Quia
Quia: Place Value Rags to Riches
So you want to be a place value millionaire? Test your understanding of place value when you play Rags to Riches. A comprehensive, multiple choice game covering place value concepts with whole numbers and decimals, word form and standard...
Quia
Quia: World Music: Rags to Riches
Test your knowledge of music from around the world with this who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-style game. Click on the correct answer to each multiple-choice question, and move closer to "winning" a million dollars!
Quia
Quia: Music Mania! "Rags to Riches"
Here's fun "game show" for students to test their knowledge of musical instruments. Players "win" up to a million dollars in this "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" style game.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Who Wants to Be a Mathionaire Multiplication Quiz
See if you have what it takes to reach a million dollars as you answer multiplication fact questions.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Lapd (King Beating) Trials (1992 1993)
It seemed like an open-and-shut case. The George Holliday video, played on television so often that an executive at CNN called it "wallpaper," showed three Los Angeles police officers--as their supervisor watched-- kicking, stomping on,...
Econoclass
Econoclass: Joe Wins the Lottery
This example of a person winning $1 million is examined as if he were paid the entire amount all at once, or given $100,000 over the course of 10 years. This example looks at inflation, the present value of money, and the future value of...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Would Winning the Lottery Make You Happier?
Imagine winning a multi-million dollar lottery tomorrow. If you're like many of us, you'd be ecstatic, unable to believe your good luck. But would that joy still be there a few years later? Raj Raghunathan describes a phenomenon called...
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Young Heroes: Rachel Beckwith [Pdf]
This FYI for Kids (Volume 5, Issue 1) article focuses on the efforts of one little girl wanted to bring clean water to villages in Africa. She asked her parents to donate her birthday money to the effort and collected other donations...
My Hero Project
My Hero: Andrew Carnegie
A student essay explaining how Andrew Carnegie, born into poverty, became extremely wealthy, donating over 300 million dollars to various charities and organizations.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Gadsden Purchase
Provides an overview and detailed facts about the Gadsden Purchase, the land acquisition from Mexico of 30,000 sq. miles in Arizona and New Mexico for $10 million dollars.
ProProfs
Pro Profs: Do You Know Where Your Taxes Are Going?
On April 15, millions of Americans file their income taxes. Find out where your federal income taxes go. Note: This quiz looks only at federal income taxes, not payroll taxes.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Pitching the Biomechanics
The fate of baseball teams valued at millions of dollars and followed by millions of rabid fans can come down to the elbow and shoulders of their pitchers. What can biomechanics contribute to the team?
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Marcy Tweed
William M. Tweed (April 3, 1823 - April 12, 1878), sometimes informally called Boss Tweed, was an American politician who was convicted for stealing between 40 million and 200 million dollars from New York City taxpayers through...
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Missouri: Liberty Memorial
This building of this memorial started with a group of about 40 citizens, a Memorial Association led by Robert A. Long, and a dedication to build a memorial to the fallen soldiers of WW I. With funding secured (a massive fund raising...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Math Grade 4
Browse resources related to fourth-grade math standards. Click on a topic for interactive lessons, videos, and extra practice.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: The Osage "Reign of Terror" Murder Trials
The "Reign of Terror" that overtook the Osage Reservation in 1921 is just one chapter in the long story of mistreatment of Native Americans by whites, but is one of the most horrifying. Before the chapter ends, untold dozens of Osage...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Euro Makes Its Debut
On Jan. 1, 1999 11 European countries united in the European Monetary Union. The new single currency bloc includes almost 300 million consumers and creates the second-largest economy in the world. How will this new union affect the...
Other
Teen Analyst: Salary Tables by Career Field
Explore a table of average salaries for the various career fields. However, these aren't representative of everyone in that field. For example, some television reporters make millions of dollars a year. The salaries listed are a little...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Mste: How Much Do Baseball Players Really Make?
An interesting real-world use of statistical variance and standard deviation to help dispell the common perception that all major league baseball players are paid millions of dollars and are not worth it. The lesson plan gives specific...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Science of Flint's Water Crisis
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is a prime example of science being ignored, unknown and even misused. The switch in water source damaged hundreds of millions of dollars of infrastructure, caused deadly bacterial outbreaks and...
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Damian Shiels, "Transatlantic Obligations: Immigrant Remittance Networks"
This article focuses on immigrants to America having to send money back to their home country to the relatives left behind. It offers several examples including Irish immigrants. An estimated $260 million was remitted to Ireland from...
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Government Travel and Staffers
Who should pay for politicians traveling before it violates ethical codes of abuse of power? Legislators and their staff were offered and accepted millions of dollars worth of free trips. This instructional activity explores the ethics...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Manufacturing Areas, 1900
A map from 1907 of the United States showing the principal manufacturing areas in 1900. The star symbol in Ohio represents the mean center of manufacturing in the nation. Each symbol represents gross $25,000,000 or fraction more than...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Manufacturing Areas , 1900
A map from 1920 of the United States showing the principal manufacturing areas in 1900. The star symbol in Ohio represents the mean center of manufacturing in the nation. Each symbol represents gross $25,000,000 or fraction more than...