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South Western Learning: Econ News: Externalities, Market Failure, Public Choice

For Students 9th - 10th
This study guide distinguishes between positive and negative externalities and how to correct negative externalities. Some learning exercises and an online quiz are also provided.
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Wessels Living History Farm

Living History Farm: Bank Failures

For Students 9th - 10th
The bank runs and bank failures of the 1930s are described here, as well as personal interviews with people who experienced the Great Depression.
Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Early American Trade With China: Fortune and Failures in Fur [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the things economists do is to study the relationship between the supply of products being sold on the market, the demand for products by consumers, and the price of products. They look at how price is determined by the...
Primary
Miami University

The u.s. Banking Debacle of the 1980's

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly paper on the U.S. banking debacle of the 1980s and the lesson it holds on government mismanagement. Provides background on the history of savings and loans and draws the conclusion that the banking debacle was primarily an...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Are Public Goods?

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explains what public goods are. This video lesson from Khan Academy is intended for students who are taking a microeconomics course.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Economics of Pollution

For Students 9th - 10th
Pollution is an example of a negative externality. Despite the gradual reduction in emissions from fossil fuels, many important environmental issues remain. Along with the still-high levels of air and water pollution, other issues...
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Other

Harvard: Historical Collections: Bubbles, Panics & Crashes

For Students 9th - 10th
Financial crises have happened before, and - if history is any guide - they will happen again. One year after the subprime mortgage crisis, this Baker Library Historical Collections exhibit documents four major crises that occurred in an...
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Other

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Establishment of the Fdic

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the background of the banking failures and crises in the 1920s and early 1930s which led to the passage of the Emergency Bank Act, and the eventual establishment of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to protect the...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Sinking Deeper and Deeper

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the creeping descent into depression in the United States upon the crash of the stock market. Find out how the economy collapsed, and how that affected employment and the lives of millions.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Calming the Panics of the Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this winning essay on the actions of the Federal Reserve in the 1920s that contributed to the crash of the stock market in 1929, ushering the Great Depression.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Deregulation and the California Utilities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"The verdict is in: California's experiment with energy deregulation is not just a mess; it's a certifiable failure, according to everyone from the state governor to the very utilities that initially backed the scheme." This is how...
Interactive
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Income Distribution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This video teaches the concept of Income Distribution. Income distribution refers to how the total income earned ends up divided over members of the economy. The website contains an interactive quiz and links for related lesson plans.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Green Eggs and Economics?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Economic concepts are often found in places students have never considered, like children's literature. In this lesson plan, students will explore the various economic concepts addressed in five of Dr. Seuss' most popular books: The Cat...
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Curated OER

Market Failure; Positive Externalities

For Students 9th - 10th
This site examines how society can benefit by producing and consuming more of a product that causes a positive externality.
Interactive
Council for Economic Education

Econedlink: Roles of Government

For Students 9th - 10th
This video teaches the concept of Roles of Government. Some roles of government include protecting the environment, helping the poor and providing national defense. The website contains an interactive quiz and links for related lesson...
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Riding the Rails: Timeline of the Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline of the Depression begins in October of 1929 and highlights significant statistics or events, sometimes month by month, through November of 1940 when Roosevelt is re-elected for his third term. From bank collapses to dust...
Handout
Library of Economics and Liberty

Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
For upper level classes and abilities only. A very scholarly explanation of the causes of the Great Depression and steps Franklin Roosevelt to end it. An excellent source due to its thorough analysis and detail.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: What Does the Fed Do? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will learn the basic functions of the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States through activities presented in this lesson plan.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: A Bank Holiday

For Students 5th - 8th
Actions taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt upon becoming president in 1933. Read about how he took immediate steps to restore confidence in the banking segment of the American economy.
Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Great Depression

For Students 5th - 8th
Read a brief overview of the causes of the Great Depression. See that there were several reasons which fed on each other to plunge the country into economic chaos.
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Then Again

Then Again: Web Chron: The Great Depression Begins 1929

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the Great Depression and its causes.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Why the Private Sector Under Invests in Innovation

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about how private companies tend to invest less than they should in innovation. (Hint: it's because many of the benefits are external).
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is a Free Rider?

For Students 9th - 10th
Not everybody who benefits from a public good contributes to its creation or maintenance. Learn about free riders.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Command and Control Regulation

For Students 9th - 10th
Command-And-Control Regulation: The simplest kind of regulation is to just tell people what to do. This has downsides, though.

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