This teacher resource highlights how racial discrimination affected the economic conditions of African Americans in the twentieth century. It includes a detailed lesson plan as well as videos and documents for students to explore. There...

In this instructional activity, students analyze the concepts of economic freedom and political freedom, identify ways to measure them and explore the relation between measures of well-being and between measures of freedom.

Helps students discover the three basic economic questions and how each system answers these questions, identify several key advantages and disadvantages for each economic system, recognize some economic indicators that can measure...

In reading and discussing Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson, young scholars examine basic economic concepts and explore the growth of labor unions and the role of government in a market economy.

In the early stages of the new nation's government the members of Congress sought to protect the citizens from political tyranny. Social freedoms emerged in the twentieth century when FDR begged for economic protection of U.S. citizens.

This audio excerpt from Bayard Rustin's 1967 "Freedom Budget" speech outlines a nine-year plan to end poverty in America.

Webisode 7 - What is Freedom? ..The history of the United States is presented in a series of webisodes, within each are a number of segments.Included are links to lesson plans, teacher guides, resources, activities, and tools.

This lesson plan deals with how the U.S. Constitution has shaped our economic system. Provides standards, objectives, and materials.

The University of Nebraska provides a lesson plan that helps to "Identify the six economic functions of government, classify examples of government actions and policies within various economic functions and identify and evaluate two...

Explore the United States Department of Commerce through this site in English and Spanish. This is a comprehensive site providing information about the US Department of Commerce.

We tend to see the United States as a country with free trade. Although we do have a great deal of freedom to enter new markets, there are barriers to trade that limit consumer choice. This lesson explores these barriers and how they work.

Learn about; religious demographics, religious freedom, socio-economic indicators, general facts, and history, in this country overview of Aruba from the Association of Religious Data Archives at Pennsylvania State University.

Learn about religion in Indonesia, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.

Learn about religion in the Israeli Occupied Territories (Palestine), in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.

Compilation of religious data and research about Ireland, along with regional and world comparisons. Also includes select socioeconomic data.

Learn about religion in Kazakhstan, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.

A brief look at the founding of the English colonies. This site is provided for by the University of Groningen.

Compilation of religious data and research about Australia, along with regional and world comparisons. Also includes select socioeconomic data.

Learn about religion in Belize in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile which includes general facts, history, and religious data.

Learn about religion in Barbados in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile which includes general facts, history, and religious data.

Learn about religion in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile, which includes general facts, history, and religious data.

Learn about religion in Tibet, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile, which includes general facts, history, and religious data.

Learn about religion in the East African island nation of Comoros, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile, which includes general facts, history, and religious data.

Learn about religion in Costa Rica, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile. Includes general facts, history, and religious data.