Federal Reserve Bank
The Fed Explains Regional Banks
The Fed sounds enormous and ominous, but really, the Federal Reserve Bank is comprised of 12 reserve banks across the country. A short video introduces young economists to the duties and responsibilities of the Fed, specifically the...
Federal Reserve Bank
The Fed Explains Good versus Bad Standards
People use the gold standard to describe the highest quality possible, but in reality, measuring wealth by the gold standard isn't very effective. Discover the ways the Federal Reserve ensures that prices remain stable with a video...
Federal Reserve Bank
The Fed Explains the Payments System
How is the Federal Reserve like your body's circulatory system? A short video explains the ways the Fed keeps money moving through the economy much like blood passes through veins and arteries. Focusing on retail payments, the video...
Federal Reserve Bank
The Fed Explains Monetary Policy
What is monetary policy, and how does it relate to the Federal Reserve? Take high schoolers through an entertaining account of the basics behind monetary policy and its place in the modern world of economics.
TED-Ed
Neil deGrasse Tyson Replies to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
President Abraham Lincoln may not be the first name that comes up when discussing scientific advancement in the last two centuries, but Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson believes that Lincoln's efforts during the Civil War...
TED-Ed
How to Understand Power
Where does power come from, and why does it matter? This video will spark engaged thought and conversation amongst your class as it discusses the origins of power, how it's exercised, and what young learners can do to...
Classroom Clips
First Continental Congress (Part II)
Supplement your traditional textbook chapter with this instructional video on the first Continental Congress, which highlights key points such as the passage of the Intolerable Acts, boycott of British goods, and primary...
TED-Ed
How Do You Know You Exist?
Consider one of the most fundamental questions of philosophy posed by Rene Descartes in his Meditations on First Philosophy: How do we really know we exist? This animated video is accompanied by multiple-choice assessment questions,...
TED-Ed
How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain
Did you know that playing music is the brain's equivalent to a full body workout? Learn about how the advancements in the studies of neuroscientists have brought us to a greater understanding of how playing an instrument dramatically...
TED-Ed
It's a Church. It's a Mosque. It's Hagia Sophia
The artistic intricacies of the Hagia Sophia are highlighted and creatively woven together with illustrations of its rich history in this engaging, animated video. Viewers will take a close look at highlights of the...
Jacob Clifford
MR = MC Practice
Given quantity, total cost, and a perfectly competitive firm, how much should an organization produce and what will be the profit? Watch as the concept of profit maximization is broken down and explained with real-time illustrations and...
Jacob Clifford
Cost Curves MC, ATC, AVC, and AFC
What is the concept of a cost curve, and how are they used? Watch as this instructor demonstrates and explains marginal cost curve, average total cost, average variable cost, and average fixed cost.
Jacob Clifford
Perfect Competition in the Short Run
What exactly is perfect competition, one of the four market structures, in economics?
Jacob Clifford
Perfect Competition in the Long Run
What happens in the long run when there is time for firms to enter and leave a market in perfect competition?
Jacob Clifford
The Shut Down Rule
When prices fall below a certain point, why does that cause a shut down? Using the concept of fixed costs and losses, and by drawing on a sample graph, watch as this instructor explains the shut down rule of economics.
Jacob Clifford
Marginal Product and Marginal Cost
Help your learners get a better handle on marginal cost and product curves, and review the process of completing charts and graphs associated with this concept.
Jacob Clifford
Comparative Advantage: Econ Concepts in 60 Seconds
Walk your learners step-by-step through the process of creating a comparative advantage chart with a sample problem involving the production of cars and rice on a production possibilities curve.
Jacob Clifford
Production Possibilities Curve and Opportunity Cost
What happens when the resources used as part of a production possibilities curve are not easily adaptable to produce both goods? Watch as an economics instructor uses an example of an economy producing pizzas and robots in...
Jacob Clifford
Classical vs. Keynesian Aggregate Supply
What is the difference between the Classical and Keynesian models of economics with regard to price levels and the aggregate supply graphs?
Jacob Clifford
Economic Growth
With an increase in investment, what happens to aggregate demand, aggregate supply, and eventually, long-run aggregate supply? Here you'll find a great explanation of how greater long-run aggregate supply correlates to a wide...
Jacob Clifford
Multiplier and Spending Practice
Walk your learners through the process of how government determines to shift its spending in order to address a recessionary gap using the multiple propensity to consumer.
Jacob Clifford
Multiplier and Taxes Practice
How does the math work behind cutting taxes to close a recessionary gap? Here an economics instructor walks viewers through the step-by-step process of working with the spending multiplier to calculate changes in taxes and closing...
Jacob Clifford
Calculating the Multiplier
Watch as an instructor guides viewers through a quick practice of calculating the spending multiplier in economics, as well as reviews the implications of increased individual spending or saving on the economy.
Jacob Clifford
Multiplier Effect, MPC, and MPS
Introduce the multiplier effect to your class members and help them understand the difference between the marginal propensity to consume and save.