Federal Reserve Economic Fundamentals: High School Curriculum
Introduce basic economic concepts with ten independent hands-on lesson plans.
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Reading Q&A
0-15 min
FRED Q & A: What is Unemployment?
OVERVIEW
This brief reading assignment with graph interpretation introduces students to how the measuring unemployment is more than just asking the question "are you out of work?"
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Maximum Employment
Learn about maximum employment and how it is measured.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
Evaluating and Contextualizing Authority
Determine the authority of an information source.
MODULES
16-30 MIN
Types of Unemployment
Describe the three types of unemployment
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Economic Lowdown Video Series
Quickly introduce 11 basic economic topics in less than 15 minutes.
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Econ Lowdown Podcast Series
21 Economics audio assignments for your classroom
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READING Q&A
0-15 MIN
FRED Q & A: Do Imports Subtract from GDP?
Use graphs to visualize the impact of imports on gross domestic product.
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0-15 MIN
FRED Q & A: Inflation Around the World
Compare inflation trends from different countries.
READING Q&A
0-15 MIN
FRED Q & A: Comparing the Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price Index
Introduce the difference between two common price indices used to measure the health of the economy.
READING Q&A
0-15 MIN
FRED Q & A: The Cost of the Great Inflation
Analyze the corrosive effects of high inflation on the economy in the 1970's.
READING Q&A
0-15 MIN
FRED Q & A: The Mosaic of U.S. Unemployment
Using maps, analyze how unemployment rates varied across the U.S. during the Great Recession.
