Title: 5.2 The Phillips Curve TEACHER ONLY-3
Course: AP Macro Units 1 - 6 Sample Syllabus

FRED® Activities for AP Macro

This package of 17 brief FRED® activities aligns perfectly with the AP Macroeconomics curriculum. Easy-to-follow instructions guide students as they create basic and advanced graphs using FRED® (Federal Reserve Economic Data). Each activity includes questions about real data designed to reinforce students’ understanding of fundamental AP Macro concepts. Topics include output, prices, employment, interest rates, and the Phillips curve. Download the complete packet, or pick and choose the activities in any order. As a bonus, students can save graphs to a dashboard linked to their free FRED account. Graphs can be retrieved any time and set to update automatically with the latest data.

An answer key for each activity, including links to auto-updating graphs, is available upon request to teachers who register a free Econ Lowdown account.

Phillips Curve

Activity 13 focuses on inflation and unemployment, and you will use FRED® to find data that pertain to them.
Concepts covered: Business Cycle, Inflation/Deflation, Unemployment.
Download Activity 13 (pdf)

https://www.stlouisfed.org/education/fred-activities-ap-macro