After reading the picture book Come on, Rain by Karen Hesse, which discusses how the weather both helps and harms the community, students bring tools from home to represent what their parents do for a living. They will present these...

Explains what a community helper is and the types of helpers in a community. Best used by the teacher during discussion with students.

Lesson focuses on how and why money circulated within our community. Being able to discern the difference between things we need and things we want is one of the foundational concepts for using money wisely. Goods and services are things...

This site describes Java coding recommendations that are common in the Java development community.

Lesson helps learners learn about members of a community. Students list people who help in the community and create representations of community members out of paper.

This site describes the C++ coding recommendations that are common in the C++ development community.

Taxes are collected by federal, state, and local governments to pay for a wide variety of services. This article helps students understand where their tax money goes.

The inspiring words of a young girl in Nazi Germany continue to impact us today. Students will learn about Anne Frank's intense struggles, but also the hope she shared through her diary. Then they'll consider how they can impact their...

NEA's annual Read Across America celebration is a great opportunity for tweens and teens to both celebrate their literacy and language skills and share them in meaningful ways.

During this lesson students have the opportunity to explore different types of community helpers. Students begin to identify activities and tools associated with these community helpers. Students also begin to identify helping careers...

Great lesson plans covering a wide-range of history-related subjects. A wonderful resource for wonderful teachers!

This page from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco provides information in the following categories: Inside the FRBSF, Economic Research, Financial Services, Economics Education, Community Affairs, Banking and Finance in the West,...

The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis presents a page that looks at ways the Bureau of Engraving and Printing protects against the production of counterfeit money.

Learn and play like a firefighter at home.

In this online manual you will find examples of integrated performance activities developed to coordinate with the Computer Science and Information Systems Career Path in the Business Education Career Path and Model Curriculum Standards....

Part of this Ontario, Canada, health promotion site offers links to health resources on the Internet and elsewhere.