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Curated OER

Taking Age into Account

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Have your class consider the issue of minors' accountability for their crimes. They discuss specific cases and the general issue of juvenile crime in round table discussions. Use this lesson plan to emphasize the rules and individual...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Nitty-Gritty of Checkbooks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how to maintain a checking account. They control, disburse money, and keep their checking account balance. Through a PowerPoint demonstration, video streaming and hands-on practice, students apply the information given...
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Curated OER

The Children of Eric the Red Explore the West: The Norsemen Encounter Indigenous People of North America

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read about Viking exploration and complete activities based on the Indigenous people they encountered. In this Viking exploration lesson plan, students compare and contrast stories, write a character sketch, and more.
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Curated OER

Transparency: Accountability

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study the concept of "Question Time" as it relates to the ministers and the federal Parliament. In this accountability lesson, students investigate accountability in the federal Parliament. Students role-play to arrive at issues...
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Curated OER

Ego Trip- Exploring the Inner Workings of the Human Body

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students gain an understanding of how systems and organs in the human body work. They create their own fictional account of a trip through the human body, and describe one response the body makes to stimuli.
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Curated OER

Exploring Derivatives Using Lists

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners explore lists and determine the derivative for that list. They use regressions to discover equations. 
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Exploring the Life of Martin Luther King Jr.

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A discussion of Martin Luther King Jr. can lead to an exploration of history, civil rights, and social justice.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Explore Myth and Legend with the Lure of Loch Ness

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Take your class on a journey to explore the real and the imagined through these activities related to the legend of Loch Ness.
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Take It To the Bank

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Examine how the economics of a school store relate to real world economics. Elementary students explore various websites, complete a Venn diagram, create a schedule of wages for the students, read the book "A Chair For My Mother" and...
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Unit Plan
Beyond Benign

Can You Hear Me Now? Cell Phone Accounts

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How sustainable are cell phones? Throughout the unit, learners explore the issues around cell phones concerning sustainability. Class members take a graphical look at the number of cell phones across the world using a box-and-whisker...
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National Energy Education Development Project

Exploring Nuclear Energy

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Every 18–24 months, nuclear power plants shut down to remove their used uranium fuel, a radioactive waste. Show learners how energy is made and used around the world and then focus on the United States' usage. Viewers then specifically...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Western Civilizations, Chapter 5: Roman Civilization

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Investigate Ancient Rome with this comprehensive online western civilizations website. While designed for use alongside the Western Civilizations textbook, the tools on this site can be used to emphasize any study. A chapter quiz...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chapter 6: Christianity and the Transformation of the Roman World

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
The history of the Christian faith makes up a fascinating element of western civilization, as demonstrated in this comprehensive online resource. A chapter quiz features short-answer questions based on the ministry of Jesus, the spread...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Western Civilizations, Chapter 9: The High Middle Ages: Religious and Intellectual Developments

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
If you are looking for a comprehensive guide to western civilizations, explore this online resource! Although designed for use with the Western Civilizations text, this site can be implemented in any course. A chapter quiz challenges...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Accounting

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the principals of accounting and operating a business.  In this business or financial math class, students investigate business documents, day books, bookkeeping, balance sheets, etc. in this self-paced comprehensive unit. 
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Lesson Plan
iCivics

Lesson 1: Journalism

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Extra! Extra! Do your pupils know what it takes to be a good journalist? Young news hounds explore the world of journalism through a series of activities that focus on ethical reporting. Learners read, evaluate, and investigate popular...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Account-Recording Adjusting/Closing Entries

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore adjusting and closing accounting entries. They complete an outline and post closing entries to their appropriate accounts. They prepare a Post Closing Trial Balance at the end of a fiscal period and complete online...
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Lesson Plan
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Account-Recording Adjusting/Close Entries for Service Business

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discover how to journal adjustments and post them into general ledger accounts. They explore what a post closing trial balance is and why it is prepared at the end of a fiscal period. They complete an outline and play online...
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Curated OER

Account --Recording Sales/Cash Recpts w/ Spec. Journals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore sales journal, purchases journal, general journal, cash receipts journal, and Cash payments journal. They master the online vocabulary activities and then they complete the online chapter quiz.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Accounting: Changes That Affect Owner's Equity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study transactions that affect the owner's equity of a proprietorship. They explore revenue, expenses and withdrawals and how they fit into the accounting equation. They complete online activities and a quiz.
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Curated OER

Accounting - Plant Assets and Depreciation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore current assets and plant assets by viewing a variety of web sites. They complete the online activities and quiz and calculate the depreciation expense for an entire fiscal year.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Accounting: Work Sheet for a Service Business

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how to complete work sheets for a service business. They enter transactions that affect the owner's equity of a proprietorship into a worksheet that reviews the business activities for the past fiscal year. They...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Buying New Stuff

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young spenders take a look at the best ways to save and spend money. This type of financial education is lacking in schools, so implementing this lesson would be of great value to your students. Things like bank checking account fees,...
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Assessment
Stanford University

Captain Cook

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Known as the first European to see places like Australia and New Zealand, Captain Cook led the way for the English into the world of exploration. A primary source image of Cook's firsthand account of his voyages and discussion questions...