This collection provides instruction on unemployment and how it is characterized by national data. Students will learn about why some jobless are considered unemployed while others aren’t, how unemployment data are collected, and the concept of unemployment benefits. (USA 2020)

Students view a video on inflation and are introduced to the concept of unemployment (USA EconEd 2017).

How do we know when the economy is in a recession? How do key economic indicators perform in a downturn? In this New York Times lesson, students create graphs of various economic measurements, using quantitative and qualitative reasoning skills to compare, contrast and correlate the performance of measures like gross domestic product, unemployment and personal ...