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Council for Economic Education

Unemployment Data: Is the Economy Healthy?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The United States will never see a time when the unemployment rate hits 0%. Why? Scholars research economic data to uncover clues hidden in the unemployment rate at any given time. A short video as well as research activities help...
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Curated OER

A Closer Look: Unemployment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a video clip about unemployment. They research data and create a scatter plot graph. They discover the importance of graphs and what they can tell us. They create their own publication on unemployment.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Invest in Yourself

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What are the different ways that people can invest in their human capital for a better future? Pupils participate in an engaging hands-on activity and analyze data regarding unemployment, the ability to obtain an education, and median...
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Curated OER

Hoover Responds to Unemployment

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students examine the responses of Herbert Hoover to the challenges of the Great Depression. In this Great Depression lesson, students discuss how Hoover tried to improve the unemployment in the U.S. at the onset of the depression and...
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Council for Economic Education

Economic Data Lesson: Economic Policy Options

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Can you make decisions that will impact millions of people around the nation? Scholars research the role of the Federal Reserve, and its Chairman, on the economic outlook of the country. They analyze current trends in unemployment,...
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PBS

Unemployment in Elkhart

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Fifth to eighth graders explore reasons for and solutions to unemployment. They begin by making a list of luxury goods and discuss why sales of luxury goods would slump in times of unemployment. They then explore infrastructure and why...
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Curated OER

Unemployment

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders evaluate the state of the economy and develop a definition for unemployment. In groups, they read an article about how the economy affects society and discuss how it affects them. Individually, they research the types...
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Historical Thinking Matters

Social Security: 3 Day Lesson

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
What does social security reveal about the political and social culture of the 1930s? After beginning with a brief introductory video on the impact of the Great Depression and how various Americans, such as Huey Long and Francis...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Measuring the Great Depression

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
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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Federal Reserve Bank

What Really Caused the Great Depression?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Falling wages. Rising unemployment. Falling prices. Sound familiar? Young economists look at the role the US banking system had in causing the Great Depression.
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Curated OER

Unequal Unemployment

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars examine unemployment in the United States. In this statistics instructional activity, students examine data and primary sources regarding unemployment in the United States.
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Curated OER

Undercounting Unemployment

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners examine what defines unemployment numbers in the United States. In this economic data lesson, students complete worksheets, watch a video, and have a class debate in order to understand how the U.S. defines and comes up with...
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School Improvement in Maryland

Socio-Economic Goals of the Government

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Equity. Increased productivity. Price stability. Environmental protection. Decreased poverty. Governments establish socio-economic goals and then must design and fund programs to address these goals. Groups investigate various programs...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Lesson 4: Back to School

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Based on your current level of human capital, how long would it take you to earn $1,000,000? What about your potential human capital? Learners explore the importance of education and experience when entering the workforce, and compare...
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Curated OER

Meet Kit: An American Girl

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Young scholars explore economics by participating in a role-play activity. In this consumerism lesson, students identify the Great Depression, the cause of the financial collapse and the devastation it caused people their own age. Young...
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Curated OER

The Labor Force and Unemployment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students calculate employment and unemployment rate. In this economics lesson, students investigate the labor market and make predictions based on collected data. They also calculate unemployment rate in the class.  
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Visa

Making Decisions

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
What economic factors can influence personal and financial decisions? In an effort to understand opportunity costs and the time value of money, pupils engage in role-playing activities and discussion, as well as view a PowerPoint...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Turn Your Radio On

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
After listening to and analyzing a series of FDR's Fireside Chats, groups create their own recordings, and using New Deal programs, address a current economic condition.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Dealing with the Great Depression

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
As part of their study of the Great Depression, young economists examine statistical data to determine the effectiveness of FDR's New Deal recovery programs.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Could It Happen Again?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The final instructional activity in a series of six about the Great Depression focuses on the Federal Reserve's role in stabilizing the economy.
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Curated OER

Show Me the Money!!!

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Learners research employment rates in the United States with a focus on broadcast journalists. In this employment rate lesson, students visit the given websites to explore popular states to live in, highest and lowest unemployment rates,...
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Curated OER

Making Sense of the World Economy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students apply the economic principles of supply and demand, market economy, competition, unemployment rate, exports and imports and currency exchange rate to China's present economic success and Russia's economic strife.
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The New York Times

Making Do: Learning and Growing Through Adversity

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
What is it that makes people keep going when they face challenges in life? Ask your class to consider this question in relation to their own experiences and as they read material from The New York Times. Using personal experiences and...
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Curated OER

Unemployment, NAIRU, and the Phillips Curve

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students participate in three different lessons. They analyze the relationship between fiscal expansion and short and long run consequences using the AS/AD framework. They organize appropriate data from a range of sources. They interpret...