Instructional Video3:52
TED-Ed

What Gives a Dollar Bill Its Value?

10th - 12th Standards
What makes a one hundred-dollar bill valuable? Here is an excellent, straight-forward animated video to help your learners grasp the concept of inflation and the purpose and policies of the Federal Reserve System.
Instructional Video4:04
Jacob Clifford

Inflationary and Recessionary Gaps with Fiscal and Monetary Policy

11th - 12th Standards
Where does the long run aggregate supply curve in graphs of an inflationary and recessionary gap? Check out this video for instruction on this process, as well as to learn about the motivations behind monetary and fiscal policy in...
Lesson Plan1:21
Federal Reserve Bank

The Fed's Role in Making and Setting Monetary Policy: Part 1

11th - 12th Standards
How does inflation affect the economy, and how can effective monetary policy by the Federal Reserve help control inflation? With the Fisher equation and analysis of annual CPI rates during the 1970s and early 1980s, your...