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Focus on Economic Data: Consumer Price Index and Inflation, March 18, 2010
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This lesson focuses on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and rate of inflation reported March 18, 2010, by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the month of February, 2010. Students will read the BLS report, read about the meaning... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Everyday Opportunities
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In this lesson, students will learn about choices and opportunity costs that occur every day. While this lesson will go on throughout the day, the actual lesson is short. more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: Employment and the Unemployment Rate, March 5, 2010
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This lesson examines the March 5, 2010, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, announcement of employment data and the unemployment rate for the month of February, 2010. This lesson introduces the basic concepts of ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy, March 16, 2010
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This lesson focuses on the March 16, 2010, press release by the Federal Reserve System's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on the current Federal Reserve monetary policy actions and goals. This lesson is intended to guide stude... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Tiny Technology Holds Big Economic Potential
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In the latest in a series of reports making sense of the economy, business correspondent Paul Solman examines the economic promise of nanoscience. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool - Making Sen$e with Solman
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Tiny Technology Holds Big Economic Potential
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In the latest in a series of reports making sense of the economy, business correspondent Paul Solman examines the economic promise of nanoscience. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Economic Indicators for Informed Citizens
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This lesson introduces students to three basic economic indicators: real GDP, the inflation rate, and the unemployment rate. The students work in small groups to develop an economic forecast, using the three basic economic indicat... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Evaluating and Preventing a Financial Crisis
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As part of his continuing series of reports making sense of business and the economy, Paul Solman talks to MIT finance professor Andrew Lo. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool - Making Sen$e with Solman
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Evaluating and Preventing a Financial Crisis
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As part of his continuing series of reports making sense of business and the economy, Paul Solman talks to MIT finance professor Andrew Lo. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Focus on Economic Data: Consumer Price Index and Inflation, February 19, 2010
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This lesson focuses on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and rate of inflation reported February 19, 2010, by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the month of January, 2010. Students will read the BLS report, read about the meani... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: U.S. Real GDP Growth, February 26, 2010
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This lesson focuses on the February 26, 2010, second estimate of U.S. real gross domestic product (real GDP) growth for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2009, reported by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The current data and ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Is the U.S. the Latest World Power in Decline?
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As part of his series of economic reports examining the country's economic future, Paul Solman sits down with Yale historian Paul Kennedy. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool - Making Sen$e with Solman
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Is the U.S. the Latest World Power in Decline?
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As part of his series of economic reports examining the country's economic future, Paul Solman sits down with Yale historian Paul Kennedy. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Economics for Leaders: The Fish Activity
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An activity showing that well-established property rights increase the value of investments that pay off in the future. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: FTE | Type: lesson / activity
Economics for Leaders: Farmers and Fishers
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Students use a dispute over water in the valley to help them understand property rights and solve economic problems. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: FTE | Type: lesson / activity
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Should Obama Pull the TARP from Under Banks?
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Paul Solman sits down with bank consultant and former FDIC chair William Isaac for a critical look at the Troubled Asset Relief Program. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool - Making Sen$e with Solman
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Should Obama Pull the TARP from Under Banks?
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Paul Solman sits down with bank consultant and former FDIC chair William Isaac for a critical look at the Troubled Asset Relief Program. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Former Regulator Talks Fraud and Big Bank Getaway
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Paul Solman sits down with former bank regulator and author Bill Black as part of his continuing series of reports examining bank reform. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool - Making Sen$e with Solman
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Former Regulator Talks Fraud and Big Bank Getaway
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Paul Solman sits down with former bank regulator and author Bill Black as part of his continuing series of reports examining bank reform. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: How Goldman Sachs Turned Tax Money Into Profits
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Paul Solman explores how investment powerhouse Goldman Sachs used taxpayer money to make more profits. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool - Making Sen$e with Solman

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