In this lesson, students investigate the controversy surrounding the use of gene-altered crops in food products sold in this country and overseas. Students will explore the economic implications of the use of such crops as well as of the refusal of some c

By late winter 1933, the nation had already endured more than three years of economic depression. Statistics revealing the depth of the Great Depression were staggering. More than 11,000 of 24,000 banks had failed, destroying the savings of depositors. Mi

During the eighteenth century, Enlightenment thinkers transformed western Europe into a modern society. Critical of orthodoxy, these philosophes radically changed the way men thought about religion, economics, political philosophy, and education. Their me

The Chicago Fed offers teachers a variety of economic and financial education resources. Chicago Celebrates 2004 Money Smart Week May 10 -15 Chicago's third-annual Money Smart Week will be held May 10 to 15, 2004. A variety of free educational activit

This is the home site of the National Geographic Daily News. This particular page contains numerous articles about all aspects of the environment, ecology, geography, etc.--from global warming to penguins. This is an excellent tool for science and socia