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ERIC Number: EJ482380
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Banks and Money in U.S. History.
Caldwell, Jean; Highsmith, Robert L.
Social Education, v58 n1 p27-28 Jan 1994
Asserts that, although teachers and history textbooks mention banks and money at several points in a typical U.S. history course, they are not accorded their proper significance. Discusses the role of banks and finance in U.S. history, with specific emphasis on the creation and impact of the Federal Reserve System. (CFR)
Descriptors: Banking, Class Activities, Credit (Finance), Economic Factors, Economics Education, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Monetary Systems, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, United States History
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Depression (Economic 1929); Federal Reserve System; Hamilton (Alexander); Jackson (Andrew)