Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Using a Person's Budget to Understand the Balance of Payments
Just like a personal budget, the balance of payments uses the sources of funds and uses of funds to track the movement of money. In this article, we use a young wizard's budget to make the balance of payments more relatable. This...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Changes in Foreign Exchange Markets & Net Exports
In this instructional activity summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and graphs related to how changes in foreign exchange markets affect net exports in each country. This resource is designed as a review for the AP...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wide Angle: Barshefsky Interview
Wide Angle video of Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, former U.S. Trade Representative, discussing her views on economic change in China and China's participation in the World Trade Organization. [1:50]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: The Balance of Payments
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and calculations related to the balance of payments. Topics include the current account (CA) and the capital and financial account (CFA, sometimes called simply the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Exchange Rates
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and calculations related to exchange rates. This resource is designed as a review for the AP Macroeconomics Test or a college-level macroeconomics course.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: It Ain't Where You Start, It's What You Got, and Where You End
This year's federal elections will involve electing a president, all members of the House of Representatives, and one-third of the Senate. Barring some international crisis, economic issues appear likely to dominate the debates. In past...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ch. 18: Diversity of Countries and Economies Across the World
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Analyze GDP per capita as a measure of the diversity of international standards of living; Identify what classifies a country as low-income, middle-income, or high-income;...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Transportation: They Say We Had a Revolution (Part 3)
Advancements in transportation have played a key role in the growth of our nation. U.S. government policies have also had a considerable impact on the development of transport as we know it today. In this series of three lessons, the...
Other
Ohio Wesleyan University: World Political Boundaries
This site has a photograph of a detailed, colorful map of political boundaries around the world with a zoom feature for a closer look. A brief description of how economic boundaries relate to political ones.
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Trade Council of Canadians
Canada's role in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), World Trade Organization (WTO), and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) are evaluated by this lobby/political action research group. The Council of Canadians is a...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Presidency of Ronald Reagan
This site provides an extensive history of Reagan's administration including information on his presidential campaign, domestic policies, foreign policies, and domestic and international events of his presidency.
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Berliner Morgenpost
Berliner Morgenpost is a daily morning paper serving the city of Berlin, Germany. Content includes top national and international headlines, as well as politics, economics, sports, opinions, and local news. Written in German.
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Nikkei Net (In Japanese)
Nikkei Net is a daily business newspaper published in Tokyo, Japan. Content includes the top national and international news stories of the day, as well as extensive business, economic, and political coverage. (Select "ENGLISH" from the...
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Nikkei Net (In English)
Nikkei Net is a daily business newspaper published in Tokyo, Japan. Content includes the top national and international news stories of the day, as well as extensive business, economic, and political coverage.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Trade in Colonial America / Nafta
Often teachers and learners are able to internalize historical and economic concepts through a more recent event that has occurred within their time frame. This lesson is an extension for the lesson, "Understanding the Colonial Economy."...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Hezekiah Niles: Triumph of Nationalism: America, 1815 1850
Magazine excerpts that celebrate the government sponsored internal improvements of the early nineteenth century and the market economy that they fueled.
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Frankfurter Allgemeine
Frankfurter Allgemeine is a daily newspaper, published in Frankfurt, Germany. Its content includes top national and international news, politics, business and finance, sports, weather, culture, editorials, and more. News is also...
The Economist
The Economist: Brazil
A collection of articles with an emphasis on the economy from a variety of news sources brings you current information on Brazil. Also provides a country profile with economic facts and data, a map, brief articles on history and...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: How Labor Got Its Day
If you asked students what comes to mind first when they think of Labor Day, what do you think they would say? The last days of summer? A family picnic? Shopping the Labor Day sales? The purpose of this activity is to broaden and deepen...
University of Minnesota
U Mn: Gender Ratios in Global Migration: Men Who Migrate, Women Who Wait?
This resource uses a text and graph to show how the gender ratio of international migrants - the proportion of male to female migrants - has changed over time. Its goal is to stimulate thinking about shifting gender ratios in global...
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Fhi:case Studies of 2 Women's Health Projects in Bolivia
This site introduces two case studies of women's health in poor communities in Bolivia. These studies were conducted by Family Health International.
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Ifpri: Critical Choices for China's Agricultural Policy
A short analysis published in May 1999 by International Food Policy Research Institute of China's agricultural policies since 1978 and what the future might hold for China in the area of farming and food supply.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Exchange Rates and Exchange: How Money Affects Trade
Students learn how currency values are set by supply and demand, and how changes in the value of currency affect international trade. Students then find the value of the Brazilian Real in 2000 and 2002, determine whether the currency has...
PBS
Pbs: The Fall of the Dollar (Lesson Plan)
A instructional activity that helps student understand how exchange rates are determined and how the value of a nation's currency is connected to its international trade. Students use an article from a time when the U.S. dollar was...