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Money Panics and the Establishment of the Federal Reserve System (Lesson Plan)

Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:23am

—National Council on Economic Education, New York
An unregulated banking system in the nineteenth century contributed to a string of severe money panics. A short play in this lesson plan helps students understand why this happened and how today’s Federal Reserve System protects against panics.

http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7002/700269.pdf [1]

Source URL: http://www.socialstudies.org/teacherslibrary/money-panics-and-establishment-federal-reserve-system-lesson-plan

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[1] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7002/700269.pdf
[2] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/roaring-20s-great-depression
[3] http://www.socialstudies.org/secondaryhighschool
[4] http://www.socialstudies.org/economics
[5] http://www.socialstudies.org/ushistory