Spending patterns change over time because of changes in income, education, the …
Spending patterns change over time because of changes in income, education, the structure of our families, and technology. The April 2018 issue of Page One Economics: Focus on Finance addresses how phone technology has changed our lives and our budgets.
What skills do you need to develop for future success? Academics for …
What skills do you need to develop for future success? Academics for sure, but soft skills are also important. Learn more about soft skills, the labor force, and unemployment in the May 2016 issue of Page One Economics: Focus on Finance.
Western Mining History presents a short history of stagecoach travel from the …
Western Mining History presents a short history of stagecoach travel from the frontier west during the gold and silver rush. The resources shows Historical|Photographs of stagecoach travel. Western Mining History is an historical site that provides databases, information on mining, mining towns, gold and Photos and maps of the western United States. Consider becoming a member or making a donation to help further the work of the site.
Stock market mutual funds offer investors diversified stock market portfolios, but there …
Stock market mutual funds offer investors diversified stock market portfolios, but there are several types. Actively managed funds attempt to “beat” the market by using research, forecasts, and judgment to pick stocks with the best growth prospects. Passively managed funds attempt to replicate the market by buying a representative sample of the stocks on a specific stock market index. Which to choose? The April 2016 issue of Page One Economics explains the efficient market hypothesis and how it might influence your investment decisions.
This lesson is divided into two student readings. The first reading compares …
This lesson is divided into two student readings. The first reading compares the scope of the present student debt crisis with the past and discusses what has changed. The second reading explores some proposals for dealing with the student debt crisis. Discussion questions aimed at getting students to think critically about the student debt problem and its possible solutions follow each reading.
Western Mining History presents a short history of a dredging unit from …
Western Mining History presents a short history of a dredging unit from Sumpter Valley used during the Gold Rush. The dredge was a mining technology brought into use after 1890. Western Mining History is an historical site that provides databases, information on mining, mining towns, gold and Photos and maps of the western United States. Consider becoming a member or making a donation to help further the work of the site.
Willow Tufano is only 14, but she's already accomplished something many adults …
Willow Tufano is only 14, but she's already accomplished something many adults dream of. She's a homeowner! She got her start selling things she found on Craigslist and worked her way up to being able to buy a house! Watch her story here.
This is a solver for problems involving the time value of money …
This is a solver for problems involving the time value of money (TVM). It emulates the TVM solver on the TI-83+ and TI-84 graphing calculators. Updated 6 November 2011 to work correctly when I% = 0.
Western Mining History tours ten western mining towns that have made significant …
Western Mining History tours ten western mining towns that have made significant contributions to their state and mineral extraction in the western United States. The ten featured towns include photos and a brief history. Primary source Historical|Photographs and modern photographs are included. The resource is a nice virtual field trip of 10 significant "wild west" mining towns. Western Mining History is an historical site that provides databases, information on mining, mining towns, gold and Photos and maps of the western United States. This photo gallery provide an excellent collection of primary sources for historical analysis in the classroom. Consider becoming a member or making a donation to help further the work of the site. Suggested use: Students might compare the color image to black and white versions on other parts of the Western Mining History site to discuss how color affects our interpretation and response to the image.
Western Mining History presents a short history of how a warehouse fire …
Western Mining History presents a short history of how a warehouse fire ignited a dynamite explosion that destroyed several blocks in Butte, Montana in 1895. Western Mining History is an historical site that provides databases, information on mining, mining towns, gold and Photos and maps of the western United States. Consider becoming a member or making a donation to help further the work of the site.
U.S. taxpayers expect the government to be a careful steward of taxpayer …
U.S. taxpayers expect the government to be a careful steward of taxpayer money. The October 2017 issue of Page One Economics: Focus on Finance explains how the Treasury Offset Program recovers taxpayer money from people who have received government benefits in error or by fraud and also recovers delinquent child support.
The National Park Service presents a short description of the history of …
The National Park Service presents a short description of the history of 20 Mule Team Borax freight wagon teams. This resource also includes an imagined conversation with one of the muleskinners who drove the Twenty Mule Team Borax wagons. These wagons hauled up to 40 tons of Borax in Death Valley, California.
Western Mining History presents a short tour of underground hoist construction at …
Western Mining History presents a short tour of underground hoist construction at the US Mine in Bingham, Utah. Western Mining History is an historical site that provides databases, information on mining, mining towns, gold and Photos and maps of the western United States. Consider becoming a member or making a donation to help further the work of the site.
This studio discusses in great detail the design of urban environments, specifically …
This studio discusses in great detail the design of urban environments, specifically in Providence, RI. It will propose strategies for change in large areas of cities, to be developed over time, involving different actors. Fitting forms into natural, man-made, historical, and cultural contexts; enabling desirable activity patterns; conceptualizing built form; providing infrastructure and service systems; guiding the sensory character of development: all are topics covered in the studio. The course integrates architecture and planning students in joint work and requires individual designs and planning guidelines as a final product.
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