Integrating Economics Into U.S. History: A Secondary Educator’s Guide

An interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning American history offers students a richer, more comprehensive understanding of historical developments. Additionally, students who have learned how economic systems, developments, policies, and practices impacted society in the past are better able to transfer that knowledge to their decision making in the present and the future.

The purpose of this guide is to provide helpful explanations of key economic concepts and to point history educators to existing, high-quality, interdisciplinary instructional resources.

ECONOMIC CONCEPTS

• Economic decision making

• Economic growth

• Economic role of government

• Incentives (and disincentives)

• Inflation (and deflation)

• Markets

• Opportunity cost

• Resources

• Scarcity

• Trade

MATERIALS

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