Sebree, Chet'la

Students will learn how inflation is affected by supply and demand, how it existed long before paper currency, how it can be regulated, and how a lack of regulation can affect the economy.

Twenty-first-century examples of globalization.

Through this book, students will gain a general understanding of economic cycles and how depressions are not part of the normal ebb and flow.

Readers will read primary sources related to gender discrimination, suffrage, and reproductive rights as they learn about the continued struggle for gender equality. Through these sources, readers will understand how feminism has roots in the Revolutionary War and the abolitionist movement, how women moved from the private to public sphere, and how sexism continues to prevail.

Readers will read primary-source materials about the crash, the struggles of the American people, and the programs that helped pull the country out of the Great Depression.

". . . helps demonstrate the interconnectedness of international economies and cultures in the twenty-first century. Through discussions of economic, political, and cultural globalization, students will begin to understand the varied dimensions of global economies"--Adapted from Amazon.