Grades 9-12
How do you assess the health of the economy? In these lessons, students will analyze data in real time by linking to FRED, the Federal Reserve of St. Louis’ website, to answer that question. Each of the first four lessons focuses on a different indicator: Unemployment Data, Employment Data, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and Inflation. These lessons can be taught independently and in any order. The last lesson, Economic Policy Options, builds on the earlier lessons and is best taught at the end of the series.
Lesson
Grades 9-12
Economic Data Lesson: Economic Policy Options
Grades 9-12
Unemployment Data: Is the Economy Healthy?
Grades 9-12
FRED and the Federal Budget Interactive Lesson
Grades 9-12
Employment Data: Is the Economy Healthy?
Grades 9-12
GDP Data: Is the Economy Healthy?
Video
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Gross Domestic Product Video and Quiz
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Weak job growth, unemployment drop signal 'unwinding' of labor participation
Grades 9-12