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. …
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. …
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.…
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…
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.…
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,…
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…
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…
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”…
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…
Activity 3: Transaction Costs and Currency – 1808 Road Trip
Lesson Description Download Activity and Handouts (doc file) Students are given a “purse” containing one of four types of bank…
Activity 2: Indentured Servitude – A Colonial Market for Labor
Lesson Overview Download Activity and Handouts (word doc) The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate to students, using the…