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History & Social Studies: K-12 TLC Guide Labor and Labor Day: K-12 TLC Guide U.S. Government: K-12 TLC Guide

Third World Countries: K-12 TLC Guide The World Trade Organization: K-12 TLC Guide

Fundamental Economic Concepts

Microeconomics

Elasticity, Equilibrium, Exchange & Markets, Market Structures, Supply & Demand

Macroeconomics
Aggregate Supply & Demand Business Cycles Employment Act of 1946 Employment/Unemployment Global Economy	Output & Economic Growth Monetary Policy Price Stability and Inflation Supply & Demand

Accounting, Business Crime, Business Management,
Businesses & Companies, Economic Concepts, Economists,
Institutions, Agencies & Associations, International Trade/Global Economy,
Internet Commerce, Money & Currency, Monopolies, Taxes
Business Leaders
Economists
Mathematics Careers in Business and Economics
Small Business
Women in Business

Commodities, Consumer Economics, Markets and Investments, Money

Documents, Treaties and Agreements
News, Statistics & Indicators

Early American Economics, Historic Financial Panics, Industrial Revolution, U.S. Constitution and Economics

The Economics of:
The American Civil War, The American Revolution, Energy, Slavery

Study Aids

Economics
&
Business

Aquaculture: K-12 TLC Guide.
Southeast United States Economy: K-12 TLC Guide.
Texas Agribusiness: K-12 TLC Guide.

01/05/1914: Henry Ford Boosts Minimum Wage to $5 per Day: K-12 TLC Guide.

02/17/2009: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: K-12 TLC Guide.

01/21/2010: Citizens United v. FEC (Campaign Finance Regulations): K-12 TLC Guide.

AmosWeb.
Business and the Economy, The Gallup Organization.
Business and the Economy, University of Illinois.
Business and Finance Images, The Stock Solution.
The Business History Conference.
Calculators Online: K-12 TLC Guide.
Calculators On-Line Center, University of California, Irvine:
The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
EcEdWeb.
Eco-Marketing Project, Landmarks for Schools.
Economics Center for Education and Research.
Economics & Politics, The Electronic Policy Network.
The Economics of Seinfeld..
Economics Resources on the Web, Centre College.
The Economist.
Economy.com.
EcoSim: An Interactive Simulation.
Farm Aid.
Financial Law, FreeAdvice.com.
Free-Market.Net, The Henry Hazlitt Foundation.
The Global Economics Game.
A Journalist's Guide to Economic Terms.
Marketplace:

How Many Millionaires Are in Congress?

Monetary History.
National Council on Economic Education.

National Public Radio:
- 23 Things Not to Write in an E-Mail.
- ABC News Under Fire for Payment to Murder Suspect.
- African-American Prosperity Lags White Americans.
- Allowances Are Good for Kids: 4/26/00 (audio: 3:37).
- America's Pension Crisis.
- America's Prosperity: 2/2/00 (audio: 6:30).
- American Legislative Exchange Council's Influence on State Legislation.
- Baby Boomers and Retirement: 10/9/00 (audio: 6:41).
- Baseball Economics: 11/21/00 (audio: 3:30).
- Belt Tightening Leads to Artistic Expansion.
- Ben & Jerry's Takes 'All Natural' Claims Off Ice Cream Labels.
- Bible Salesman: 1/9/00 (audio: 10:45).
- The Buffalo Chicken Wing Industry.
- Cafeteria Credit Unions Teach Students Money Skills.
- Can Bosses Do That? Yes They Can.
- The Church and Economics: 09/22/00 (audio: 4:01).
- Companies Quit U.S. Chamber Over Climate Policy.
- Court in India Convicts 7 in Bhopal Gas Tragedy
- Death of a Toxic Asset.
- Distributors Slow to Embrace Local Food Movement.
- Diversity Efforts Uneven in U.S. Companies.
- Divine Right of Capital: 8/27/00 (audio: 8:15).
- The Economic Theories Behind Modern U.S. Politics:
- Economics 101: Incentives Work.
- An Economist Reconsiders Cappuccino.
- Economists' Rap Battle Gains Cred From Ke$ha's Nod.
- Elinor Ostrom First Women Awarded Nobel Prize for Economics.
- The End of 9-to-5: When Work Time Is Anytime.
- Ex-College Stars Seek a Piece of the NCAA's Billions.
- Exhaustion of Financial Planning: 10/18/00 (audio: 3:11).
- The Fair Market Value of Athletes: 11/25/00 (audio: 5:15).
- The Fourth Great Awakening: 6/2/00 (audio: 5:44).
- Gender Salary Gap.
- The Gold Standard and the Modern Economy.
- Greed and Capitalism: 11/27/00 (audio: 3:47).
- History of the U.S. Debt Ceiling.
- How Losing Is a Profitable Game in Baseball.
- India's China Envy.
- Investing in Inner-Cities: 4/6/00 (audio: 4:00).
- It Costs $222,360 to Raise a Child.
- Jobs of Yesteryear: Obsolete Occupations.
- Kaplan University: A For-Profit Take on Education.
- Kids with Mental Health Issues Make Less Money as Adults.
- Living the Life of an Economist: 01/24/01 (audio: 2:39).
- Living Trusts: 2/15/00 (audio: 3:15).
- Low-Income Workers Share Wealth: 2/1/00 (audio: 7:00).
- Polaroid Snaps Back on the Scene.
- Pricing Out a Visit to TV's 'Dr. House'.
- The Restaurant of the Future: A Living Lab.
- Saving Family Farms: 10/13/00 (audio: 3:21).
- Sharp Increase in U.S. Wealth 1995-98 (audio: 3:30).
- Small Town America is Booming: 3/26/00 (audio: 8:30).
- Social Security Earnings Limit: 3/22/00 (audio: 3:30).
- Some Cuban Barbers Unhappy with Their New Cut.
- Sweet Memories of a Snack Food Financial Scheme.
- Walking Teenage Billboards: 09/18/00 (audio: 4:00).
- What Is Wealth?: 5/18/00 (audio: 8:40).
- When It Comes to the Economy, Math Isn't Magic.
- Who Needs Labels When You Got ASCAP?
- Why Are There Poor People?: 1/19/00 (audio: 4:00).
- Why Health Care Is So Expensive.
- Winning the West with Fred Harvey Restaurants.
- The World Cup's an Economic Contest.
NetEC.
On-This-Day:
- 08/27/1859: First U.S. Oil Well Successfully Drilled.
- 09/21/1931: Britain Goes Off the Gold Standard.
Smith, Adam: K-12 TLC Guide.
Stephen F. Austin University Finance Page.
Tax-News.com.
Tutor2U.
University of Wisconsin:
- The Crash and the Great Depression, American History 102.
U.S. State Fact Sheets, United States Department of Agriculture.
The Weather Notebook, Mount Washington Observatory:

Economic Impact of Global Warming.

Yahooligans.

Economics
&
Business

Fundamental
Economic
Concepts

Macroeconomics: K-12 TLC Guide.
Microeconomics: K-12 TLC Guide.

AmosWeb.
EconEdLink, National Council on Economic Education.
Economic Study Guide, Pink Monkey.com.
Economics, SocialStudiesHelp.com.
Economics A-Z, The Economist.
A Journalist's Guide to Economic Terms.
An Overview of Economics, University of Washington.
Tutor2U.
Wikipedia.

Absolute and Comparative Advantage:
Basic Economic Systems:
- Socialism in China: K-12 TLC Guide.
- AmosWeb.
- Command Economy:
- Comparative Economic Systems, SocialStudiesHelp.com.
- Comparative Economic Systems, McBride Center for International Business.
- Comparative Economic Systems (Lesson), EconEdLink.
- A Humorous Look at Different Economic Systems, University of Connecticut.
National Debt:

U.S. Treasury: K-12 TLC Guide.

National Public Radio:
- National Debt For Beginners.
U.S. National Debt Clock.
U.S. Treasury:

The Debt to the Penny and Who Holds It.
FAQs: National Debt.

Scarcity, Trade-offs, Opportunity Costs:
- Supply & Demand: K-12 TLC Guide:
- AmosWeb:
  - Scarcity.
- Social Studies for Kids.
- University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (pdf).
- Wikipedia:
  - Opportunity Cost.
  - Scarcity.
Stagflation:
- Google.
- Investopedia:
- InvestorWords.com:
- LearningMarkets.com (video).
- Merriam-Webster.
- About.com.
- CNN.
- The Guardian:
- MSN Money.
- New York Times:
- University of Californa, Berkeley.

Economics
&
Business

Microeconomics

AmosWeb.
Economic Study Guide, Pink Monkey.com.
Microeconomic Concepts, Virginia Tech.
Wikipedia.

Exchange and Markets: K-12 TLC Guide.
Equilibrium Price and Quantity:
- Equilibrium: K-12 TLC Guide.
- AmosWeb:
  - Equilibrium.
  - Equilibrium Price.
  - Equilibrium Quantity.
- The Economist.
Market Structures: K-12 TLC Guide.
Price Elasticity:
- The Economist.
- Wikipedia.
Supply & Demand:
- Scarcity: K-12 TLC Guide:
- AmosWeb:
  - Demand.
  - Supply.
- The Economist:
  - Demand.
  - Supply.
- Wikipedia.

Economics
&
Business

Macroeconomics

AmosWeb.

Economic Study Guide, Pink Monkey.com.
Macroeconomic Resources for Students, EurMacro Economics Site.
Wikipedia.

Aggregate Supply and Demand:
Business Cycles:
- The Economist.
- Wikipedia.
Circular Flow Model:
- Circular Flow Lesson, AmosWeb.
- Free Enterprise at Work, SocialStudiesHelp.com.
- Producing Ohio.
Employment Act of 1946:
- Employment Act of 1946, Dr. Joyce Furfero.
- National Archives.
Employment and Unemployment.
Fiscal Policies:
- AmosWeb.
- The Economist.
- Government of Canada.
- Monetary and Fiscal Policy, SocialStudiesHelp.com.
- PinkMonkey.com.
Monetary Policy:
- Interest Rates: K-12 TLC Guide.
- International Trade/Global Economy: K-12 TLC Guide:
- Money Supply: K-12 TLC Guide.
Money: K-12 TLC Guide.
Output and Economic Growth: K-12 TLC Guide.
Price Stability and Inflation.
Supply Side Economics: Reaganomics: K-12 TLC Guide.

Economics
&
Business

International Trade

Global Economy

Mercantilism: K-12 TLC.
South American Trade Routes: K-12 TLC.
Third World Countries: K-12 TLC.

Background Information on Countries of the World, U.S. Department of State:
- Commercial Guide.
- Economic Policy and Trade Practices.
The Early Modern World, Fordham University:
- Mercantile Capitalism.
- Reflections on the Trade and the New Economy.
Economic Development:

AmosWeb.
The Economist.
Resources for Social and Economic Development, University of Pennsylvania.
Tutor2U.

ExpoMuseum: The World of World's Fairs.

Global Pricing:

International Financial Encyclopedia.
The Internationalist.
Marx, Karl: K-12 TLC Guide.
National Public Radio:
Trade Topics (Grades 4-5), State of Washington.
U.S. State Exports to Countries and Regions, United States Department of Commerce.
Warfare and Financial History, University of Exeter.
World Gross Domestic Product Per Capita: 1995, University of Texas.
World Trade Week:

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.
World Trade Center Miami.
World Trade Week New York City.

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

05/01: May Day: International Labor Day and World's Fairs.

Economics
&
Business

Accounting

Economics
&
Business

Businesses
&
Companies

American Business Leaders: K-12 TLC Guide.
The Citrus Industry: K-12 TLC Guide.
Commerce and Transportation on the Mississippi River: K-12 TLC Guide.
Offshore Drilling and the Environment: K-12 TLC Guide.
Oil Spills: K-12 TLC Guide.

Astor, John Jacob: K-12 TLC Guide.

Becknell, William: K-12 TLC Guide.

Chrysler, Walter Percy: K-12 TLC Guide.

Colgate, William: K-12 TLC Guide.

Field, Marshall: K-12 TLC Guide.

Flagler, Henry: K-12 TLC Guide.

Forten, James: K-12 TLC Guide.

Gates, Bill & Microsoft: K-12 TLC Guide.

Gilbreth, Lillian: K-12 TLC Guide.

Gordy, Berry, Jr: K-12 TLC Guide.

Gutierrez, Carlos Miguel: K-12 TLC Guide.

Hammond, Laurens: K-12 TLC Guide.

Hearst, William Randolph: K-12 TLC Guide.

Hershey, Milton Snavely: K-12 TLC Guide.

Johnson, A. James.

Kellogg, Will Keith: K-12 TLC Guide.
Kettering, Charles F.: K-12 TLC Guide.

McDonnell, James S.: K-12 TLC Guide.

Ochs, Adolph S.: K-12 TLC Guide.

Phillips, Sam: K-12 TLC Guide.

Porsche, Ferdinand: K-12 TLC Guide.
Rothschild, Mayer Amschel: K-12 TLC Guide.

Automotive Companies: K-12 TLC Guide.
Bridgestone/Firestone Defective Tires: K-12 TLC Guide.
Eastman Kodak Company: K-12 TLC Guide.
Fur Trade: K-12 TLC Guide.

1824 - Gibbons V. Ogdens: K-12 TLC Guide.
1890: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad V. Minnesota: K-12 TLC Guide.

08/28/1907: Two Seattle Teenagers Start What Will Become UPS, HistoryLink.

American Business Women's Association.
BBC:
- 165 University Ave: Silicon Valley's 'Lucky Building'
Deutsche Welle:
- I.G. Farben: NAZI Chemical Giant.
Let's Talk Business Network.
The Library of Congress:
- 1790: America's First Cotton Mill.
National Public Radio (audio):
- America's Best Paid Executives: 4/13/00 (3:41).
- The Brothers Koch: Rich, Political and Playing to Win.
- Business & Humanitarian Services: 11/4/99 (4:00).
- Business to Business E-Commerce: 2/3/00 (5:15).
- Corporate Apologies: 9/1/00 (6:02).
- Corporate Conscience Awards: 5/15/00 (2:03).
- Corporate Tax Exploitation: 4/14/00 (5:01).
- Family Businesses: 1/26/01 (8:00).
- Fortune's Largest Companies: 4/8/99 (8:00).
- How the A&P Changed the Way We Shop.
- Invention of the Restaurant: 5/21/00 (8:36).
- Making Dot Com Companies Work: 5/10/00 (6:11).
- The Struggles of Small Local Stores: 01/26/01 (4:27).
- Tax Loophole Benefits Companies: 10/16/00 (4:44).
- Universities and Internet Startups: 5/22/00 (6:40).
- AOL-TimeWarner Merger: 01/11/99 (5:25):
  - 09/03/00: AOL, A Messaging Monopoly? (2:59).
  - 10/11/00: Update (4:45).
  - 11/21/00: Merger Concerns (2:41).
- Apple on a Roll: 4/30/00 (7:00).
- AT&T to Restructure Again: 11/20/00 (5:47).
- Chase/J.P. Morgan Merger: 9/16/00 (7:30).
- Chevron-Texaco Merger:
  - 10/16/00: Report #1 (1:56).
  - 10/16/00: Report #2 (4:00).
  - 10/17/00: How Profitable? (3:31).
- Converse Shoes:
  - 11/07/00: Financial Struggles (6:08).
  - 01/23/01: Bankruptcy (2:06).
- Dow Protected from Lawsuits: 11/14/00 (3:06).
- Dunkin Donuts is 50 Years Old: 3/1/00 (3:20).
- General Electric Selects New Leader: 11/28/00 (3:29).
- Kellogg Sues Exxon: 10/18/00 (1:46).
- MCI-Worldcom: 5/19/00 (4:30).
- Merck: The Redesigned Workplace: 10/16/00 (8:15).
- Suzuki & Isuzu vs. Consumers Union: 2/8/00 (6:18).
- UPS and FedEx May Form Alliance: 10/18/00 (3:39).
- Time-Warner v. ABC:
  - 5/1/00: Time-Warner Blacks Out ABC (3:30).
  - 5/2/00: ABC Back on Time-Warner (4:00).
  - 5/3/00: Public Interest Missing (3:00).
  - 5/6/00: Analysis (6:30).
- Tony Hawk: From Skateboard Misfit to CEO.
- Viacom Buys BET: 11/03/00 (4:00).
- Whitney Family Mill Goes Away as King Cotton's Reign Fades.
On-This-Day:
- 01/10/1870: Rockefeller Incorporates Standard Oil.
- 10/03/1901: RCA-Victor Corporation Formed by Merger.
- 08/28/1907: UPS Started by Two American Teenagers.
- 10/17/1917: RCA Is Formed.
- 12/11/1985: GE Agrees to Buy RCA.
- 10/30/1989: Mitsubishi Buys 51% of Rockefeller of NY.
- 12/04/1991: Pan Am Ceases Operations.
- 01/10/2000: AOL & Time-Warner to Merge.
- 10/25/2000: AT&T to Break into Four Companies.
- 01/10/2001: American Airlines to Buy TWA.
Writer's Almanac:
- 10/09/1872: Montgomery Ward Delivers First Catalogue.
YOUNGSTOWN SHEET & TUBE CO. V. SAWYER (1952),
U.S. Secretary of State.

Economics
&
Business

Business Management

Business Law, FreeAdvice.com.
Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.
Commerce Business Daily, U.S. Dept of Commerce.
How Stuff Works:
- Trade Secrets, Patents & Copyrights.
Human Rights Principles for Companies, Amnesty International.
Informus Pre-Employment Screening.
Institute of Business and Economic Research, University of California, Berkeley.
Africa: Business and Trade.
Mid-American Journal of Business, Ball State University.
National Association for the Self-Employed.
National Public Radio (audio):
Small Business at About.com.

Economics
&
Business

Documents
&
Treaties

Economics
&
Business

Economists

Blupete.com.
National Public Radio:
- Elinor Ostrom First Women Awarded Nobel Prize for Economics.
Nobel Laureates in Economics:
Akerlof, George: K-12 TLC Guide.

Aumann, Robert J.: K-12 TLC Guide.

Friedman, Milton: K-12 TLC Guide.

Galbraith, John Kenneth: K-12 TLC Guide.
Greenspan, Alan: K-12 TLC Guide.
von Hayek, Friedrich August: K-12 TLC Guide.
Heckman, James:
- University of Chicago.
- 2000 Nobel Prize in Economics.
Kahneman, Daniel: K-12 TLC Guide.
Keynes, John Maynard: K-12 TLC Guide.

Kydland, Finn: K-12 TLC Guide.

Malthus, Thomas: K-12 TLC Guide.
McFadden, Daniel L.:
- University of California, Berkeley.
- 2000 Nobel Prize in Economics.
Prescott, Edward: K-12 TLC Guide.

Ricardo, David.

Samuelson, Paul Anthony: K-12 TLC Guide.

Schelling, Thomas C.: K-12 TLC Guide.

Smith, Adam: K-12 TLC Guide.
Smith, Vernon L.: K-12 TLC Guide.
Spence, A. Michael: K-12 TLC Guide.
Stiglitz, Joseph E.: K-12 TLC Guide.

Yunus, Muhammad: K-12 TLC Guide.

Economics
&
Business

Historic Financial Panics

Great Depression: K-12 TLC Guide.

1857:

Library of Congress.
Wisconsin Historical Society.

Economics
&
Business

Institutions, Agencies
&
Associations

Economic Markets: The K-12 TLC Guide.
U.S. Government Offices and Agencies: K-12 TLC Guide.

U.S. Federal:
- Federal Agencies on the Internet, Louisiana State University.
- Banking and Commerce:
  - Banking Reform: K-12 TLC Guide.
  - Department of Commerce.
  - Export-Import Bank:
    - Banks and Financial Institutions.
    - International Organizations.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Consumer Product Safety Commission.
  - U.S. Business Advisor.
- The Federal Reserve:
- The Government Printing Office.
- Internal Revenue Service.
- Patent and Trademark Office Patent Databases.
- Securities and Exchange Commission.
- Small Business Administration.
- Trade:
- Treasury Department.
International:
Individual Member/Special Interest Groups:
National Public Radio (audio):
- Financial Privacy Laws: 11/13/00 (2:32).
Other:
- Rate.Net.
- International Trade Resource and Data Exchange.
- The U.S. Chief Financial Officers Council.

Economics
&
Business

Taxes

The 16th Amendment/Income Taxes: K-12 TLC Guide.
The 24th Amendment/Poll Taxes: K-12 TLC Guide.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS): K-12 TLC Guide.
School Funding: K-12 TLC Guide.
Taxation without Representation: K-12 TLC Guide.
The Stamp Act (1765): K-12 TLC Guide.
The Boston Tea Party (12/16/1773): K-12 TLC Guide.
The Whiskey Rebellion (1794): K-12 TLC Guide.

Cuffe, Paul: K-12 TLC Guide.

The Learning Vault, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Marketplace:

Cell Phone Taxes.

National Public Radio:

On-This-Day:
- 01/09/1799: The British Introduce the Income Tax.
- 10/22/1986: Tax Reform Act Signed into Law.
Tax Information, Law and Politics: Internet Guide.
Your Taxes, New York Times.

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

01/23/1964: Ratification of the 24th Amendment Eliminating Poll Taxes.

11/23/1865: Fredericks County, MD Repudiates the Stamp Act.

12/16/1773: The Boston Tea Party.

Economics
&
Business

Statistics
&
Indicators

Statistics & Probability: K-12 TLC Guide.

Bureau of Labor Statistics:
- Consumer Price Guide.
- Economy At A Glance.
- Employee Benefits Survey.
- National Compensation Survey.
- Safety and Health Statistics.
Compensation and Benefits Reports.
Consumer Price Index: K-12 TLC Guide.
Cost of Living and Salary Calculator, BestPlaces.

Employment & Unemployment:
Eurostat: Statistical Office of the European Communities.
Inflation:
- The CPI & An Individual's Inflation Experience, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Global Financial Data.
- Effects of Inflation,
  Annuity Advantage.
- The Inflation Calculator.
International Trade Statistics, International Trade Administration.
National Public Radio:

Statistical Resources on the Web Cost-of-Living, University of Michigan.
U.S. Census Bureau:
- Data Map.
- Frequently Requested Tables.
- International Trade Statistics.
- State Rankings.
- USA Statistics in Brief.
The U.S. Chief Financial Officers Council.
U.S. Government Printing Office:
- Commerce Business Daily (CBD).
- Economic Indicators.
- Presidential Council of Economic Advisers.
The White House:
- Economic Statistics Briefing Room.
- Social Statistics Briefing Room.

Economics
&
Business

Study Aids

CollegeTermPapers.com:
- Business.
- Economics.
Cyber Essays.

Film

K-12 TLC Guide to Timelines & Chronologies

1958
BIRTHDATES
Aug 21	Steve Case
1964
Aug 20	President Johnson Signs a Nearly $1B Anti-Poverty Measure
1965
Aug 20	Hollywood Studio System Ends with Sandra Dee's Contract
1995
Aug 21	Federal Judge and Microsoft Agree to Anti-trust Settlement
1996
Aug 20	Clinton Administration Boosts Minimum Wage $.90 to $5.15/hr.

Economics
&
Business

Primary:
- The Goat in the Rug,
  Charles L. Blood, Nancy W. Parker (Illustrator).
- Lemonade For Sale, Stuart J. Murphy, Tricia Tusa:
  - Amazon.com.
  - Reading Rainbow.
Young Adult:
- Once Upon a Company, Wendy Anderson Halperin.
Adult:
- Carnegie, Dale: K-12 TLC Guide.
- The History of the Standard Oil Company, Ida M. Tarbell.
- National Public Radio (audio):
  - The Fourth Great Awakening: 6/2/00 (5:44).

If you find links that are either unsuitable or no longer current, please contact the TLC.

This guide last edited 11/26/2011
This guide last revised 06/14/2010