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This lesson guide is designed to help U.S. history teachers and students in grades 8-11 examine historic events through basic economic reasoning. It lends itself to instruction grounded in inquiry learning, direct instruction, and cooperative learning. It calls for students to be engaged in case studies, simulation exercises, and group work, as well as lectures, class discussion, reading, and writing. This volume (2 of 2) includes nine units, each of which presents a unit overview, two to seven lessons (31 altogether), and sample test items. Each lesson includes an introduction that summarizes the historical facts and economic principles to be used in the lesson, a concept list, instructional objectives, an estimate of the time required for instruction, and a list of instructional materials, including visuals for transparencies, and student activities. Each lesson contains detailed teaching procedures, which typically begin with a statement of purpose and include discussion questions, activities, anticipated responses, and answers to questions posed in the activities. Each lesson culminates with a closure activity that reviews learning, provides a lesson summary, or invites additional applications. The program is designed for supplemental use with a secondary U.S. history textbook and is intended to integrate the study of history and economics. The program is not intended for use as a self-contained history course; it focuses only on the economic dimensions of U.S. history. (Author/BB)

This lesson guide is designed to help U.S. history teachers and students in grades 8-11 examine historic events through basic economic reasoning. It lends itself to instruction grounded in inquiry learning, direct instruction, and cooperative learning. It calls for students to be engaged in case studies, simulation exercises, and group work, as well as lectures, class discussion, reading, and writing. This volume (1 of 2) includes eight units, each of which presents a unit overview, two to seven lessons (26 altogether), and sample test items. Each lesson includes an introduction that summarizes the historical facts and economic principles to be used in the lesson, a concept list, instructional objectives, an estimate of the time required for instruction, and a list of instructional materials, including visuals for transparencies, and student activities. Each lesson contains detailed teaching procedures, which typically begin with a statement of purpose and include discussion questions, activities, anticipated responses, and answers to questions posed in the activities. Each lesson culminates with a closure activity that reviews learning, provides a lesson summary, or invites additional applications. The program is designed for supplemental use with a secondary U.S. history textbook and is intended to integrate the study of history and economics. The program is not intended for use as a self-contained history course; it focuses only on the economic dimensions of U.S. history. (Author/BB)

This teaching unit represents a specific "dramatic moment" in history that can allow students to delve into the deeper meanings of selected landmark events and explore their wider context in the great historical narrative. Studying a crucial turning point in history helps students realize that history is an ongoing, open-ended process, and that the decisions made today create the conditions of tomorrow's history. The teaching unit is based on primary sources taken from government documents, artifacts, magazines, newspapers, films, and literature from the period under study. The historical narrative of the Industrial Revolution, which swept through the world between 1850-1914, is presented in this unit. The unit offers an alternative to the traditional textbook approach that typically focuses on the English Industrial Revolution and its spread to the continent. The unit contains the following sections: (1) unit objectives; (2) correlation to the National Standards for History; (3) teacher manual; (4) student manual; and (5) profiles. Lessons in the unit are recommended for grades 9-12, but can be adapted for other grade levels. The lesson plans include a variety of ideas and approaches for the teacher to lengthen or shorten as the need arises. The unit's simulation exercise raises questions concerning unpredictable consequences of historical phenomena. The simulation provides a series of biographies that reflect the interaction among peoples and describe the resultant winners and losers in this new global environment. (BT)

The tenth grade unit of the FICSS series (Focus on Inner City Social Studies -- see SO 008 271) deals with the political-economic systems in the United States. The first unit of the sequence focuses specifically on capitalism in a democracy. The document deals with both the theoretical and practical aspects of capitalism. The theoretical section examines the fundamentals of the political and economic systems; the practical examines the extent to which the theory is realized in practice. It is intended that pupils will ask questions concerning the what, how much, and for whom of production; who makes and enforces the rules; and how rules may be modified. From the learning activities, students become aware of the money system, the involvement of politics in capitalism, and specific areas of economics such as commodities, competition, Gross National Product, and government spending. The content of the unit includes a general introduction to the program and to the unit; essential source materials; knowledge, skill, and behavioral objectives; learning activities; and supplementary teacher and student resources. (Author/JR)

"The Yummy Pizza Company" is an interdisciplinary thematic unit that introduces the world of work to elementary school age students. The 10 lesson outlines can be adapted up or down to be used in grades 1-5 because an attempt has been made to keep required reading and writing assignments to a minimum. Optional assignments may be added for more proficient readers. The suggested time frame is for the 10 lessons of 1 to 2 hours each to be completed in 2 weeks. For those using a thematic approach, the lessons can be expanded to cover a whole day through tie-ins to other curriculum areas. (RJC)

This book helps middle school and high school students address environmental issues in an intelligent and productive manner. The lessons introduce economic reasoning and show students how to apply it to environmental problems. The 18 lessons are divided into four units addressing: the environment and the economy; incentives; use of market forces to improve the environment; and public choice theory and the environmental movement. Lesson titles include: (1) "The Problem of the Homeless Salmon"; (2) "Romancing the Past"; (3) "Own It or Lose It"; (4) "The Environment: Who Loves Ya, Baby?"; (5) "How Clean Is Clean Enough?"; (6) "How Can We Help the Endangered Species?"; (7) "Using Rewards to Protect Endangered Species"; (8) "The Costs and Benefits of Having Children"; (9) "Why Are There So Few Whales and So Many Chickens?"; (10) "Why Do Nonrenewable Resources Keep Increasing?"; (11) "Can Insecticides Help Us Fight Cancer?"; (12) "Why Drive When You Can Ride?"; (13) "Will There Be Enough Food For You?"; (14) "Do We Make Too Much Stuff?"; (15) "Save the Babies"; (16) "Why Would People Cut Down Trees in a Public Park?"; (17) "The Mystery of the Disappearing Christmas Trees"; and (18) "What is Worth Recycling?" (EH)

This book is designed to help teachers connect "The Stock Market Game" (tm) and the school curriculum. Three key economic themes developed in the lessons include: (1) stock buyers engage in economizing behavior; (2) market economies encourage the production of wealth; and (3) market activity takes place in the context of a legal environment in which property is protected and people are protected against breach of contract, fraud, and coercion. The 24 lessons are divided into 5 units introducing the stock market, personal investing, how investing affects the economy, taking care of business, and how the economy affects investments. Lesson titles include: (1) "Why Study the Stock Market?"; (2) "What Is a Corporation?"; (3) "What Is a Stock? Or, Who Owns McDonald's?"; (4) "What Are Markets?"; (5) "Showtime on Wall Street"; (6) "How Are Stock Prices Determined?"; (7) "How to Read the Stock Tables"; (8) "How Do You Make or Lose Money in the Stock Market?"; (9) "Getting Fancy: The Bulls, the Bears, and the Pigs!"; (10) "Are Stock Markets Only for the Wealthy?"; (11) "Getting Rich is Child's Play--The News About Compound Interest"; (12) "All Savings Choices Involve Risk: Grandma's Gift"; (13) "Some Risks Are Greater than Others"; (14) "How to Choose a Stock"; (15) "Building a Stock Portfolio"; (16) "Playing Along with the Averages"; (17) "The Market-Go-Round"; (18) "I've Got the Workin' in the Chalk-Mark Factory, Increasing My Productivity Blues"; (19) "How Do Saving and Investing Affect Economic Growth?"; (20) "How Do Businesses Obtain Financing?"; (21) "How to Read an Annual Report"; (22) "Researching a Business"; (23) "Business Cycles and the Stock Market"; and (24) "How Do Domestic and International Events Influence the Buying and Selling of Stocks?" Lessons are classified for beginning, intermediate, and advanced level students. (EH)

This book, in conjunction with the student activities books for macroeconomics and microeconomics, is designed for teaching the Advanced Placement Economics course. The book contains five units for the microeconomic portion and six units for the macroeconomic portion of the text. Along with the many activities are sample multiple-choice questions, sample short essay questions, and sample long essay questions. The units for the microeconomic section are entitled: (1) "The Basic Economic Problem" (5 lessons); (2) "The Nature and Functions of Markets" (7 lessons); (3) "The Theory of the Firm" (8 lessons); (4) "Factor Markets" (5 lessons); and (5) "The Role of Government" (5 lessons). The units for the macroeconomic section are entitled: (1) "Basic Economic Concepts" (2 lessons); (2)"Measuring Economic Performance" (6 lessons); (3) "Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply: Fluctuations of Outputs and Prices" (5 lessons); (4) "Money, Monetary Policy, and Economic Stability" (4 lessons); (5) "Monetary and Fiscal Combinations: Economic Policy in the Real World" (4 lessons); and (6) "The United States in a Global Economy" (5 lessons). (EH)

This book is designed to help advanced placement students better understand macroeconomic concepts through various activities. The book contains 6 units with 64 activities, sample multiple-choice questions, sample short essay questions, and sample long essay questions. The units are entitled: (1) "Basic Economic Concepts"; (2) "Measuring Economic Performance"; (3) "Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply: Fluctuations of Outputs and Prices"; (4) "Money, Monetary Policy, and Economic Stability"; (5) "Monetary and Fiscal Combinations: Economic Policy in the Real World"; and (6) "The United States in a Global Economy." (EH)