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History, Civics & Social Studies · Grade 11

Economy, Technology and Institutions

Learners examine how economic crises and new technologies reshaped American institutions: competing explanations of the Great Depression, the New Deal and its critics, postwar federal programs and research that built the highway, suburban and computer age, deindustrialization and the 2008 financial crisis. They read economic data closely and compare how institutions responded to crises eighty years apart.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 140 minutes
  • Economy and institutions check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, estimate, highlight a text, match pairs, type a number and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Explain the causes of the Great Depression and compare competing economic explanations.
  • Analyze the institutions created by the New Deal and the criticisms they drew from several directions.
  • Explain how federal programs and federally funded research shaped the postwar economy and the digital revolution.
  • Interpret economic data on deindustrialization and the 2008 financial crisis and evaluate institutional responses.

Lessons

  1. Explaining the Great Depression 6 steps3 practiceabout 35 min
  2. New Deal institutions and their critics 6 steps4 practiceabout 35 min
  3. Postwar programs and the digital revolution 5 steps4 practiceabout 35 min
  4. Deindustrialization and the 2008 crisis 5 steps4 practiceabout 35 min
  5. Economy and institutions check 9 questions at the end

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