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Using the classic game of Monopoly and a revised set of rules in this resource, your class members will discover how GDP is calculated and practice enacting expansionary or contractionary fiscal policies. What a great way to learn about...

Let's all Hula Hoop! Scholars research the supply and demand side of toy fads in the United States. They analyze video clips and news articles to complete graphs on how the supply curve slope works in concert with the demand for products...

Learners explore the history of the oil industry. In this history of oil instructional activity, students reseach the history and current state of the oil industry. Learners then determine whether they support...

By the end of this section, you will be able to identify the components of gross domestic product on the demand side and on the supply side; evaluate how gross domestic product is measured; and contrast and calculate gross domestic...

Students map the major oil producing and consuming countries and regions. They identify current and future topographic and political problems that could affect the production and transportation of oil.

A comprehensive look at the way aggregate demand and supply affect the business cycle. Information used is current to 2003. From the Department of Economics at the University of Colorado.

Students examine how oil is created and its uses.  For this oil supplies lesson, students research the history of oil then create a timeline that charts the major ups and downs of the oil industry from when it began.

Petroleum! Where does it come from? Follow its importance, technology, rank in the world, products, and more.. in this colorful, informative web site.

Learn how Spindletop, an East Texas Oil Field, produced 80,000 barrels of black gold a day and changed the country and oil production forever. [2:41]

Learners investigate oil's changing role in human history. They view a PBS documentary, conduct Internet research, complete a research matrix, and write an essay on whether they support an expansion of oil drilling in the Arctic...