The Labor Market
Explain the basics of the labor market.
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16-30 min
Creating and Analyzing Binary Maps
OVERVIEW
This lesson demonstrates how easy it is to create a binary FRED map. Students search for state-level data on average weekly earnings and visualize them in FRED. The goals are for students to customize a map, observe patterns in mapped data, and note differences across geographical areas.
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Explore the data behind app-driven employment and the workers who pursue it.
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Data Literacy: Adjusting for Population
Learn to adjust measurements for population.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
16-30 MIN
Strawberry Girl Q&A
Introduce concepts like resources, labor and property rights.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
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Everything Including the Kitchen Sink: Progressive Reforms & Wealth in the 1920's
Investigate economic prosperity in the 1920's.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
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Learning Activity: Westward Expansion & Marginal Productivity
Examine total, average, and marginal productivity rates.
