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The Story of the Federal Reserve: Middle School Lesson Plan Lesson PlanThe Story of the Federal Reserve: Middle School Lesson Plan Lesson Plan
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Federal Reserve Bank
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6th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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The Story of the Federal Reserve: Middle School Lesson Plan

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After reading the charming cartoon about the United States Federal Reserve, pupils often need to complete activities to retain their learning. The resource does a wonderful job of using class discussion and various written exercises to do just that. Individuals complete a multiple-choice assessment as well as short-answer questions and graphs, among other activities, in a number of handouts to better gauge their understanding.

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Concepts

the federal reserve system, economics, the united states, united states currency, economic principles, economic policies, economic systems, banking, money, currency, interest rates, inflation, deflation, finance

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Differentiate for English learners by assigning them to work with a partner

Classroom Considerations

  • May take longer than 90 minutes depending on your individual class
  • The seven handouts may take some time to grade

Pros

  • Uses entertaining methods of asking questions in the handouts, such as a fill-in-the-blank dialogue scene between two characters
  • Implements helpful graphic organizers to visually arrange answers
  • Provides extension activity ideas for middle schoolers to research

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.3 RH.6-8.4 RH.6-8.7

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