,...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Focus on Economic Data: The Inflation Rate
Explore the inflation rate from 2013 through this informative case study. Trace the consumer trends through the graphs and charts on the site.
Social Science Education Consortium
Ssec: Inflation: Are Higher Prices the Only Problem? [Pdf]
This investigation begins with a discussion of spare change. Students are asked to compare and analyze peoples' attitudes toward coins today to those of the past. Students then complete an activity that teaches them how to compare...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Doug Levinson: What Gives a Dollar Bill Its Value?
The value of money is determined by how much (or how little) of it is in circulation. But who makes that decision, and how does their choice affect the economy at large? Doug Levinson takes a trip into the United States Federal Reserve,...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Avatar, King of the Box Office?
On January 26, 2010, the film Avatar officially topped Titanic as the top-grossing film of all-time at the box office. However, the following day, Forbes.com published an article entitled Is Avatar Really King of the Box Office? The...