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Demand

Lesson 7a: Banking and Bank Regulation

KEY FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY  1.  A key to understanding people’s behavior is figuring out the incentives they face. 3. …

Competition

Lesson 6: The Transportation Revolution and Formation of the National Economy

KEY FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1.   A key to understanding people’s behavior is figuring out the incentives they face. 2. …

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Lesson 5: Land Ordinances and Western Movement

KEY FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1.  A key to understanding people’s behavior is figuring out the incentives they face. 2. …

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Lesson 4: Innovation, Education, and Information

KEY FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1.  A key to understanding people’s behavior is figuring out the incentives they face. 2. …

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Lesson 3: The Constitution as an Economic Document

KEY FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1.       A key to understanding people’s behavior is figuring out the incentives they face.…

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Lesson 2: Births, Deaths, and Economic Growth

KEY FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1. A key to understanding people’s behavior is figuring out the incentives they face. ECONOMIC…

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Lesson 1: The Market for Moving People to America

KEY FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1. A key to understanding people’s behavior is figuring out the incentives they face. 2.…

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Activity 8: Women and Work in American History – The Opportunity Cost of Staying Home

Lesson Overview: Download Activity and Handouts (doc file) Of the many profound changes in American society during the 20th century,…

Business Cycle

Activity 7: The Great Depression – A Family’s Choices

Lesson Overview: Download Activity and Handouts (doc file) Virtual Lesson Instructions and Resources In this simulation, students play the role…

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Activity 6: Show Me the Money! A Fractional Reserve Banking Simulation

Lesson Overview Download Activity and Handouts (doc file) Fractional Reserve Banking is a fundamental part of all modern economies.  First…

Competition

Activity 5: A Question of Trust

Lesson Overview Download Activity and Handouts (doc file) Virtual Lesson Modifcation & Slides The purpose of “A Question of Trust”…

E.R.P. #3

Activity 4: The Oklahoma Land Rush – Property Rights on the American Frontier

Lesson overview Download Activity and Handouts (doc file) Slides and Instructions for Virtual Classrooms What would life be like if…