Essential Questions:
What is macro-economics and what does it reveal about the economy?
How does a cyclical economy function?
How does data help to tell the story of the economy?
UC Irvine CHSSP Lessons:
GDP, Lesson: “How useful is the GDP as an economic measurement?”
Banking and Finance (Crash of 2008), Source Set: “What is capitalism? What are its benefits and problems? What caused the Great Recession?”
Social Inequality and Gentrification (Boyle Heights, CA), Source Set: “Who establishes prices in the marketplace?”
Social Inequality and Gentrification (Santa Ana, CA), Source Set: “Who establishes prices in the marketplace?”