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Economic Lowdown Podcast Series

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Accepting a cow as payment for a car is not udder-ly ridiculous. A collection of 21 podcasts provide high schoolers with the lowdown on economics. Topics covered include economics, banking, monetary policy, and the role the Federal...
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Instructional Video11:50
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Inflation, Deflation & Capacity Utilization 2

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Sal justifies that the determining factor of inflation and deflation is not the money supply as much as much as it is demand and the raised capacity utilization.
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Instructional Video3:47
Jacob Clifford

GDP Deflator Practice

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
What is a GDP deflator, and how do we calculate it? Support your learners through this process using this video as a resource, which explains step-by-step how to work with an equation calculating not only the GDP deflator,...
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Instructional Video3:52
TED-Ed

What Gives a Dollar Bill Its Value?

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
What makes a one hundred-dollar bill valuable? Here is an excellent, straight-forward animated video to help your learners grasp the concept of inflation and the purpose and policies of the Federal Reserve System.
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Instructional Video8:08
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Inflation Explained - Part 3/4

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Inflation also includes the concept of deflation, is deflation good? Part three in this four-part series takes a comparative look at Japan's economic deflation during the 1990s and today's US economic situation. Purchase power,...
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Worksheet
Federal Reserve Bank

Deflation: Who Let the Air Out?

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Why do decreasing prices (deflation) restrain economic growth, and why is this a real concern? Here you'll find reading materials and a related worksheet that gets right to the heart of this question, using recent events and...
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Instructional Video12:41
JFR Science

Gas Laws: Why Do My Tires Deflate in Winter?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
How many phenomena in the natural world can you explain through the relationship between temperature, pressure, and volume? Science scholars explore the gas laws with a video from JFR Science. Topics include manipulating gas laws...
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Lesson Plan
Federal Reserve Bank

The Free Silver Movement and Inflation

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Why are US dollars no longer backed by gold and silver? What is our medium of exchange, and what would it be like to live in a barter economy? Learners consider these questions, as well as learn about the major historical events in the...
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Worksheet
Yummy Math

Deflate-gate

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Does temperature affect the air pressure of a football? Young mathematicians look at the readings from a pressure gauge and determine if the balls are within regulation or are under inflated.
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Instructional Video11:07
Khan Academy

Banking 4: Multiplier Effect and the Money Supply

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In the context of a discussion about real wealth versus the representation of wealth (money), Sal explains the multiplier effect and how 1000 pieces of gold can become 2710 pieces of gold. Viewers will appreciate the annotations and...
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Worksheet
Federal Reserve Bank

Making Sense of the Ups and Downs of Prices

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What are the consequences and costs of inflation? What is CPI, and how do we calculate it? This resource answers these questions in an organized and in-depth manner, and also includes a worksheet of follow-up questions designed for...
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Instructional Video12:32
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Inflation, Deflation & Capacity Utilization

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
High utilization of capacity leads to a raise in prices. Salman Khan discusses competition and its effect on inflation.
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Instructional Video12:24
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Debt Loops Rationale and Effects

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Now that scholars understand more of currency imbalance and artificially suppressed currency, Sal discusses motivations of the different actors. He briefly touches on the difficulty of unwinding a cycle like this once it has begun....
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Instructional Video2:36
Khan Academy

Review of China-US Currency Situation

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
This short clip is essentially just a review of what Sal has discussed in previous videos about the China-US trade situation. He goes over all the details, discussing the trade imbalance and the way the Chinese government keeps the Yuan...
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Instructional Video3:01
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China Pegs to Dollar to Keep Trade Imbalance

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Continuing from the previous video, Sal reviews the China-US trade relationships and the floating currency scenario that should leave the dollar weaker and the Yuan stronger. He explains the reason the People's Bank of China doesn't want...
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Instructional Video2:51
Khan Academy

China Buys US bonds, Money, Banking and Central Banks, Finance and Capital Markets

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Go further into depth with the China-United States trade scenario, this time investigating what the Chinese government does with the dollars they collect. Sal reminds scholars why the Chinese Central Bank prints Yuan to purchase dollars...
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Instructional Video4:16
Khan Academy

China Keeps Peg but Diversifies Holdings

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
By examining data from the U.S. treasury, Sal shows scholars the large discrepancy between US exports to China and US imports from China in 2009. He also examines foreign-owned assets in the United States, pointing out China's position...
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Instructional Video12:10
Khan Academy

Chinese Central Bank Buying Treasuries

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In the first several minutes of this clip, a review of the hypothetical China-U.S. trade scenario Sal mapped out in previous videos. Then, he begins to outline further how the Yuan can resist appreciation because of interference by the...
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Instructional Video15:30
Khan Academy

CPI Index, Inflation, Finance and Capital Markets

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Get an introductory course on inflation and the Consumer Price Index as Sal breaks down American disposable income based on government analysis. He focuses on housing percentages, explaining inconsistencies in the rental equivalence...
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Instructional Video12:24
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Debt Loops Rationale and Effects

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Now that scholars understand more of currency imbalance and artificially suppressed currency, Sal discusses motivations of the different actors. He briefly touches on the difficulty of unwinding a cycle like this once it has begun....
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Lesson Plan
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Are things Really More Expensive Today?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the topics of inflation and deflation within the economy. The Consumer Price Index is used to contrast the price of goods today with that of years past.
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PPT
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The Work of Waves and Wind

For Teachers 7th - 12th
This is not revolutionary, but it is informative. Earth science viewers in grades 7-12 get carried away with wave and wind erosion. They view diagrams of how waves impact ocean shorelines. They see examples of the different types of sand...
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Instructional Video1:26
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Happy / Sad Balloons

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Big Bird explores Social Studies in this video. While he is happy about his beautiful balloon, Telly is sad because his deflated. Big Bird shares his balloon and they both are happy.
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Lesson Plan
Kenan

Respiratory System

For Teachers 5th Standards
Explore the respiratory system with a model. First, pupils build a set of lungs to experiment how they inflate and deflate. Then, they delve deeper into the topic with a web quest to discover new information about the nose, trachea, and...

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