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US Department of Agriculture

Usda: Economic Research Service

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has mounds of economic data for students to use as economic research. Data, focusing on agriculture, is compiled for each state. Topics are broken down for easy use and access.
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James Madison University

James Madison University: Online Middle School Economics Lessons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
James Madison University has developed a variety of online economic lessons for middle school students. Explore basic economic and financial concepts.
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James Madison University

James Madison University: Online High School Economics Lessons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
James Madison University has developed a variety of online economic lessons for high school students. Explore basic economic and financial concepts.
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Council of Foreign Relations

Terrorism Questions and Answers: Economics

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of an extensive website from the Council on Foreign Relations devoted to understanding all aspects of terrorism and its implications for the United States, this section focuses on the economic impact of the September 11, 2001...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Macroeconomics: Chapter 6: Economic Growth: Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
This section provides four problems to solve based on the content of Chapter 6: Economic Growth from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 6: Economic Growth: Critical Thinking Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This section provides a list of 10 critical thinking study questions over the content of Chapter 6: Economic Growth from Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Hearth/home Economics Education

For Students 9th - 10th
Housed at the Mann Library, this resource contains a comprehensive set of books and journals in the field of Home Economics, many available online. Each subject area in the field has a descriptive essay plus a bibliography related to...
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Other

Tilburg Univ, Center for Economic Research: Discussion

For Students 9th - 10th
Tilburg University's Center for Economic Research provides "Discussion Papers" about economic topics here. Papers are indexed and many can be downloaded.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Economics: Acting Like an Economist

For Students 9th - 10th
Economics learning module teaches students how to think and act like an Economist. Comprehensive multi-media learning reasources.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: : Chapter I: Welcome to Economics: Critical Thinking Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a list of nine critical thinking questions covering Chapter 1: Welcome to Economics from the TEA AP Macroeconomics online text.
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Show Me the Money/economic Systems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students identify the organizational text structure used in passages that explain different forms of economic systems, and how the economic system of the United States works.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Economics: Personal Finance

For Students 9th - 10th
Economics learning module on personal finance discusses decision making, banking and using credit.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Appendices: The Use of Mathematics in Principles of Economics

For Students 9th - 10th
This appendix should be consulted after first reading "Welcome to Economics." Though economics is not math, there is no important concept in this course that cannot be explained without mathematics. That said, math is a tool that can be...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Economic Impact of a Changing Middle Class

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity, students analyze economic data to better understand America's middle class, its role in the economy, its impact on economic growth, and why a shrinking middle class matters to the U.S. economy.
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Economic Interdependence

For Teachers 2nd
A learning module on the concept of economic interdependence. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will explore how people meet...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Macroeconomics: Confronting Objections to the Economics Approach

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to analyze arguments against economic approaches to decision-making, interpret a trade-off diagram, and contrast normative statements and positive statements.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 6: Labor Productivity and Economic Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Identify the role of labor productivity in promoting economic growth, analyze the sources of economic growth using the aggregate production function, measure an economy's...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Group of 20 Reacts to Global Economic Crisis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson, students will explore how a global economic crisis affects nations differently depending on their circumstances. They will also get to know the Group of 20 and how they are addressing the economic crisis of 2009.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Economic Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a loosely related collection of primary source documents that discuss economic issues during the Cold War period. These documents are all varied in topic and geographical coverage, ranging from the 1950s to the 1980s, and coming...
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New York Times

New York Times: George W. Bush: Economic Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A search of the New York Times and Bush's economic policy has given us a number of news articles.
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Economic Happiness

For Teachers 12th
A learning module on how happiness is measured through an economic lens. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include why...
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American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: Remarks Upon Signing the Economic Opportunity Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full published text of the remarks of President Lyndon Baines Johnson upon signing the Economic Opportunity Act in 1964. The purpose of this act was to eliminate poverty, expand educational opportunities, and tend to the health...
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Henry J. Sage

Sage American History: American Economic Growth 1820 1860

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Article outlines the boom in early American economic growth as a result of Northern industry in manufacturing, steam power, transportation and the role of government between 1820 and 1860.
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International Monetary Fund: World Economic Outlook Databases

For Students 9th - 10th
These databases present economic data for individual countries, aggregated sets, and for commodity prices going back to 1999. The information is published twice a year.

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