United States history: Focus on economics (Focus) (Focus on Economics) (Focus on Economics)

Designed to supplement any high school history textbook, the lessons in this Teacher's Manual encourage students to use basic economic reasoning as an analytical tool to explore our social history and draw parallels to their own lives. The 15 lessons draw on many historical events including: freeing the slaves prohibition segregation indentured servitude taxation baseball's color barrier Extensive primary source material includes indentured servitude contracts, excerpts from federal food safety laws, 1920s advertisements, and traveler accounts from wilderness explorers.

Also available:

Focus: Understanding Economics in U.S. History - ISBN 1561836249
United States History: Eyes on the Economy - Through the 20th Century - ISBN 1561834815

The Council for Economic Education envisions a world in which people are empowered through economic and financial literacy to make informed and responsible choices throughout their lives as consumers, savers, investors, workers, citizens, and participants in our global economy.

Some of the areas in K-12 education we publish in include:

- Establishing and building credit

- Managing personal finances

- Understanding economics on a local, national, and global level

- Using economics in other subject areas: Social Studies, Geography, History, etc.