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- 3rd - 5th
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Students, working in groups, design a Junkanoo style headdress. They investigate groups that represent minority interests and define community capital and factions. They work on their cooperative group work skills while completing this project. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students define and give an example of community capital. They draw illustrations of community capital to show throughout the room. They analyze pictures and determine which groups are more trustworthy. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students read and analyze the novel, "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry." They describe bigotry in Mississippi during the Great Depression, and identify examples of community capital in rural communities. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify the differences between common good and community capital. They discover their responsibility to contribute to the greater good. They write a letter and design a poster to promote their ideas. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students read books with younger children, incorparating context clues and vocabulary aids as reading strategies to help the younger children learn to read. They discuss the concept of community capital and how this activity relates. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss if capitalism is good for the poor sector of community. Reading a case study, they characterize markets by the amount of competition. They answer questions and discuss the answers as a class. They examine the amount of competition in Chinese markets. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students in an ESL classroom discuss what a community is and share information about their communities in their home countries. They design and create a model of their community on a paper plate. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students explore how land, labor, capital, and enterprise relate to economics in their community. They explain why a cookie producer could be considered a part of the Food and Fiber Systems or Agriculture. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students study about the differences between capitalism and communism. An analysis of each system is done in detail in order to understand the pros and cons of them collectively. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students have the unique opportunity to analyze actual data collected by field researchers They research to see whether holding clear title made a difference in farmers' willingness to invest in capital improvements that would increase the productivity of their land. Full Review »
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