In today’s CNN Student News video there is a segment about how the current economic situation in the United States is affecting colleges and their students. If you don’t want to watch the whole video, the segment about the credit crunch is in the middle of the video.

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Applications for Education
Economics can be a tough topic to teach to high school students. However, if you can make an economics lesson relevant to a student’s life, then economics becomes easier to teach. This video segment should hit home with more than a few high school students going to college in the next couple of years.

Here are a few other resources for teaching economics:
Kid’s Economic Glossary
FDR and the Banking System (a video explanation of the US banking system)
Biz Ed – Economic Lesson Plans and Simulations