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Grades 9-12

Understanding Fiscal Responsibility: U.S. History Lesson Revisions

In this economics webinar, teachers will learn about the revisions made to an Understanding Fiscal Responsibility lesson plan.

Key Concepts: Economic Security, Employment and Unemployment, Income

60 mins

Apr 14 7-8pm ET

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The History of Medicare

In this economics lesson, students will learn that Medicare was the fulfillment of what was believed to be Social Security.

Key Concepts: Fiscal Policy, Insurance, Roles of Government

60 mins

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Grades 9-12

Social Security, Governance, and the National Debt

In this economics lesson, students will examine concerns about balancing the budget and the role of the federal government.

Key Concepts: Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Fiscal Policy, Income Distribution

60 mins

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Grades 9-12

The History of Social Security

In this economics lesson, students will examine the creation of Social Security.

Key Concepts: Fiscal Policy, Income Distribution, Roles of Government

90 mins

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Grades 9-12

The Economics of the Civil Rights Movement

Presenter: Council for Economic Education

In this economics webinar, teachers will examine the economics of the Civil Rights strategies.

Key Concepts: Economic Institutions, Economic Systems, Public-Choice Analysis

60 mins

Mar 10 7-8pm ET

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Grades 9-12

Evaluating the Great Society Program

Presenter: Council for Economic Education

In this economics webinar, teachers will explore to what extent was the Great Society Program a success or failure.

Key Concepts: Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Economic Institutions, Employment and Unemployment

60 mins

Mar 17 7-8pm ET

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Grades 9-12

Comparative Economic Systems: Exploring the Big Economic Questions

Presenter: Theodore Opderbeck

In this economics webinar, teachers will design a series of creative lesson plans about economic systems.

Key Concepts: Economic Systems, Economics

60 mins

Mar 25 7-8pm ET

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Grades 9-12

National Security Goals, the Federal Budget, and the National Debt

In this economics lesson, students will examine defense spending to learn how it can influence the economy as a whole.

Key Concepts: Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Fiscal Policy, Roles of Government

90 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Case Study on Productivity (Part 2) - Henry Ford and the Model T

In economics lesson, students will research Henry Ford’s innovations to find strategies that improve productivity.

Key Concepts: Human Capital, Incentives, Productivity

60 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Case Study on Productivity (Part 1) - Henry Ford and the Model T

In this economics lesson, students will create an assembly line to learn how specialization increases productivity.

Key Concepts: Division of Labor/Specialization, Productivity

60 mins

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Grades 9-12

Where did All the Money Go? The Great Depression Mystery

In this economics lesson, students will identify conditions in the economy to learn about the Great Depression.

Key Concepts: Financial Markets, Markets and Prices, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

90 mins

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Grades 9-12

Coming to America 2018: Economic Implications of Immigration

Three streams of foreigners seek entry into the USA. Only one stream can be termed immigrants on a legal path...

Key Concepts: Roles of Government

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Grades 9-12

Federal Reserve and Banking System for Macroeconomics, American History and Personal Finance

The Federal Reserve, created in 1913, is an important but often overlooked institution in the macro-economy and American History. Topics...

Key Concepts: Federal Reserve, Money, Roles of Government

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Grades 9-12

The “Not So Great” Depression

This webinar demonstrates how popular works of historical fiction, set during the Great Depression, can be used to teach economic...

Key Concepts: Business Cycles, Employment and Unemployment, Scarcity

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Grades 9-12

Policy Perspectives on the Federal Budget

In Policy Perspectives on the Federal Budget, a digital interactive activity, students think critically about Federal Budget policy choices from...

Key Concepts: Balanced Budget, Economic Functions of Government, Federal Budget

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Grades 9-12

Policy Perspectives on Medicare

In Policy Perspectives on Medicare, a digital interactive activity, students think critically about Medicare policy choices from the perspectives of...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis

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Grades 9-12

UFR Balancing the Federal Budget

Balancing the Federal Budget -- When I first started teaching economics in 2010, the U.S. national debt was around $13.5...

Key Concepts: Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Fiscal Policy

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Avoiding Implicit Bias in the Classroom

Leith Thompson that Economics is the language of power, public policy and change and so it is essential that not...

Key Concepts: Economic Development

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Grades 9-12

US History and C3 Framework: World Trade after WW II

The post-WWII era brought a vision of economic cooperation between the countries supporting free trade. However, recently, there has also...

Key Concepts: Barriers to Trade, Benefits of Trade

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US History and C3 Framework: Why Are Sweatshop Workers Usually Young Women?

That workers in textile factors are usually young women has been a surprisingly consistent phenomenon throughout the history of industrialization....

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Human Capital

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