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It is important for students to understand how the actions of the Fed impact not only the interest rates for U.S. college, car, home, and credit card loans, but the world economy and its growth prospects as well.

This inquiry on whether the state of the economy impacts election results will give students an important understanding of the statistics used to measure the economy.

The upcoming presidential election provides an excellent opportunity for students to examine the underrepresentation of women in American politics.

Students can learn a great deal by examining the complicated system of party conventions and the key role that they play

An examination of the two featured letters, one by a Leavenworth prisoner and the other by his warden, to President Wilson's attorney general, can spark an engaging study of America's criminal justice system and the Eighth Amendment.

A short silent film highlighting war technology used by the regiments of Teddy Roosevelt's four sons can serve as a jumping off point into a lesson on World War I.

The history behind a present-day court battle over ownership of Depression-era gold coins provides a perfect segue into a classroom lesson on the 1933 banking crisis and U.S. laws regulating coinage.