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It's On Sale

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the book The Great Pet Sale to learn about economics and advertisements. In this economics lesson plan, 1st graders read the book The Great Pet Sale and define related vocabulary words. Students compare prices to find...
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Super Sale Store Game

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students help their teacher set up their classroom in the form of a store. Using construction paper, they make different amounts of paper money and items to buy. To end the lesson, they play the game to practice making change and adding...
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What's on Sale?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore sale items.  In this money and percent math lesson, students work in groups to locate food ads in the newspaper.  Learners identify sales and calculate final prices using percentage discounts.  Students complete a math...
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Sales Tax

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of sales tax. For this sales tax lesson, students work in groups to spend $500. Students calculate the discount and sales tax on each item. Students buy between 5 to 10 items.
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For Sale!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars give an oral presentation. In this Spanish instructional activity, students work in groups to describe a house for sale using Spanish. Young scholars use a digital camera to take pictures of their house and create a...
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Build-a-Toy

For Teachers 8th Standards
Don't toy with using a fun lesson. Scholars design new toys and then create scale drawings. They determine the volume and surface area of the toys, and then research prices of raw materials to estimate the manufacturing costs.
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Purchasing Flower Power

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students fabricate decorative flowers to serve as a sales commodity. They assign value and prices to their flower stems. Students estimate and calculate costs using decimal points and place values in order to keep within a budget they...
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Percents: What's the Use?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore percentages in real world situations. In this percents lesson plan, students determine the final sales price after discounts. Students interview community members and determine how percentages are used in the real world.
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Practical Money Skills

Shopping Wisely

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Work on making good shopping choices with a fun economics project. Kids analyze the differences between brand names and generic products, bigger and smaller units for purchase, and different places they can shop for different items.
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Furnishing an Apartment

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore the components that comprise the formation of a budget. Sales brochures advertising apartment furnishings are used to assist students in this task.
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Create A Business and A Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars look through a phone book and pick a business they think they would enjoy. They brainstorm ideas about the needs of a business. They set their prices to payback their investment into the new business.
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Fashion Sense and Dollar Wise

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in groups to show understanding of the relationship between fractions, decimals, percentages, and the application of ratios and proportions. In this decimals, fractions, and percents lesson, students use real life consumer...
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Percents: What's the Use

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars research percentages in real world situations. In this percents lesson, students demonstrate their ability to apply percents to everyday situations. Young scholars communicate mathematically by conducting interviews about...
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When Life Serves You Lemons!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students build their own lemonade stand. In this problem solving lesson, students measure the materials needed to build a stand and make lemonade. They find the cost of producing the lemonade and the profit they will make. 
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Legacies of El Dorado

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the development of urban California as it was driven by the Gold Rush boom. They study historical documents and participate in a variety of hands-on activities designed to reinforce the concept of the lesson.
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Connections: Peddling Petals

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify various patterns. In this patterns instructional activity, students assemble paper flowers by using patterns. Students discuss how they constructed their flower.
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Oil Market Basics

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the global oil market through a web-quest. In this oil market lesson, students conduct a web-quest to gather information related to the global oil market then design and make a mural.
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Let's Try Various Calculations

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore math facts.  In this calculation and math facts instructional activity, students play a board game in which addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division math facts are practiced.  A copy of the game is included.
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The IMF in Action: What Does the IMF Do?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use newspapers and the internet to discover what the IMF does. They work together in groups to brainstorm occupations which need another language to be spoken. They also examine data related to trading among countries.
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Sadorus Photograph Collection Activity: Analysis of an Historical Photograph

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students retrive social, cultural, and historical information from a photograph by analyzing the contents. Data about the subject's culture, people, events, and place is explored.
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BY THE POUND

For Teachers 4th - 5th
The student will estimate the weight and cost of produce and calculate the actual price.Discuss the difference between weight and volume. Have students discuss whether it is more economical to buy produce by the pound, by the piece or...

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