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Telemarketers Rights and Yours
Students research the controversy of whether or not the National Do Not Call Registry is constitutional, and then hold a class debate. Students research the National Do Not Call Registry, the FTC, the FCC, and the most current status of...
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Comparing and Contrasting Heroes
Here is a language arts lesson that can be used with virtually any grade level. The only thing that changes is the reading level of the books. Learners compare and contrast different heroes and the characteristics they hold. They use a...
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How Clean is the Water?
Students read about and discuss water and how it is used as a resource and how engineers use technology to preserve it. In this water lesson plan, students look at a picture of water treatment and tell what is wrong with the picture.
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Where in the World Can I Find a Healthy Diet?
What constitutes a healthy diet? In what way is a healthy diet defined and influenced by culture? Groups investigate the community and national resources available in a country, and then design a healthy diet for its citizens.
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Credit - Good? Bad?
Pupils examine credit cards. They explore the detrimental effects that result from debt and poor credit. Students analyze interest rates, minimum balances, and consumer debt. Pupils survey the benefits of credit cards.
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Income and Outcomes
Bring financial literacy into your classroom. Learners use peer support to reflect on their spending and how it reflects their income and their values.
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Honoring Neighborhood Heroes
Read biographies and use the internet to research stories of courage.Young writers compare and contrast characteristics that societies value. They write reports about their family and community's heroes.
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Earning a buck? and stretching it?
Students write a feature article and create a visual display explaining how teens can save or invest their money wisely. They research ways to earn interest in today's economy, even if you don't have much money. Students use Internet...
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Accounting/ Marketing Cookies
Second graders become involved in the advertisement, marketing, and development of their own cookie business. Students must choose a job for the preparation and baking of the cookies. Students also manage the profits and advertisement of...
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Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
Pupils identify productive resources that are important to migrant workers. In this lesson on resources, students give examples of natural resources, human resources and capital resources that apply to migrant workers. This lesson has...
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How Do You Read Stock Quotes Online ?
Students explore how to get and interpret stock price data online. They also describe certain aspects of various corporations and know the meanings of important terms involving the stock market.
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Lesson 3 How Do You Read Stock Quotes Online ?
Students understand how to get and interpret stock price data online. They describe certain aspects of various corporations and know the meanings of important terms involving the stock market.
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Loyalist? Ghosts of the Hudson River Valley
Students examine how national events effect them in New York. They examine case studies about individuals who represent different groups in society.
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Franchise Opportunity
Pupils identify and evaluate franchise as a business opportunity. Lesson is culminating project in a business course.
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You Are What You Eat!
Pupils create believable self-portraits incorporating selected food items as details, forms, and texturesThe compositional focus is a head-and-shoulders portrait appropriate to the food theme resulting in a humorous illustration. Written...
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The Nestle Scandal
Learners read an article about the use of breast milk and formula milk in developing countries and answer comprehension questions. In groups, they recall facts from the article and discuss how Nestle is being boycotted in certain areas...
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Values and Images Reflected in TV Commercials
Students view commercials from American and Latin American cultures and discuss the values and selling strategies used in each commercial.
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Wet World in Danger
Students investigate the reasons why wetlands are threatened especially by people. They study the wise use of water to preserve wetlands.
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Market Day Adventure
Second graders participate in the Market Day project. They produce goods, market goods, and earn money to buy goods.
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War, What is it Good for?
Eighth graders examine aspects of the American Civil War related to West Virginia. In this research skills lesson plan, 8th graders collaborate to research Civil War topics and create electronic portfolios that feature their findings.
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Mercury Emissions: "Cap and Trade" Game
Young scholars identify the role of government in protecting the environment, and participate in a game where they run a profitable or unprofitable power plant in changing market conditions. They summarize the pros and cons of emissions...
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Cost and Revenues
Students develop the key concepts of total, variable, fixed, average and marginal costs. The theory of using different business scenarios is applied to different situations for an extension to real life application.
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Our Natural Resources
Students discuss key terms used to describe ecosystems and how humans are altering natural resources. They listen to the book, Grandfather's Wisdom, and list the renewable and nonrenewable resources they have used or consumed in the past...
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Invest In Yourself
Students learn about budgeting, saving, dept, financial management, opportunity cost, and self-regulation. In this financial management lesson, students apply their knowledge of finance components and create their own web based plan...