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Why Scarce Resources Are Sometimes Unemployed

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Why do markets operate inefficiently when the world's resources are so limited? Review the various types of unemployment that exist and why some resources, especially human resources, go unused.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Unemployment and the Future of Jobs in America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Unemployment: The job of the future. The resource, designed for high school scholars, explains unemployment rates, recessions, and job trends that are impacting employment in the United States. Academics explore potential careers of the...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Unemployment that Just Won't Quit

For Students 9th - 12th
It's an economic Catch-22! Expose your scholars to the hiring/unemployment paradox using this political cartoon analysis worksheet. The cartoon shows corporations explaining to a job seeker that they cannot hire him due to the unstable...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Unemployment

For Students 9th - 12th
It's the classic paradox in this political cartoon analysis; any jobs plan requires extra government spending. However, the unemployed aren't willing to concede to more federal spending for what they want most, jobs. Background...
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Economic Health Indicators: Inflation and Unemployment Worksheet

For Students 11th - 12th
Ensure your economists understand demand and supply curves with this 13-question inflation and unemployment worksheet. Although it references a text, information students need is included on a separate notes handout (included). Consider...
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Unemployment in the UK

For Students 6th - 12th
In this unemployment worksheet, learners use the 16 sentences provided in the answer bank to complete a graphic organizer pertaining to unemployment in the United Kingdom.
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Types of Unemployment

For Students 9th - 12th
In this economics activity, students investigate frictional unemployment, cyclical unemployment, structural unemployment, and seasonal unemployment as they read 8 situations and list each as one of the 4 aforementioned types of...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Unemployment

For Students 9th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about unemployment and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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The Minimum Wage and Unemployment

For Students 10th - 12th
Have your class discuss the pros and cons of minimum wage laws using this resource. First, they read quotes from the perspective of those in favor of, and against, minimum wage laws. Then, they answer six questions about it.
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Wait, Is Saving Good or Bad? The Paradox of Thrift

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Could saving really harm the economy? Discover the paradox of thrift and how decreases in consumption can affect economic recovery and various markets and industries.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Automation and the American Worker

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
A thought-provoking resource examines the future of automation and the effects on employment. Academics read informational text, complete written prompts, and participate in activities to understand automation and the possibilities for...
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Curated OER

Table Readings

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this table worksheet, students read questions and interpret tables. Questions include information concerning unemployment, oil imports, and foreign students.  This multiple-choice worksheet contains 10 problems. ...
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Geography 360°

Introducing Europe

For Students 5th - 10th Standards
Provide your learners with a comprehensive introduction to Europe with this great set of worksheets. Map activities include matching European countries to their capitals and places on a political map, as well as...
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Curated OER

The Inflation of the 1970s

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this inflation worksheet, students read several paragraphs, then answer questions, diagram, and graph out solutions to problems presented to them.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Work Discussion Questions

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this questions about work worksheet, students read and answer the 12 questions about jobs, working and unemployment.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Then and Now: Fed Policy Actions During the Great Depression and Great Recession

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Review the Great Depression in the United States from an economist's perspective, examining roots of the crash, government policy actions, and policies instituted by the Fed.
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Humanities Texas

A President's Vision: Franklin D. Roosevelt

For Teachers 8th - 11th Standards
This poster goes well beyond any traditional learning exercise in allowing learners to analyze a variety of primary source documents related to the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Gini in a Bottle: Some Facts on Income Inequality

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Delve into the hard numbers and fundamental concept of income inequality in the United States, using graphs, detailed reading materials, and an organized worksheet.
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Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: The Economic Paradox

For Students 9th - 12th
It's a classic conundrum of economics: voters want jobs, but don't want to spend the money required for businesses to hire. This political cartoon analysis worksheet has learners analyzing this enigma and responding to 3 talking points...
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Cartoons in the Classroom: The Stimulus Package

For Students 11th - 12th
A large pig labeled "Stimulus Package" wrapped in an American flag is the primary image on this political cartoon. Ready for analysis, this worksheet provides learners with the opportunity to understand the pros and cons of US spending...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Deflation: Who Let the Air Out?

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Why do decreasing prices (deflation) restrain economic growth, and why is this a real concern? Here you'll find reading materials and a related learning exercise that gets right to the heart of this question, using recent...
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Curated OER

Vocabulary Multiple Choice- Worksheet 18

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL advanced vocabulary worksheet, students read 10 sentences that have a missing word. From 4 choices of similar words, students select the correct word to complete each sentence.
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Interactive
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Prefixes and Suffixes

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this interactive tool to introduce your learners to prefixes and suffixes. First they use a crossword puzzle to find the opposites of the words provided. Then, they take a list of words and possible suffixes, matching the appropriate...
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Cartoons for the Classroom

For Students 8th - 11th
Political cartoons have been used to decades. What do they symbolize? Why use a political cartoon instead of an editorial piece? Look at the two political cartoons illustrated here and analyze them as a class or in pairs. Consider...

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