Low unemployment is an indicator of a healthy economy—right? Current employment data and research leads scholars on a quest to find the true health of the economy. They analyze research on Payroll Employment Data and watch a short video...

Students research their town's economy and quality of life. Using a variety of data, such as interviewing the local chamber of commerce or speaking with the business editor of your town newspaper, students come up with a report card for...

Propagandists have many tools at their disposal to influence thinking and behavior. Among the most powerful are the visual tools, posters designed to grab the attention and stir the emotions of viewers. Check out this collection of...

In this propaganda techniques worksheet, students write the technique next to the sentence read by a candidate. Students complete 12 problems.

In this social studies instructional activity, 5th graders answer multiple choice questions about economics including exports and imports, goods and services, and more. Students complete 22 questions.

Students research documents and photographs by Lewis Hine on child labor. They examine documents and summarize them. Students complete several photograph analysis worksheets. Their research and documents begin after the Civil War.

Young scholars brainstorm a list of characteristics a person would need to make a good employee. In groups, they describe the attributes a person would need in various occupations and share their answers with the class. They discover how...

Young scholars use the Archival Research Catalog to complete assignments and activities about Lewis Hines and the National Child Labor Committee.

Students choose site for a new school by using real life problem solving skills.

Students study the 14th Amendment, then review and analyze a Supreme Court brief. There was much racism exhibited toward the Chinese immigrants by the European Americans; this came in the form of institutional racism and mob violence....