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Focus on Economic Data: Gross Domestic Product - September 2001

Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the second quarter (April through June) of 2001 increased at an annual rate of 0.3 percent. This is the final estimate for the second quarter. During the first quarter of 2001, real GDP increased at an annual rate of 1.3 percent. For the year 2000, real GDP increased at annual rates of 2.3, 5.7, 1.3, and 1.9 percent in each of the four quarters. The slowing rate of growth throughout 2000 has continued through the most recent two quarters. The growth rate in real GDP over the last 12 months has been 1.2 percent. That compares with a more than 4 percent annual growth rate over the last several years.

Focus on Economic Data: U.S. Real GDP Growth, March 27, 2008

This lesson focuses on the March 27, 2008, report on Real Gross Domestic Product (Real GDP), produced by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The current data and historical data are explained. The meaning of GDP and potential impacts of changes of GDP are explored. This Focus on Economic Data will also raise questions the impact of the current level of growth on the economy and individuals.

Focus on Economic Data: Productivity - November 2001

Explore the connection between the economic indicators and real-world issues. These lessons typically can be done in one class period.

Teaching Financial Crises

Teaching Financial Crises is an eight lesson resource that provides an organizing framework in which to contextualize all of the media attention that has been paid to the recent financial crisis, as well as put it in a historical context. The current events stories, opinion pieces, and other popular media pieces that are today in great supply have generally not connected to educational objectives, historical analysis, and economic processes and concepts that are used in the high school classroom. In Teaching Financial Crises, teachers will find a non-partisan and non-ideological resource to help them simplify and offer balanced perspectives on this challenging subject matter.

4 out of 9 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.

Focus: Understanding Economics in U.S. History

Focus: Understanding Economics in U.S. History uses a unique mystery-solving approach to teach U.S. economic history to your high school students.

4 out of 40 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.

Focus: High School Economics

This revised edition features simulations, role plays, small-group discussions and other active-learning instructional activities to help students explore economic concepts through real-life applications.

3 out of 21 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.