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- 2nd
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Students research facets of their community in order to create an informational brochure. After brainstorming ideas of what could be included in the brochure, student groups get information from the internet, the library or a Chamber of Commerce member. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students use a Web resource to obtain information on a specific subject; study the nature of naval warfare and commerce raiding during the Civil War; and assume the identity of a participant and viewing the events of the era from that perspective. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students role-play Chamber of Commerce employees to inform visitors about local communities. They research local cities and write informative brochures. They examine the economics of trade and its impact on local communities. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students examine the issue of prescription drug prices in the United States. They research the issue and participate in a mock US Senate hearing on the subject. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine the role of commerce in the United States to help fulfill Manifest Destiny. They write commercials that could have been used by the Mexicans or Americans during the Mexican War. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 8th
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Students view Rembrandt's etching, View of Amsterdam. They compare commerce and trade of 17th-century Amsterdam to modern day. They create self-portraits of themselves as children with birthday gifts during the 17th century. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students use an image of a painting in order to conduct research about the shipping industry of the late 1700s. They answer specific questions that are written in order to provide research guidance. The lesson includes a section of background information for the teacher to use. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students explore the Missouri Compromise. They explain how the admission of Missouri as a state threatened the balance between free and slave-holding states. Students compare the economic differences between the commerce of the North and the South. Students discuss the federal governments supremacy over the states. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students recognize that the Mississippi River has made its mark on the country's geography, commerce, and literature. They select books to skim and write a summary of the book. In addition, they present their book talks to the class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students review the basic facts of the Amistad slave ship case. They are challenged to test their powers of close reading by being asked to summarize the decision handed down by the Supreeme Court of the United States in 1841. Students are reminded what a summary, technically, calls for. Full Review »
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