Unemployment and Health Insurance Coverage by Census Division Lesson for Grades 9-12
This lesson focuses on the relationship between unemployment and health insurance coverage. Students search for data on unemployment and health insurance coverage and visualize them in FRED. The goals are for students to observe patterns in mapped data, note differences across geographical areas, and hypothesize the reasons for those patterns and differences.
- Activities guide (pdf)
- View more Lesson Plans and Activities for Teaching with FRED® Maps
- FRED website
Economic and Statistical Concepts Covered in this Lesson
- Unemployment
Objectives
Students will be able to:
- define unemployment;
- observe patterns in economic data;
- note differences in economic data across geographical areas;
- hypothesize reasons for patterns in data and differences in data across geographical areas;
- identify the relationship between unemployment and health insurance coverage across US regions; and
- evaluate potential reasons for the observed relationship between unemployment and health insurance coverage.
Time Required
30-40 minutes
Compelling Question
How does becoming unemployed affect people’s ability to have health insurance?
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Education Level:
9-12
Subjects:
Economics
,
Geography
Concepts:
Business Cycle
,
Unemployment
,
Insurance
Resource Types:
Charts/Graphs
,
Data
,
Lesson
Languages:
English