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- 9th - 12th
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Students simulate the transaction costs experienced by the average householder in the former Soviet Union. They consider time spent searching and waiting in line, scarcity of goods and the lure of the black market. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss international trade focusing on opportunity cost and the principle of comparative advantage. They engage in a simulation activity based on different countries and their economic benefits. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the difficulties, and some absurd situations, caused by repeated land subdivisions in the rural areas of poor and overpopulated regions. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students role play being in China around 1270. They discuss why the Mongols followed the policies they did. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students analyze what relationship the Mongols established with the Chinese, how the Mongols governed, from what political center and what their policies were toward land use in China. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students experience first hand the complexity of the political process. They analyze the relationship between party policies and the political spectrum and develop an understanding of how Canada's laws are debated and passed. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine the responsibilities of the CIA and work as a team of analysts to produce intelligence reports. Letters are written predicting how their assigned countries have changed by 2008. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine the role of the Mongols in the government and society of China. They decide on a role to play and discuss what they believe based on the character they are to play. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the role of bureaucracy in United States government; they then examine the history, leadership, organization, and goals of executive agencies. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students define "biological weapon" and explore why these types of weapons are so dangerous. They also explore the covert shift of American grant research money to an organization that once directed the Soviet Union's germ warfare program. Students express and support their views about the development and use of biological weapons by physically and verbally taking a stand about related statements posed by the teacher. Full Review »
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