Taxes are collected by federal, state, and local governments to pay for a wide variety of services. This article helps students understand where their tax money goes.

Videos from the America on the Move exhibition provide an overview of America's transportation infrastructure history, the road and rail networks we depend on.

A comprehensive look at the booming economy of Botswana. Find out how Botswana is striving to diversify its economy so it is not so dependent on diamond mining. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.

Students consider the Earth's major types of landforms such as mountains, rivers, plains, hills, canyons, oceans and plateaus. Student teams build three-dimensional models of landscapes, depicting several of these landforms. Once the models are built, they act as civil and transportation engineers to design and build roads through the landscapes they have created. The worksheet is provided in English and Spanish.

How does infrastructure meet our needs? What happens when we are cut off from that supporting infrastructure? As a class, students brainstorm, identify and explore the pathways where their food, water and energy originate, and where wastewater and solid waste go. After creating a diagram that maps a neighborhood's inputs and waste outputs, closed and open system concepts are introduced by imagining the neighborhood enclosed in a giant dome, cut off from its infrastructure systems. Students consider the implications and the importance of sustainable resource and waste management. They learn that resources are interdependent and that recycling wastes into resources is key to sustain a closed system.

Explore Economics is a series of short videos that introduce elementary-age children to economic concepts.

This page from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York provides information in the following areas: About Us, Banking Information, Economic Education, Job opportunities, News Items, Publications, Economic Research, Savings Bonds, Statistics, What's New, and Search.

The class forms a "Presidential Task Force" for a week, empowered by the president to find answers and make recommendations concerning the future of the national power grid. Task force members conduct daily debriefings with their research team and prepare a report and presentation of their findings for the president, using an actual policy document as a guide. Although this activity is geared towards fifth-grade and older students and Internet research capabilities are required, some portions may be appropriate for younger students.

Infrastructure is critical to the functions of the country, in particular the shipment of commodity crops such as soybeans. This unit introduces students to several types of infrastructure that are important for the movement of soybeans from grower to processor to consumer. Students analyze data and calculate capacity for each method of transportation. This unit features 2 lessons and 10 files. Lessons are aligned to NGSS.

Getting food from farms to markets is dependent on many forms of transportation, and involves careers related to logistics, infrastructure, commodity trading, and engineering. Students learn about the variety of careers and the challenges of moving soybeans from Ohio to international destinations. This unit features 4 lessons and 7 files. Lessons are aligned to NGSS.

Many people are thinking about these questions prompted by the mantra “Buy Local.” But much of our food has been shipped by barge, ridden on rails and rolled on the road in trucks. Without infrastructure and supply chains, most of our goods and services, and in particular food, would not be available for us to consume.

This set of lessons helps students to answer: What is the function of global trade and what are the terms associated with trade? Why is global trade important? Why and how does agricultural trade link world economies and what different careers are available because of this? This unit features 4 lessons and 13 files. Lessons are aligned to NGSS.

Trade in agricultural products is big business. In Ohio nearly 50% of soybeans are exported. In this unt, students learn about the customers for Ohio’s ag products and how these goods are traded. This unit features 3 lessons and 4 files. Lessons are aligned to NGSS.

Students act as logistics decision makers, choosing routes and attempting to make the most profit in this game of moving soybeans from origination to destination. This unit features 1 lesson and 4 files. Lessons are aligned to NGSS.

Read about the potential for a resurgence of a strong economy in Ivory Coast once political problems are resolved. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.

Continual news updates concerning the situation in Iraq. Side menu bar includes these topics: reconstruction, remnants of Saddam's regime, key players, key maps, and information for students and teachers. (Updated to 28 December 2010)

Students read and evaluate descriptions of how people live "off the grid" using solar power and come to understand better the degree to which that lifestyle is or is not truly independent of technological, economic and cultural infrastructure and resources. In the process, students develop a deeper appreciation of the meaning of "community" and the need for human connection. This activity is geared towards fifth-grade and older students and Internet research capabilities are required. Portions of this activity may be appropriate with younger students.

Principles of Macroeconomics 2e covers the scope and sequence of most introductory economics courses. The text includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of economics concepts. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to increase clarity, update data and current event impacts, and incorporate the feedback from many reviewers and adopters. Changes made in Principles of Macroeconomics 2e are described in the preface and the transition guide to help instructors transition to the second edition. The first edition of Principles of Macroeconomics by OpenStax is available in web view here.

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Discuss the components of economic growth, including physical capital, human capital, and technology
Explain capital deepening and its significance
Analyze the methods employed in economic growth accounting studies
Identify factors that contribute to a healthy climate for economic growth