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California Department of Education

What’s the Market for My Labor?

For Teachers 5th Standards
Is it easy to find a job I'll love? Show scholars the importance of understanding the labor market with part three in a five-part series of career and college readiness lesson plans. After learning important vocabulary, learners track...
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Curated OER

From Data to Drinks - My Marketing Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students research and discuss how Canada's aging population affects advertising. They record information from the 2001 census and create a marketing plan to sell a soft drink.
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Curated OER

Stock Market Game

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are introduced to how the stock market operates. In groups, they practice reading and analyzing the Standard and Poor's 500 index. They participate in a simulation of buying and selling stocks on the market trying to...
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Lesson Plan
California Department of Education

What’s the Market for My Labor?

For Teachers 5th Standards
A lesson showcases how knowing about Labor Market Information (LMI) supports searching for future job opportunities. Following a review of the concept and other vocabulary terms, scholars research occupations and answer questions on a...
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How is the Game Played in an Economics Class?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars research companies, choose stocks, and create portfolios online while playing the stock market game.
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Agriculture in the Classroom

A Holiday Tradition: Which Christmas Tree Will You Choose?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Different varieties of Christmas trees provide an interesting way to combine social studies, science, math, and technology. Class members not only research the history of the Christmas tree holiday tradition, they compare and contrast...
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Curated OER

Pedal Power Goes Global

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students role play as a consulting firm that has been hired to research various countries and determine if and how the Pedal Power bicycle company should sell its bicycles abroad.
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Curated OER

Pop Shop 4 - Shopkeeping

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create a store where they sell pictures, tee shirts, and prints. In this store lesson plan, students learn about sales, marketing, and how to run a business.
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Make Your Fortune in Stocks

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a stock investment activity in which they research stocks to place in an imaginary portfolio. They invest $10,000 in a variety of stocks and track their progress using the Internet or newspapers.
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Hope In The Hard Times - A Unit on the Great Depression

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the Great Depression through the analysis of the novel, 'Bud, Not Buddy.' They analyze photos from the National Archives website, complete a character analysis, and conduct research and summarize a topic from the Great...
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Action, Please!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars create an advertising campaign. In this environmental education lesson, students research aluminum and aluminum can recycling. Young scholars wrap the lesson up by writing newspaper articles, creating public service...
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Curated OER

Team Up for Sports Marketing

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students choose a sport and promote a real or imaginary team by creating press releases, business cards, and ads or commercials.
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Curated OER

Pooper Scooper

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Science Students build a pooper scooper tool that helps them clean up after a dog without getting their hands dirty or their noses too close. They research the diseases that can be transported through animal waste and work in teams to...
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Curated OER

Oil and its Everyday Uses

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Explore the properties of oil through an experiment. They use the scientific process to investigate oil, participate in experiments, watch videos,and use information from the internet to determine how oil has changed our everyday lives.
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Curated OER

Fun Faces of Wisconsin Agriculture: Curley's Beef Fast Facts

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students explore animal slaughter by researching the Wisconsin beef industry. In this meat statistics lesson, students practice using different math functions to identify how many burgers or sports equipment can be made from one...
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Federal Trade Commission

Ad Creation

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
How would someone market a new cereal to space aliens? Using the third lesson from a four-part Admongo series on advertising, pupils learn about persuasive techniques companies use to convince consumers to purchase their products. As a...
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Curated OER

History of Toys and Games

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students research history of popular toys to learn when those toys were first introduced. They use measurement skills to create an accurate timeline.
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Odyssey of the Mind

Odyssey of the Mind Curriculum Activity: HEALTHY HUMOR

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This lesson is hilarious! To understand how to investigate a topic, collect data, and evaluate the results, learners research the effects of laughter on health. Each group is assigned a research task, which they will turn into...
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Curated OER

Ads R Us: Understanding Target Marketing

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students build awareness of the way in which advertisers shape ads for specific audiences. They analyze the target audience intended for an advertisement and create their own targeted ads to demonstrate their understanding. They discuss...
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Curated OER

Post-Civil War American History

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine significant events in Post-Civil War America. In this Post-Civil War lesson, 5th graders investigate the important events after the war in 19th century America. They read primary source documents about six topics...
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Producer to Consumer Fun

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students research about producers and consumers. They examine how products become available to consumers and participate in one of the activities listed such as: tour a farm or a factory, go on a scavenger hunt at a local store, or have...
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Curated OER

Title of Segment: Balance of Trade

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students take a closer look at the balance of trade. In this current events instructional activity, students watch PBS video clips about American trade with China. Students research Chinese production and consumerism in order to...
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Curated OER

The Amazing Tomato

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students gain an understanding of where our food comes from. In this plant life lesson, students review what plants need for growth and how long it takes them to grow. Students research which plants it takes to make salsa. Students then...
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King Cotton

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the cotton plant. For this cotton lesson, 5th graders research the process of growing cotton. Students explore the economic and cultural differences in the states that grew cotton for trade and industry.

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