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Making Sense of the Ups and Downs of Prices WorksheetMaking Sense of the Ups and Downs of Prices Worksheet
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Federal Reserve Bank
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9th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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2013
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Making Sense of the Ups and Downs of Prices

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What are the consequences and costs of inflation? What is CPI, and how do we calculate it? This resource answers these questions in an organized and in-depth manner, and also includes a instructional activity of follow-up questions designed for an educational setting.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

deflation, inflation

Additional Tags

inflation, deflation, price stability, social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • This would be easy to administer as an in-class or homework assignment to be followed up by discussion

Pros

  • Recently published, including references to popular culture
  • Includes answer key, extension activities, and graphs that help to illustrate concept

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.4

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