Focus on Economics: United States History

Focus on Economics: United States History
Grade: 9-12   Lessons: 15
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Pages: 158    Copyright: 1996
Order #: 0488    ISBN: 1-56183-488-2

Overview

Designed to supplement any high school history textbook, the lessons in this publication encourage students to use basic economic reasoning as an analytical tool to explore our social history and draw parallels to their own lives.


Detailed Information

Designed to supplement any high school history textbook, the lessons in this Teacher’s Manual encourage students to use basic economic reasoning as an analytical tool to explore our social history and draw parallels to their own lives. The 15 lessons draw on many historical events including:

  • freeing the slaves
  • prohibition
  • segregation
  • indentured servitude
  • taxation
  • baseball’s color barrier

Extensive primary source material includes indentured servitude contracts, excerpts from federal food safety laws, 1920s advertisements, and traveler accounts from wilderness explorers.


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