1. Resources for Teaching Economics in American History

4. Features Essay on the economic way of thinking.
39 complete lesson plans
Economic history explanations
Detailed teaching procedures
All visuals and handouts are included
Linked to national economics and history standards
Uses an “economic mystery” approach to encourage students to practice economic thinking skills.
Includes multiple choice and constructed response assessments.
Published by the Council on Economic Education

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12. Art History Research The Van Gogh Family
Obnoxious brother
Dizzy Aunt
Brother who ate prunes
Brother who worked at a convenience store
Grandfather from Yugoslavia
Please Gogh
Verti Gogh
Gotta Gogh
Stop N Gogh
U Gogh

13. Art History Research The Van Gogh Family
Cousin from Illinois
Magician uncle
Mexican cousin’s half-brother
Constipated uncle
Ballroom dancing aunt
Chica Gogh
Wherediddy Gogh
Amee Gogh
Cant Gogh
Tan Gogh

14. Art History Research The Van Gogh Family
Bird lover uncle
Nephew psychoanalyst
Brother who was a Beatle
Flamin Gogh
E Gogh
Rin Gogh

15. The nephew who drove a stage coach Wells-far Gogh The constipated uncle Can't Gogh The ballroom dancing aunt Tang Gogh The bird lover uncle Flamin Gogh The fruit-loving cousin Man Gogh   An aunt who taught positive thinking Way-to-Gogh   The little bouncy nephew Poe Gogh A sister who loved disco Go Gogh       AND....          His niece who travels the country in an RV :          Winnie Bay Gogh      

16. Economic Episodes in American History: Wohl Publishing

17. Features 32 chapters focused on an economic episode
Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the economic way of thinking
All other chapters can stand alone
Complete Teacher’s Guide including answer to the Questions for Discussion, correlations to national standards, a teaching activity for each chapter, assessments including constructed response and multiple choice items for each chapter.
Available in multiple formats: print, online, customized

18. Chapter Organization Framing the Issue (with a personal story)
Key Economic Concepts (Box)
The Historical Context
The Economics of the topic
Historical Questions and Economic Answers
Primary Source
Then and Now
Complete Teacher’s Guide with summaries, standards, assessments and activities.

19. Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 How Can Economics Illuminate History?
CHAPTER 2 Why Did the British Colonies Succeed Economically—Without Finding Gold and Silver?
CHAPTER 3 Why Did John Harrower Sell Himself into Bondage?
CHAPTER 4 Why Did the American Colonists Fight When They Were Safe, Prosperous, and Free?
CHAPTER 5 How Did the U.S. Constitution Provide a Road Map to Economic Prosperity?
CHAPTER 6 Turnpikes, Canals and Railroads: What Did We Do Before Interstate Highways?
CHAPTER 7 Was Slavery a Market Institution?

20. Table of Contents CHAPTER 8 The Civil War and Lee’s Dilemma: Why
Fight a War When the North’s Economy Was So Much Stronger?
CHAPTER 9 How Did the Civil War Change the U.S. Economy?
CHAPTER 10 The Homestead Act of 1862: Was Free Land Really Free?
CHAPTER 11 Did the Comanche and Other American Indians Favor Communal Ownership?
CHAPTER 12 Why Did Frank H. Mayer and His Fellow Hunters Kill Buffalo, Almost to Extinction?
CHAPTER 13 Did Railroads Cause the Economy of the Late 1800s to Grow?
CHAPTER 14 Hard Currency: Sound Money or Cross of Gold?

21. Table of Contents CHAPTER 15 Were the Robber Barons Robbers or Barons?
CHAPTER 16 Why Did the 19th-Century Monopolies Disappear?
CHAPTER 17 How Did Financial Panics Lead to the Establishment of an Independent Central Bank?
CHAPTER 18 Who Was the Titanic Baby and Where Was He Going?
CHAPTER 19 What Made the Roaring Twenties Roar, Economically: Real Growth or a Stock Market Bubble?
CHAPTER 20 Why Did a Mild Recession in 1929 Become the Great Depression of the 1930s?
CHAPTER 21 Was the New Deal Good for the U.S. Economy?

22. Table of Contents
CHAPTER 22 The Economics of Union Membership: Solidarity Forever?
CHAPTER 23 Did Rosie the Riveter Win the Battle for Working Women?
CHAPTER 24 Why Did the Economy Grow after World War II?
CHAPTER 25 Who Desegregated Major League Baseball: Adam Smith or Jackie Robinson?
CHAPTER 26 How Did the Marshall Plan Become a Model for Foreign Aid Programs?
CHAPTER 27 What Were the Origins of the African American Middle Class?

23. Table of Contents CHAPTER 28 Why Did Communism Collapse?
CHAPTER 29 How Did the Economy Influence Presidential Elections in the Stagnant Seventies?
CHAPTER 30 Is the Information Revolution as Big as the Industrial Revolution?
CHAPTER 31 Is Free Trade Out of Date?
CHAPTER 32 Is the Growth of the Federal Government Good for the Economy?

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