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The Power of Persuasion

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore the power of persuasion. In a classroom setting, students discuss incentives, testimonials and deceptive pricing schemes that are used to influence others. After observing professionally made infomercials, students...
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Master Spy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explain that a code is a system of symbols, letters, words, or signals that are used instead of ordinary words and numbers to send messages or to store information. They practice deciphering a variety of secret codes used in...
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Analyze This

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students gain practice in the analysis of various types of graphs common in daily life. These examples often use graphic images like charts, graphs, tables, and pictures to supplement learning.
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Ancient Tablets, Ancient Graves: Accessing Women's Lives in Mesopotamia

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the role of women in ancient Mesopotamia. Several excerpts from the Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets and artifacts are analyzed to determine the treatment, rights, and powers of women in this era.
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Find Yourself with Global Positioning

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine different types of new mapping technologies. They use the internet to gather information about mapping and navigation. They create their own global positioning tool and defend it to the class.
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Inventors

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners identify two inventors from the time period 1880-1920. They include information detailing one product or technological advancement each inventor was responsible for. Students use specific language and detail to discuss how...
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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the causes of the stock market crash of 1929.  In this integrated math/history unit on the stock market, 6th graders study, research, and read stocks, visit a local bank, and create a PowerPoint to show the...
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Site and Situation: Right Place at the Right Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers put their geography skills to work. In this geography skills instructional activity, students research maps and other primary and secondary sources to simulate the site selection process for the Pennsylvania Railroad...
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Studying the Food Pyramid

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the food pyramid and how to eat a healthy diet.  In this nutrition lesson, students use pictures to make charts of food from the different food groups, record the food they eat throughout the day, investigate the...
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When Life Serves You Lemons!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners build their own lemonade stand. In this problem solving lesson plan, 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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Using Measurement

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, learners concentrate on attaining new knowledge of the science standard using the creative medium of games and puzzles.
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"The Fox and the Grapes"

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this grammar activity, students read the story "The Fox and the Grapes" and fill in the fifteen blanks with the appropriate word that completes each thought grammatically correct.
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We Are the Guardians of the Earth

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students understand their responsibility to the world. For this religion, philanthropy lesson, students research the life of Aaron Feuerstein and his views of the responsibility of a person to his world. Students complete several...
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Using Writing to Make a Difference

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students change the lesson plan in order to make meaningful writing.
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Remember When?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils work in cooperative groups to research life in a decade of the 20th century. Each group member writes a 7-10 page paper highlighting the social, political and cultural events and the group presents a Powerpoint presentation to the...
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Letter Writing Basics

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students construct a letter about a classroom issue as a class. They then write a letter individually that requests information, file a complaint or complement, or write a letter to the editor/legislator.
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ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students list and explain the three types of economic systems as well as the three economic questions that every economic society must answer at one time or another. In addition, they identify the five features of our market economy.
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Economic Decisions

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars practice decision-making skills by planning vacation, including all proposed expenses. Students distinguish between needs and wants, identify difference between goods and services, and describe economic resources used in...
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Group Presentation Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students teach class by creating a presentation and activity for a section of the chapter on Marketing Plans and Market Segmentation. They work cooperatively in groups on different sections of the textbook chapter and use PowerPoint to...
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Telephone Directory Assistance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use their local telephone directory to locake information on a service provider.They write a descriptive paragraph based on the location of their service provider and the service they provide. This lesson is intended for...
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Financial Statements For A Proprietorship

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to how to successfully set up a propietorship. Individually, they complete a pre- and post-quiz to determine how much they know about the material. To end the lesson, they practice reading a financial statement...
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Logo Design and Ad Campaign Relating to Forestry Management.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore organizations that promote effective marketing strategies and create their own visual symbols that benefit effective forestry cultivation.  In this creative lesson plan students study logos of organizations,...
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Professional-like Multimedia Slide Show

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars chose a topic from the current curriculum to develop a PowerPoint presentation about. They present the PowerPoint in a professional manner which includes the way they are dressed and the way they interact with the...
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Exploring Quadratic Graphs

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students solve quadratic equations using graphs. In this algebra lesson, students factor quadratic equations and graph their answer. They discuss the shape of their graph based on the function.

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