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Curated OER

Love is ... Business Studies

For Teachers 2nd - 11th
Students celebrate St. Valentine's Day. In this holiday lesson, students discover details about Lupercalia, St. Valentine, and modern traditions of the holiday.
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Curated OER

The Origins of Business

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the world of inventions by utilizing Google Earth. In this global geography lesson, students research inventions such as the ball point pen, computer, telephone and typewriter. Students use the Google Earth software to...
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Curated OER

Desktop Pub. - Quark XPress 2: Business Cards

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore computer publishing software. They layout guidelines for a business card, import background and logo graphics and create and format text. Students duplicate the card.
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Curated OER

Airbrush & Business Card

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders design and produce a business card as modeled in class using Corel Draw. They demonstrate proper care of airbrush equipment and use proper airbrush techniques with complete accuracy.
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Curated OER

Making Birthday Calendars for Community Organizations and Businesses

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students create birthday calendars using The Print Shop computer program. They produce and market a product, replicating a work environment.
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Curated OER

From Ground to Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore groundwater and issues relating to groundwater. They discus the problems involving groundwater. Students write a newspaper story addressing groundwater problems. They create a comic strip addressing groundwater...
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Curated OER

Creating a Job Community

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students design their own job communities. In this art and career exploration lesson, students are placed into groups to create models of business areas based on job types.
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Curated OER

The World Does Business With Nebraska

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of exporting goods from the state of Nebraska. They develop skills of analysis while looking at the goods and services of the state to the international market. They conduct research and create a report...
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Curated OER

The Business of Design

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students visit the Design for the Other 90% exhibition. In this design lesson plan, student learn how to design for the population of the world that is poor or impoverished. In addition, students read New York Times articles and watch...
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Curated OER

Growing Money

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars establish a garden business. In this building a business lesson, students investigate how to create and build a business. Young scholars build a business of selling plants and become entrepreneurs.
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Curated OER

Business Letters: Writing a Letter of Complaint

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze the language features and layout of a letter and discuss the language used to describe the features. They write a letter of complaint, requesting that the problem be fixed, using the appropriate language and layout.
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Curated OER

Taking Care of Business

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers participate in a service project. In this stewardship lesson plan, students review the concepts of philanthropy and environmental stewardship. Middle schoolers practice being good stewards by researching public areas in...
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Curated OER

PLANNING A DIVERSIFIED INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders research stocks and how to read and interpret financial data. They choose 5 companies to invest in and track their performance over 10 weeks. They create a spreadsheet which shows the results.
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Curated OER

Settlers: Creating Family Trees & Historical Plays

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discuss who the founding members of their community were. In this community family tree lesson plan, students learn how to read a family tree and discuss information about the founding families of their community.
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Curated OER

Effects of chemical use in Agriculture

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students research environmental data to create a bar graph. In this agricultural ecology instructional activity, students research the pros and cons of chemical use in farming. Students debate on passing a law to reduce chemical use.
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Curated OER

Money Matters: The Importance of Global Cooperation

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students prepare for a visit to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In this lesson students create a concept map of money. They discuss the goals of the IMF. Students research countries currently changing into market economies. After...
Writing
Curated OER

Trail of the Tomato Growers

For Students 10th - 12th
Economic pressures to produce and harvest in order to meet consumer needs is a very real issue. In small groups, the class uses three guiding questions to research the pressures on tomato growers to harvest at a level that meets the...
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Anti-Defamation League

Pink Collar Jobs: Gender Segregation and Pay Inequality in the Workplace

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Cartoons showing women in the workplace spark a discussion about being a business executive and claiming the corporate ladder. Small groups analyze data and create graphs that display essential information from the handouts. The class...
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Kenan Fellows

Assembly Required and the Design Process Too!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Do your part to make manufacturing more manageable. A capstone project challenges each group to identify and research a manufacturing process for a product. To complete the activity, they create a presentation for business and community...
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Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Communication at Work - Soft Skills in the Workplace

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Don't get stuck between a soft and a hard place. Scholars conduct research about business leaders, typing a report to analyze the leaders' hard and soft skills. Additionally, pupils create an instructional manual for either assembling a...
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California Department of Education

Etiquette? What’s That?

For Teachers 12th Standards
After watching a video, reading articles about etiquette in the workplace, and engaging in discussions, high school seniors create a presentation to show what they have learned about business etiquette.
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Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Advertising, Special Events and Promotion

For Teachers 9th - 11th
What a bargain! Scholars learn how to increase business profits with special events and promotions. Using what they learned, pupils create a special event for their school and give an oral presentation to explain their promotional...
Printables
Mocha Bay Design

Daily Revenue Worksheet

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Whether you're creating mock businesses in an economics class, or teaching middle schoolers about the basics of revenue, this resource is an excellent addition to your project. The worksheet includes 35 lines to mark the date, revenue...
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Council for Economic Education

Satisfaction Please! (Part 3)

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Understanding the US government's role proves very important in the American economy, especially for consumers. Scholars learn about how varying government agencies help them when facing an issue. The third and final resource in the...