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Students explore the function of letters to the editor for both a newspaper and its readers. They select a current event about which he or she feels strongly, reads a related New York Times article and responds to it in a letter to the editor. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students, in committees, develop and propose solutions to rebuild various elements of Colombia's infrastructure in the wake of the January 25, 1999 earthquake, as well as compare and contrast the earthquake's affects on Colombia to an earthquake in Los Angeles. Full Review »
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Students study how the unemployment rate for the month of January was 5.7 percent, a decrease of 0.3 percent from December. Total payroll employment increased by 143,000, as compared to a decline of 156,000 in December. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the impact of smoking invarious workplaces. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students review a case study concerning the Gross National Product of 11/25/03. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in a case study of the Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy in January of 2003. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine a case study of the January 2006 inflation rates. They read and discuss the case study, analyze the data, watch a Powerpoint presentation, participate in an online interactive activity, and answer discussion questions. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students complete vocabulary and word work before reading an article about Canada. They work with word families by completing worksheets and complete a quiz after reading the article. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the unemployment rate for the month of January 2001. They compare the percentage with the actual amount of people unemployed. Using data, they explain why a decrease during this time period might have occured. They also discover the demographic breakdown of unemployment. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the unemployment rate for January 2003. Using the case study, they identify the factors that caused the rate to decrease. They analyze the impact of data announcements and review historical trends. They also practice calculating the rate given different scenerios. Full Review »
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