What is Unemployment, How is it Measured and Why Does the Fed Care?
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- Title
- What is Unemployment, How is it Measured and Why Does the Fed Care?
- Reserve Bank
- St. Louis
Summary
In this lesson, students read and interpret choropleth maps, which contain unemployment data. They
compare verbal descriptions of the labor market from the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book with the mapped data. In addition, students compare unemployment data for different years.
Additional Information
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Lesson Plans |
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Economics |
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Teachers |
| Grade Level |
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5-8 9-12 |
| Keywords |
| labor force, unemployment, GeoFRED |
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