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Unemployment: The job of the future. The resource, designed for high school scholars, explains unemployment rates, recessions, and job trends that are impacting employment in the United States. Academics explore potential careers of the future, education needed, and average rates of pay. Class members also participate in group discussion and complete written prompts to understand future trends and discover potential career fields. At the end, they draft economic recommendations for government polices and present their proposals in PowerPoint presentations.
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the unemployment rate, the workforce, labor, workers, work, the workplace, recessions, economic depressions, job searching, the great depression, american history, economics, keynesian economics, economic data, economic growth, economic indicators, the economy, economy, the united states economy, the global economy, economic policies, economic systems, macroeconomics, microeconomics, macroeconomic equilibrium, future planning, america, american industrialism, government regulation
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Instructional Ideas
- Compare the 2008 recession to the Great Depression
- Discuss growing career fields such as software development
Classroom Considerations
- English learners may need additional assistance to understand economic vocabulary
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- Resource cites several case studies to support informational text
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