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Lesson L - Hit The Road Jack (or Jill)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss forms of transportation in Delaware during 18th Century, find approximate area of court order on current map of state, draw layout of their school, and decide where new hallway or outside pathway would be most needed.
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Give Me the C and D Canal!!!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students estimate the distance between Baltimore to Philadelphia via the water route before the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal was built. They familiarize themselves with canals and how transporation and economic necessities dictate the...
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A Teeny Tiny Book: My Friends

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this mini book worksheet, students cut apart and complete a teeny tiny book with names of friends and their phone numbers.
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Andersonville Prison: A Civil War Economic Microcosm

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students develop the concept of economic systems. In this economic system lesson, students create command and market economic systems.
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Kindness Certificate

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate that gifts don't need to be bought. In this philanthropy lesson, students list types of gifts and create homemade gifts for family and friends from various materials.
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Community Philanthropy

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students define philanthropy and recognize philanthropic deeds. In this philanthropy lesson, students define the word philanthropy and learn vocabulary words related to it. Students then read a story, make flash cards, and draw a picture...
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Curated OER

Mussel Movements

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners consider the impact of invasive species on local environments. In this ecology instructional activity, watch the video, Arizona Wildlife Views, which focuses on invasive species. Students develop vocabulary, relate to meaningful...
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Homelessness:Key Terms

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the concept of homelessness. In this social issues activity, students research homelessness through key terms, in order explore the concept in more depth.
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Curated OER

Breaking News English: Google Delays Book Scanning

For Students 5th - 11th
In this English learning exercise, students read "Google Delays Book Scanning," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Climate Literacy

Clean: Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Cost Benefit Analysis

For Teachers 5th - 9th
This analysis activity allows students to calculate electrical usage in home lighting, and create a cost-benefit analysis for cost and energy savings by replacement of incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent or LED light bulbs.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Cost/benefit Analysis: Three Gorges Dam

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson will allow learners to evaluate the costs/benefits of the Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangtze River in China. The purpose of this lesson is to encourage students to look at a complex issue from differing viewpoints and to...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cost Benefit Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice what you have learned about total utility, marginal utility, total revenue, and costs in this four-question exercise.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Car Collision Testing & Tradeoffs: Don't Crack Humpty

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Student groups are provided with a generic car base on which to design a device/enclosure to protect an egg as it rolls down a ramp at increasing slopes. During this activity, student teams design, build and test their prototype...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Costs and Benefits of 'The Three Little Pigs'

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Find out what the definition of a cost and a benefit is in terms of the economy when using this site. "When making a decision, young scholars should consider the costs and the benefits of that decision."
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Economics of Homebuying

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This instructional activity analyzes the costs and benefits of homeownership and asks the student to describe the factors that affect affordability, use cost-benefit analysis and knowledge of home-buying procedures to reduce the costs,...
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Other

Michigan Department of Agriculture: Risks vs Benefits in Food Production [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Michigan Department of Agriculture provides this site that teaches students about the risks and benefits involved with food production. Includes a detailed lesson plan along with a list of terms and definitions. Gives great background...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Mystery of the Voters Who Don't Vote

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan from the Council for Economic Education for students, grades 9-12, examines the question of why many Americans don't vote. It interestingly ties the answer to some economic terms such as choice, cost/benefit analysis,...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Tech/progress/industry: What Are Costs and Benefits of Technology?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What are the costs and benefits of technology?" Select a grade level and a collection of grade-appropriate reading passages comes up. [Free account registration...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: An Investigation of Regional Housing Costs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson has students explore differences in regional housing costs, determine the percentage of gross income spent on housing, assess the impact of housing costs on a relocation decision and recognize wages and housing costs are prices.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Opportunity Cost

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Consumers are faced with tough choices because so many innovative and exciting products and services are available. Therefore, engraining a decision-making process that includes considering of opportunity cost is necessary to shape...
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Other

Foundation for Teaching Economics: Lesson 2: Opportunity Cost and Incentives

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson covers the National Content Standard 2: Marginal Decision Making. It provides key terms and concepts around scarcity forces, changing opportunity costs which affect incentives and choices. It includes links to a teacher's...
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Econoclass

Econoclass: Using Economics to Save Lives

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity presents students with the challenge of saving lives through public policy. A cost-benefit analysis of current programs and potential policies will be used.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Shake, Rattle & Roll

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students will learn and reinforce skills for creating and analyzing scatterplots and histograms; using cost-benefit analysis to make predictions from data and using tree diagrams to understand outcomes of events.
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Social Science Education Consortium

Ssec: Health Care: Who Should Pay the Cost? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this investigation, students explore issues around the provision of health care in the United States. They look at how it is financed, why the costs are growing so rapidly, whether it is a public or private good, and possible...

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