eBook
Other

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: The Energy Report: Geothermal [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter 21 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It looks at geothermal energy, its history, and uses. The economic impact of geothermal energy in Texas is described, and its production, transmission, and availability. Also looks...
eBook
Other

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: The Energy Report: Hydrogen [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter 22 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It looks at hydrogen as an energy source, its history, and uses. The economic impact of the hydrogen energy sector in Texas is described, the consumption of hydrogen, methods of...
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Explicit and Implicit Costs and Accounting and Economic Profit

For Students 9th - 10th
There are different ways of thinking about costs and profit. Read about what they are and answer the review questions.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Cost of Prison in Dollars and Lives" by Michael P. Jacobson

For Students 9th - 10th
In this opinion piece, Michael Jacobson discusses juvenile justice and how young offenders should be treated in comparison to adult offenders. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]
Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Leontyne Price

For Students 9th - 10th
Leontyne Price broke racial barriers with the power of her voice. See a portrait of her and read a brief account of her performances that changed the operatic world.
Website
Veterans Affairs Canada

Historically Speaking: The Human Cost of War

For Students 9th - 10th
This learning module gives students the opportunity to view and listen to hundreds of interviews with people who experienced first hand the Korean and First and Second world wars. This is an excellent teaching resource that helps...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "That Costly Ride" by Guy De Maupassant

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short story "That Costly Ride" by Guy de Maupassant. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Price She Paid by David Graham Phillips

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the novel The Price She Paid by David Graham Phillips. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
Website
Other

Bdo Seidman, Llp: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
BDO Seidman, LLP is considered a middle tier accounting firm. Learn about this company and their plan for the future. They focus on tax, assurance, financial advisory services, and WaveBend solutions.
Website
Other

Drug Watch International: Truth and Lies: Drug User Accountability

For Students 9th - 10th
Article presents perceptions on illegal drugs are confronted and the untruths are dispelled. This article is meant to show that drug use is not a victimless crime.
Primary
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

Cprr Photographic History Museum: High Cost and Challenge of Building the Cprr

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains the text of a Lewis M. Clement's 1887 statement to the U.S. Pacific Railway Commission, which gives a clear and succinct accounting of the costs incurred and the problems encountered in building the Central Pacific Railroad.
Website
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Mississippi Burning Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
Updated detailed account of the case of United States versus Cecil Price et al., also known as the "Mississippi Burning trial", a criminal trial where the United States charged a group of 18 men with conspiring in a Ku Klux Klan plot to...
Unit Plan
PBS

Frontline:secret History of the Credit Card

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this PBS site before getting a credit card. Read the "Eight Things A Credit Card User Should Know" and find out what the real cost can be to use one. Take the credit card quiz to see how much you learned.
Website
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Land, Waste, and Cleanup Topics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is loaded with information on solid waste and hazardous waste. It includes industries' effects on the environment, waste programs, treatment, control, pollution prevention, recycling, and cleanup programs.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ee Dvd Profits, Variation 1

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the costs of producing DVDs, taking into account the cost of building a factory. They need to look at units costs for DVDs, fixed prices, and building costs. They are asked to compare the costs for producing them...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Was Babe Ruth Under Paid?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson demonstrates a method for teaching students about inflation and the Consumer Price Index, using baseball players' salaries for purposes of illustration. Babe Ruth's salary from 1931 is adjusted to account for changes in the...
Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Campaign Cash (Infographic)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Infographic shows students the cost of running a campaign, and how the FEC can help hold candidates accountable. Find out where the candidates get their money and what they spend it on.
Activity
Robert Schenk, PhD

Rationing and the Distribution of Income

For Students 9th - 10th
Addresses the distribution of income. Gives a fair and balanced account of a potential problem in the United States.
eBook
Other

Business Education Resource Consort: Management & Entrepreneurship Online Manual

For Students 9th - 10th
In this online manual you will find examples of integrated performance activities developed to coordinate with the Accounting and Finance Career Path in the Business Education Career Path and Model Curriculum Standards. Included with the...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: You Decide!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Think about a difficult decision you have had to make. After you decided did it work out? Why or why not? Why do you think decisions and choices are hard to make? We make personal decisions and we make decisions as groups. There is a...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Big Banks, Piggy Banks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Use this informative economics lesson plan. Find out how to save your money. "You will read about safe places for keeping money; you also will learn about places where money can earn money."
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: A Penny Saved Is a Penny at 4.7% Earned

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This is a lesson from EconEdLink where students learn about saving money. Includes activities and materials.
Lesson Plan
University of Nebraska Omaha

Ec Ed Web: M&m Interesting [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This site from the University of Omaha provides a lesson plan indicated for 6-8th grades. "During this lesson, middle schoolers use the economic concepts of trade-offs and opportunity costs to decide between savings accounts with simple...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Prince of Greed: Hannibal's Betrayal by Carthage

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Prince of Greed: Hannibal's Betrayal by Carthage" by Joshua J. Mark, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...

Other popular searches