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Learning Activity: Getting Technical about Career Choices
Students are assigned a job or career that requires some form of post-secondary training/education. They group themselves by level of education/training necessary for entry in that career field before lining themselves up in order based on median salary.
General Economics Course Entrance and Exit Tickets
These entrance and exit tickets are aligned with the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics and are organized to follow most on-level high school economics textbooks.
Payment Systems Evolution: How Does Money Move from a Buyer to Seller?
This Page One Economics article examines what it takes for that money to move quickly and reliably to and from accounts, and how a new service developed by the Federal Reserve can contribute to U.S. payment systems.
Texas High School Economics and Personal Finance Course Resources
Meet the Texas High School Economics and Personal Finance graduation requirements using resources from the Federal Reserve’s Econ Lowdown online learning portal.
Factors of Production - The Economic Lowdown Video Series
In economics, factors of production are the resources that people use to produce goods and services; they are the building blocks of the economy. Economists divide factors of production into four categories: land, labor, capital and entrepreneurship.
How Does the Gig Economy Support Entrepreneurship?
In the early phases of a business, when an entrepreneur’s income is sometimes unstable, the gig economy offers opportunities to supplement and smooth income. This essay discusses this relationship, including some interesting research on the topic.
Price Elasticity of Demand Video Explainers
These three short videos provide an overview of what price elasticity of demand is, describe what factors influence elasticity, and discuss some common applications of the concept.
Teach Economics: How Understanding Brain Science Can Help You Teach Economics
The St. Louis Fed’s Scott Wolla discusses the science of learning with Bill Goffe of Penn State and Andrew Butler of Washington University in St. Louis.
2024 Women in Economics Symposium Video Archive
The 2024 Women in Economics Symposium, hosting roughly 2,000 attendees in person and virtually via watch parties around the country, reaffirmed the importance of having more women enter the economics profession.
AP Macro Lecture Guide: How the Fed Implements Monetary Policy
This lesson focuses on how the FOMC conducts monetary policy to achieve its dual mandate: to promote maximum employment and price stability.