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US Department of Agriculture

Economic Research Service: Wisconsin

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this state fact sheet on Wisconsin from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You will find information on the population, farm characteristics, and top commodities and exports. This would be a good starting point for a state...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Rising Gas Prices Compounding and Inflation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this task, students explore exponential models in the context of a real-world problem. Students learn about price inflation for a single commodity and are introduced to the Consumer Price Index for measuring the inflation of a body of...
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US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Antimony

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the U.S. Geological Survey is an extremely thorough source of information for mineral and industry commodity research pertaining to antimony.
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US Department of Agriculture

Economic Research Service: Hawaii

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore a thorough state fact sheet on Hawaii from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You will find information on the population, farm characteristics, top commodities and exports. Also available as a download (Adobe Reader required).
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US Department of Agriculture

Economic Research Service: Texas

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this state fact sheet on Texas from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You will find information on the population, farm characteristics, and top commodities and exports. This would be a good starting point for a state report.
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US Department of Agriculture

Economic Research Service: Michigan State Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site you can explore a state fact sheet on Michigan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You will find information on the population, farm characteristics, and top commodities and exports.
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US Department of Agriculture

Economic Research Service Massachusetts State Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a state fact sheet on Massachusetts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You will find information on the population, farm characteristics, and top commodities and exports.
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US Department of Agriculture

Economic Research Service: Maryland

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a state fact sheet on Maryland from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You will find information on the population, farm characteristics, and top commodities and exports.
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US Department of Agriculture

Economic Research Service: Louisiana

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a state fact sheet on Louisiana from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You will find information on the population, farm characteristics, and top commodities and exports.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Kikuyu

For Students 9th - 10th
The Kikuyu, a major ethnic group of Kenya, numbered about 4.4 million in 1987, accounting for about 20 percent of Kenya's population of 25 million.The Kikuyu were originally hunter-gatherers, but they gradually adopted horticultural...
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Employment Spot

Employment Spot: Fastest Growing Job Fields

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Department of Labor projected which industries and occupations will experience the most growth from now until 2008. Areas set to experience the biggest boom include computer technology, health services and social services.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: What Is Money? [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan is designed to help children understand the problems which arise from the bartering system so they appreciate the role money has in society.
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Robert Schenk, PhD

Money Matters: The Gold Standard

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a great article that explains the gold standard and why it didn't work for the United States and many other nations.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: The History of Money

For Students 9th - 10th
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis traces the history of money up from coins in ancient times to modern paper, currency, and e-money.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 13: Money and Banking: Key Terms

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a list of key terms and definitions covered in Ch. 13: Money and Banking from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.
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Digital History

Digital History: Mountain Men

For Students 9th - 10th
The life of the fur trappers and traders was harsh, and fur, as a valuable commodity, was short-lived. Read about the effect the traders had on life in the West.
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Other

The Stoa Consortium: The Agora

For Students 9th - 10th
The Agora, the marketplace and civic center, was one of the most important parts of an ancient city of Athens. In addition to being a place where people gathered to buy and sell all kinds of commodities, it was also a place where people...
Article
Other

Saudi Aramco World: The Art & Science of Water

For Students 9th - 10th
The Mezquita ingenuity of a cistern that collects water for trapping, storing and managing that evanescent, life-giving commodity, water.
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US Department of Agriculture

Economic Research Service: Connecticut

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a state fact sheet on Connecticut from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You will find information on the population, farm characteristics, and top commodities and exports.
Lesson Plan
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Why Money? [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers learn about barter, and the benefits of using money, as they participate in this trading simulation.
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Other

Money: Money Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides money basics including the two kinds of money, the creation of money, reserve ratio requirements, controlling the price of credit, the Fed's reactive role, limiting bank lending, limiting money supply growth, and the...
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: American Currency History

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the development of the nation's money. Learn about the history of US currency, the creation of the dollar, and why the First Bank of the United States was established.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South China, 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
"South China comprises the drainage basins of the middle and lower Yangtze River, the basin of the His Chiang (West River) in Kwangtung and Kwangsi; and the mountainous coastal provinces of Fukien and Chekiang. The division between the...
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Curated OER

Ny Times Learning Network: Species for Sale

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore wildlife conservation by investigating animal species that are near extinction due to their value as commodities. Students defend the protection of an endangered species researched in class by creating an informational...

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