For this economics worksheet, students answer questions relating to consumption, investment, and expenditures in a model of a closed economy.  The eight page worksheet contains forty multiple choice questions.  Answers are not...

Art and music have been vehicles for statements of civil unrest for hundreds of years. Upper graders critically analyze several pop songs or music movements from the 1980s that exemplify politically charged motives. They...

The phrase, "You sold out" has been thrown around among musicians that have lent their talents to the corporate world. Here, the class engages in an interesting discussion on how musicians make a living and the influence of commercialism...

In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie. Students may check some of their answers online.

Students discuss music of other eras students discuss the influence of elements such as politics, social events, etc. on music of the time. They examine the cause and effect of musical diversity after watching a video segment: "Behind...

Students identify different genres of music popular in the 1980s. They study musicians of the 1980s examples of the songs that they made popular. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to categorize the music.

In this online interactive American history worksheet, students answer 13 fill in the blank questions regarding the rise of big business and the labor movement. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Students discuss development of music videos. They identify elements that make a successful music video. Groups are assigned to do a research project on the development of music videos.

This Fordham University site offers sociologist Thorstein Veblen's views on conspicuous consumption, taken from his work, The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study on Economic Institutions.

A lesson focusing on over-consumption where students are challenged to consider the impact of the American lifestyle on the environment. Using an apple as a model, this lesson offers students a visual explanation of arable land and...

A lesson plan developed for in-class screenings of the PBS documentary "Affluenza," but which could easily be adapted to support any lesson on understanding personal consumption choices. Students will compare and contrast the affluence...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key points about overpopulation and overconsumption by humans and the impacts these have. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.

This classroom activity examines why being fashionable is expensive, and why clothing trends change quickly.

This resource presents the complete text of the famous economic work in which Veblen used economic analytical techniques to examine trusts and how they would lead to bigger and bigger corporations. The book was published in 1904.