The students learn how a recession affects our economy, and how it might affect them personally.They examine the role the federal government has played in dealing with the current recession. They analyze their thoughts about what role...

"The 1990-91 recession: how bad was the labor market?" by Jennifer M. Gardner, from Monthly Labor Review Online, June 1994, Vol. 117, No. 6.

CNN article discussing the origins of the 2001 recession. According to Bush and his administration, the US was already in recession when they came to power in January 2001.

Explains what a recession is in plain language.

Because of recession and the costs of gas on the decline, many worry that the search for new forms of energy will be put on hold. Read and discuss as a class these concerns. October 24, 2008

This site provides an economic definition of recession.

A graphical comparison of employment data that shows how well Texas fared between 2008-20013 (before and after the recession), against how poorly other states fared.

This video teaches the concept of Business Cycles. The pattern in which economies have periods of recession and then also periods of economic expansion or recovery is known as the business cycle.

President Obama addresses Congress with his plan for the economy following his signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Teachers and leaders can utilize the discussion questions provided. February 25, 2009

In July, 2010 the U.S. Congress passed a financial reform bill that will greatly change America's economy and is the largest financial overhaul since the New Deal. (July 16, 2010)

The major automobile companies in the U.S. need to stabilize themselves in this hurting economy. Learn more about it and share discussion questions as a class. December 12, 2008

This page from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston provides information about: Quick Picks, About the Federal Reserve, Banking Information, Community Affairs, Economic Research, Educational Programs, Financial Services, and Publications.

This page from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond provides access to information in the following categories: General Information, Monetary Policy & Business Conditions, Financial Services, Banking, Community Affairs, Consumer...

A fascinating report complete with interviews of those closest to the matter, videos, etc. regarding the 2008-2009 economic crisis is provided by Frontline.

The Minneapolis branch of the Federal Reserve Bank system. It has a wealth of financial information and data, information about the banking system and the state of the economy, and financial education resources.

This page from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta provides access to information in the following categories: the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve System, Banking & Finance, Economics, Publications, Search, Site...

This page provides access to the text of the speech "Achieving Economic Stability: Lessons From the Crash of 1929" by Gary H. Stern, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. It compares the Crash of 1929 to the Crash of 1987.

Examines why the Texas economy is healthy and the factors that make it difficult and undesirable for other states to try to replicate its model. (Published: April 4, by 2012)

Keynesian economics focuses on explaining why recessions and depressions occur and offering a policy prescription for minimizing their effects. The Keynesian view of recession is based on two key building blocks: recessions occur when...

Describes the rule of Cosimo III of the Medici family and the resulting decline, both politically and economically of the Grand Duchy in Tuscany.

An alphabetical listing of all of Rudyard Kipling's (1865-1936 CE) poems. Included in the list is a link to biographical information.

This site from The Kipling Society provides full texts of almost 40 of Kipling's poems.

The site maintained by the Federal Reserve District explains monetary policy, and supervisory and regulatory role of the U.S. Federal Reserve System.

Read about the presidential election of 1992, which included a third-party candidate, focused on the economy, and unseated an incumbent.