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This Episode 5: Unemployment podcast also includes:
- Unemployment (video version)
- Reading Passage
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If you are not actively looking for work, are you considered unemployed? Scholars research what economic factors earn a person the designation of unemployed. The fifth lesson of a 21-part series from Econ Lowdown looks into unemployment, underemployment, and discouraged members of the work force. Historians use a podcast to analyze how those searching for work impact the overall health of the economy.
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Instructional Ideas
- Extend the lesson with an exercise on the changes in the unemployment rate since 1929
- Assign a reading on the definition of unemployment as a preview of the lesson
Classroom Considerations
- Makes the podcast available as a video lesson if needed
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- Teacher portal on Econ Lowdown contains ideas for lesson extension
- Resource provides audio and visual material for differentiated instruction
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