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Handout
Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Unemployment Compensation Law

For Students 9th - 10th
This page by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University provides an overview of unemployment compensation law. Learn why unemployment law exists and what it guarantees.
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Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Civilian Force and Unemployment by State

For Students 9th - 10th
A table that compares the unemployed civilian labor force by state using current data which is seasonally adjusted.
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Macroeconomics: Chapter 7: Unemployment: Key Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a list of key terms and definitions used in Chapter 7: Unemployment.
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Lesson Plan
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Les. 41: Economics and Rock and Roll: Unemployment

For Teachers 11th - 12th
One of the most important concepts in economics, particularly macroeconomics, is unemployment. Indeed, much time is devoted in both classrooms and textbooks to discussing the unemployment problem. When used together with the traditional...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Civilian Unemployment Rate

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides historical percent, seasonally adjusted, civilian unemployment data for each month from 1948 to the present.
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Macroeconomics: Ch. 7: Unemployment: Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
This section provides problems to solve to aid in the understanding of the content of Chapter 7: Unemployment.
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Macroeconomics: Ch. 7: Unemployment: Critical Thinking Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This section provides questions requiring critical thinking covering the content of Chapter 7: Unemployment.
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Macroeconomics: Chapter 7: Unemployment: Review Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This section provides review questions to aid in studying the content of Chapter 7: Unemployment.
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Macroeconomics: Chapter 7: Unemployment: Self Check Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a list of self-check study questions covering the content of Chapter 7: Unemployment.
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Macroeconomics: Chapter 7: Unemployment: Key Concepts and Summary

For Students 9th - 10th
This section provides a summary of the key concepts covered in Chapter 7: Unemployment.
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Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: Unemployed Councils of the 1930s

For Students 9th - 10th
This account by Communist activist Anna Taffler details her activities working with the Communist-led Unemployment Councils of the 1930s. These organizations worked in hundreds of local communities to demand jobs and better treatment...
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Handout
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: What Is the Full Employment Rate of Unemployment?

For Students 9th - 10th
Unit 5 of a macroeconomics course. Looks at the meaning of 'full employment' and how this relates to the rate of unemployment.
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Handout
Social Studies Help Center

Social Studies Help Center: Unemployment

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the various types of unemployment and what conditions are necessary for an economy to be at full employment.
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Website
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Using Fiscal Policy to Fight Recession, Unemployment, & Inflation

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that uses charts and information to explain how expansionary and contractionary fiscal policies shift aggregate demand and influence the economy.
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Unit Plan
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Classroom Economist: Unemployment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson takes a look at the labor market and includes a discussion of how the labor market differs from a product market, what the different ways of looking at it are, and how to measure it.
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Activity
Curated OER

Biz/ed: Seasonal Unemployment

For Students 9th - 10th
This article briefly discusses different types of unemployment, including seasonal unemployment.
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Activity
Other

Joseph Rowntree Fdn:geographical Variations in Unemployment & Non Employment

For Students 9th - 10th
This PDF resource explains the difference between unemployment and inactivity in Great Britain and the geographical and regional patterns involved in each. The focus is on trends in the 1980s and 1990s. (Published April 30, 1998)
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Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: Deaf and Unemployed in Dubuque

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this poignant interview, transcribed by a WPA worker, in which a deaf couple describes the hardships they encountered during the Great Depression, compounded because of their disability.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs News Hour: Unemployment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This PBS lesson plan incorporates math, language arts, and economics to study the current unemployment situation in our country. Learners begin by watching a story from NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, then create a publication to showcase...
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University of Washington

University of Washington: Unemployed Citizens League Branches, Seattle

For Students 9th - 10th
The Unemployed Citizens League (UCL) was formed in Washington as a political organization for the unemployed that the government could not ignore. This google map shows the addresses for the branches of the UCL in Washington.
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eBook
Robert Schenk, PhD

Cyber Economics: Intro to Macro: A Case of Unemployment

For Students 9th - 10th
Case study of unemployment and the economy of the Great Depression offers analysis and postulates theoretical outcomes. With charts and graphs.
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Primary
New Deal Network

New Deal: Works of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Essentials for Unemployment Relief

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of a speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Congress, March 21, 1933, outlining a program of public employment at the federal and state levels to provide unemployment relief.
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Handout
Other

Amos Web Encyclonomic: Frictional Unemployment

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a definition of the economic term, "frictional unemployment."
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Social Security Administration

Social Security Online: Unemployment Compensation

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from Social Security Online, you can find a chart showing unemployment from 1922 to 1933.

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