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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: With High Youth Unemployment, Making Sense of Summer Work Visas For Foreigners

Updated: August 17 2012,

Author: barrel fan

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Division of Labor/Specialization, Employment and Unemployment, Producers

Since the 1960s, the State Department has sponsored young foreigners for temporary, low-wage summer jobs in the U.S. But with high youth unemployment, some believe the program takes summer jobs away from American youth. So is the program’s motivation truly ‘good will’ or a source of cheap labor?

Grades 3-5

Teach Producers and Consumers using Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle

This economics and personal finance lesson takes students through the process of producing a good to sell to a fictional...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Income, Producers

60 mins

Lesson

Grades 9-12

Women in the US Workforce During WWII - Measuring Unemployment

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Employment and Unemployment

45 min

Lesson

Grades 9-12

Economic Misery and Presidential Elections

Updated with new statistics! The students examine economic data in order to predict the results of presidential elections.

Key Concepts: Employment and Unemployment, Fiscal Policy, GDP

45 mins.

Lesson

Grades Higher Education, 9-12

EconoFact

On this website, you can see how the frameworks and theories taught in class relate to real-world timely events.

Key Concepts: Employment and Unemployment, Fiscal Policy, Income Distribution

20 mins

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