Learn about specialized economics institutions that exist in market economies.

Specialized Institutions
There are many specialized institutons. Your bank, labor unions, and stock markets. A bank holds your money which is is very important.

Labor Unions
Labor unions are also important and specilize. Labor union members, officers, and staff are increasingly reconizing the internet as in their efforts to improve is an international academic labor history discussion list, part of h-net, humanities online. It is open to all who have an interest in academic labor history.

H-Labor
The primary purpose of H-Labor is to enable communication about labor history. It focuses on research and teaching. H-labor is particulary interested in fostering international discussion of labor history of workers entails maintaining some knowledge of working peope and their unions today. Subcribers are encouraged to present their research and\or teaching queries and look to responses from others in our field. It also makes available recent information, which may be of intrest to labor historians. H-labor posts announcements of confrences, fellowships, and jobs. It carries announcements from publishers of new books, and commisions book reviews.

Social Studies/Economics

Standard 2:
Th student understands the characteristics of different economic systems and institutions.(SS.D.2.3)

Objective 3: Knows the various kinds of specialized institutions that exist in market economies (e.g., corporations, labor unions, banks, and the stock market).

Amusement Park Activity

Institusions in Amusement parks- What are the most important instutionsions in amusement parks? Why are they special?

Brainstorming Fun

Idea 1. Make sure every person
in your group wholy and
completely understands
economic institutions. Then
discuss other economic
institutions other than the ones
listed in this objective.

Idea 2. Decide independently
what economic institutions
are extremely relavant to today's
economy. Discuss and share
your ideas as a group.

Vocabulary

Institutions- An established
organization or corporation.

Humanities- The quality or state
of being human.

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