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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Can America’s Jobless Fill American Jobs?

Updated: September 2 2011,

Author: barrel fan

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Business Cycles, Division of Labor/Specialization, Employment and Unemployment, Producers

With the U.S. unemployment rate stuck around 9 percent, economics correspondent Paul Solman explores whether widespread joblessness is simply the result of a weak economy or if a broader shift toward higher-skill work is occurring that could leave many Americans behind even when the economy recovers.

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

Article