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Lesson 4: Where are the Numbers? – Tracking the Words and Tracking the Deeds

…2021. https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57170 New Federal Budget overviews or infographics available at https://www.cbo.gov/ Or use Visuals 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, and 4-4 Handout 4-1: Comparing the Federal Budget and Financial Report (1 copy…

Lesson 4: When Disaster Strikes, What Can We Do?

download EOD lesson 4 outline (including source citations) Concepts: comparative advantage incentives competition Federal Reserve System money liquidity personal exchange commercial(impresonal) exchange Content Standards: Standard 6: When individuals, regions, and…

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Lesson 2: Bridges & Barriers to Trade

…At the completion of grade 12, students will know Individuals and nations have a comparative advantage in the production of goods or services if they can produce a product at…

Lesson 1: Our National Debt

…debt was even larger than GDP in 2023.) See U.S. Debt Clock for current numbers: https://www.usdebtclock.org/ Who owes more? State governments combined, Local governments combined, U.S. Consumers combined, or the…

Historical Overview (2012 update)

…World Economy: Historical Statistics, Maddison 2003. World Population, GDP and Per Capita GDP, 1-2003 AD, Maddison, 2007, http://www.ggdc.net/maddison and http://www.ggdc.net/MADDISON/oriindex.htm for 2008 data. Western Europe $427 $772 $977 $1,202 $2,892…

Lesson 2: Where Does our Money Go?

Download Lesson 2, Activity and Handouts Download Lesson 2 Slides Lesson Overview In this lesson, students learn how and where the Federal Government spends money. Using the Lesson 2 Activity…

Lesson 3: Is our Federal Debt Sustainable?

…the alternatives against measurable criteria. Resources The Fiscal Ship as a Teaching Tool https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Fiscal-Ship-Game-Guide_new-1.pdf How to Play the Fiscal Ship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSWUcaT4GGA Fiscal Ship Classroom Guidelines http://teach.fiscalship.org/EduLandingPage_FiscalShip_files/classroom_guidelines.pdf Lesson 3 Essential Understandings…

2015 Federal Reserve Conference Lectures and Readings

…Powers for the Federal Reserve?” draft for the Journal of Economic Literature Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 2009. http://www.nber.org/feldstein/fedpowers.pdf Downloads: Dorn Lecture Slides (ppt download) Audio file is not connected to the…

Lesson 2 Activity: Nobody Knows Everything

download Nobody Knows Everything activity guide download Powerpoint slides Lesson Overview Based on television game shows in which contestants are pitted against an audience group, this activity is designed to…

The Chinese Experiment: Opening Markets Reduces Poverty

…of Land.” Guardian Newspapers 22 Dec. 2003. Buzzle.com. 4 Mar. 2004 <http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/12-22-2003-48869.asp>. Chow, Gregory. “Free to Choose in China.” Conference Paper: The Legacy of Milton and Rose Friedman’s Free to…