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Married Math

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners participate in a two-week real-life math unit. In pairs, they calculate salaries, taxes, and a budget, plan a vacation, buy insurance, make a will, and design a room. They conduct Internet research to plan the vacation, and...
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GNP Simulation Using Foods in the Americas

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore food supply distribution. In this GNP distribution lesson plan, students participate in a simulation that requires them to eat foods from the American continents. Learners are served according to their chance positions...
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Saving Private Pensions

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the importance of financial security after retirement, examine current problems with pension plans in the private sector, research different retirement options, and create a "How it Works" poster.
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How Do You Profit From Trading Stocks?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students see how to calculate the gains and losses of their stock portfolios. They use basic math skills in calculating their stock investment the old-fashioned way.
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Hey, Mom! What's for Breakfast?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine how he world eats breakfast. In this food choices lesson, students work in groups to list breakfast foods and their ingredients and find goods and consumers on the list. The, students use the Internet to complete a...
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WebQuest- What is Poverty and Who Are the Poor?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to a variety of easily accessible data about poverty. The search activity performs double-duty in exposing students to the nature and magnitude of world poverty and in confronting them with different types and...
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"I've Been Working on the Railroad" - Federal Land Grants and the Construction of the Illinois Central Railroad in Mid-nineteenth Century Illinois

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders, in groups, design a self-sufficient community. Groups present the communities they've designed. They compare and contrast the communities presented. They research the theories of Johann Heinrich von Thunen online and...
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Money Smart Teens

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students plan positive goals for spending resources and understand why not to spend. In this financial planning lesson, students set up personal spending plans based on their resources and their long term plans. Students plan for...
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Public Companies: Power of the People

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students examine the differences between publicly and privately owned companies. They determine the relationship between publicly traded companies and their shareholders. They determine what it means to be a shareholder and what...
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Thomas Nast political cartoons

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students think about entrepreneurialism and participate in a business project of their own.
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Lesson 2: "To Elect Good Men": Woodrow Wilson and Latin America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze Woodrow Wilson's foreign policy. For this foreign policy lesson, students examine how the Wilson administration responded to civil unrest in Latin America.
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DRY WELLS THAT ARE NOT SO DRY

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze how producers respond to incentives and allocate their scare resources to maximize profits. They write persuasive letters to government officials and others. They read "Dry Wells That Are Not So Dry." They take notes...
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Population Fundamentals-Building a Foundation

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students present demographic data in a graphic format that supports analysis and interpretation.
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Time Value of Money Introduction Worksheet

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine the concept of Time Value Money, Present Value and Future Value.
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What do they want? Critical Perspectives on the 1960's in the United States

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine that history is a field of study that can help them understand themselves and the people around them. By reading sources by and about people with many of the same interests and concerns that they have and learning to...
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IT IS ABOUT SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students learn that the price of an item is defined by its supply and demand. In this lesson students graph the relationship between demand and supply of various products, students also consider hidden costs.
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America's Infrastructure: Miller Center National Discussion Debate Series

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Junior high and high school learners study infrastructure and its relationship to the current economy. They review handouts, watch a PBS clip, and review case studies in order to answer provided questions and role play over their views...
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Comparison Shopping

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students practice developing budgets. In this financial awareness lesson, students read The Monster Money Book and list ways the characters saved money in the story. Students plan a budget and demonstrate how to look for bargains when...
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Reading the Financial Pages: In Print and Online

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study information presented in the financial pages of newspapers and online sources They learn how to follow stocks online.
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Stock Mark Culminating Project

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use the Internet to research information of American corporations and the PowerPoint to relate this to their classmates.
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Inside the Vault-Employment Growth in America: What Determines Good Jobs?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine employment growth and the economy. After a teacher lead discussion, students explore types of jobs and their correlation with education level. Job qualifications for both high-paying and low-paying careers are researched.
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Toothpicks and Timber

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students problem-solve how to log five acres. Working in pairs, they construct models of logging sites before and after the trees are harvested. they paint their models and include other environmental details.
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Credit Cards: Buy Now, Pay Later

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners comprehend that when they use a credit card, they are taking out a loan from the issuer of the card. They access that if a card is paid in full each month, there is no cost for using the credit card. However, if the borrower is...
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Bubble Gum Chemistry

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars explore the concept of graphing data. In this graphing data lesson, students determine the percentage of sugar in bubble gum. Young scholars graph type of gum vs. sugar percentage. Students create a table of their data.