Students consider the relationship between business and government. In this rural electrification activity, students read "Battle of the Pole Holes," and then write editorials that address the way that business and government functioned...

Students practice using KidPix to create illustrations. In this visual arts lesson, students define key vocabulary words, such as "palette" and "toolbar" to familiarize themselves with the KidPix program. Students create...

Young scholars research famous inventors and what they invented. In this technology instructional activity, students gather facts about a specific invention and create a PowerPoint slideshow about it. Young scholars practice adding in...

Students investigate what investing is and how it works. They participate in a class discussion on investments, visit the "Investment Pier" on the ING website, and complete a worksheet in which they "build" a time capsule that contains...

Students study the westward movement through examining stamps. In this westward movement lesson plan, students draw conclusions, determine cause and effect relationships and examine the westward movement of the United States by...

Students identify contemporary economic counterparts to industries featured in Texas bird's-eye views by using this website and a "Goods and Services Data Collection Sheet."

Students investigate the role of Nebraska in the exporting of goods from the United States. They look at ways the state is looking to help expand its role in the markets. Students conduct research using a variety of resources. Then use...

An excellent resource gets kids looking at agricultural production to better understand the careers needed in distributing foods from the farm to the consumer. Book, poster, web, and video links are included for teacher use. There is...

From Mr. Merdle to Mr. Madoff? A viewing of the PBS adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “Little Dorrit” launches an examination of greedy characters in literature and a study of greed, unfairness, and economic hardship today. The richly...

Students explore marketing strategies while producing a hand-sewn puppet. They obtain information about child care and safety as well as basic hand sewing techniques.

Students investigate how to read stock tables and research stock tables in newspapers or on the Internet. They discuss how they would invest $1000 in stock, examine how to keep track of their shares online, and complete a worksheet in...

Students develop an understanding of how federal revenues are gained by taxes. This foundation enable students to decipher changes in federal tax policy. Groups of students study different types of taxes and prepare presentations on each...

After reading the book Jack of All Tails, learners complete vocabulary activities, play charades, consider a list of questions, and complete a list of verbs. There are also several suggestions for how to connect this language...

Fifth graders explore quilting in pioneer families. In this quilting lesson, 5th graders review the history of quilts, the role of women, and quilting patterns. They create their own pattern and quilt square.  

First graders study goods and services. In this economics lesson, 1st graders discuss the goods and services one could encounter in different places, for example the goods and services at a kennel. 

Students will explore good and services, income and saving listening to the story The B. Bears Trouble With Money.  In this early economic lesson, students discuss what it means to earn money doing services and save money to...

Here is an interesting topic. Learners examine the economics that led to the founding of the First Bank of America. They participate in a reader's theater experience depicting the debate between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson...

Introduce the background of design and designers and their role in communicating their thoughts to others. In groups, you can assign participation in a writing cluster on various designers and write paragraphs to submit to magazines. To...

If you want to focus on critical thinking skills, this well-constructed series of activities will challenge your history or agriculture class to evaluate the effectiveness of administrative decisions related to agricultural and the...

Divide your geography class into groups and have each research an assigned region. The result of this project is a regional magazine that addresses the five themes of geography. Many valuable resource links are embedded into the...

The Election of 1912: an election with four competitive opponents. Pupils get to know the candidates with informative reading passages that provide context to the election. Then, the class engages in a debate and answers questions as one...

Students brainstorm businesses in their community and which businesses compete for the same business. They view the Yellow Pages as a resource to identify business who compete against one another and offer similar products. They...

Students discuss a the places to gain financial help when starting a business. With a partner, they calculate the amount of interest and the total amount being paid back. they brainstorm a list of things the government can do to help...

Students make inquiry into the concept of contestable markets. The lesson focuses upon theory and the intention is to encourage students to move to analysis or evaluation of the market. The lesson helps to reinforce the skills of...