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Unemployment Instructional VideoUnemployment Instructional Video
Publisher
Khan Academy
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Grade
11th - Higher Ed
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
12:53
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Duration
15 mins
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Flipped Classroom
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Year
2009
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Unemployment

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Salman Khan examines the numbers of unemployed individuals and the various categories that are sometimes included and sometimes excluded. There is a wide spread between the U3 and U6 numbers, which indicates the number of disenchanted workers. This will effectively demonstrate some math concepts that are utilized by the media, and students will be interested in discovering how data can be skewed.

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Concepts

the unemployment rate

Additional Tags

service based economy, manufacturing economy, social studies

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