Students review the basic ideas of exchange. In groups, they discover the incentives for trade and participate in a simulation. They are given a packet of stamps which are worth varying monetary amounts. They discover the concepts of...

Students investigate the issues of economic prosperity, environmental concerns, government intervention in the market economy and responsible civic participation in solving community problems.

Students simulate and plan a trip from St. Louis to the Sacramento Valley as early emigrant parties would have. They list necessary provisions for the amount of time they would spend traveling.

After listening to and analyzing a series of FDR's Fireside Chats, groups create their own recordings, and using New Deal programs, address a current economic condition.

Falling wages. Rising unemployment. Falling prices. Sound familiar? Young economists look at the role the US banking system had in causing the Great Depression.

Students research companies, choose stocks, and create portfolios online while playing the stock market game.

Help youngsters understand how to manage small amounts of money by discussing an allowance and the difference between spending, saving, and giving.  

You're never too young to learn about banking and personal finance. Use a set of seven banking lessons to teach middle schoolers about checking and savings accounts, interest rates, loans and credit cards, and safety deposit boxes.

What does your class know about GMOs? Are they savvy to selective breeding? Challenge young minds to engineer the greatest crop of all time using a hands-on genetics unit. Learners discover the good and bad details of selective breeding,...

Students explore the advantages and disadvantages of purchasing a used vehicle.  In this warranty lesson, students  define "implied warranty of merchantability," then complete several activities that reinforce this concept,...

Fifth graders explore U.S. history by reading an award winning book about World War II. In this Japanese internment camp lesson plan, 5th graders read the book Under the Blood-Red Sun and discuss the entrapment of Japanese-Americans on...

Learners explain conditions and motivations that contribute to conflict, cooperation, and interdependence among nations; and analyze the causes, consequences and possible solutions to resource allocation, conservation, and economic...

Tenth graders explore the weapons of the Aboriginal people. For this tenth grade mathematics lesson, 10th graders investigate how throwing with an atlatl increase the speed of the dart as it is thrown. Students calculate the speed for...

Learners explore U.S. History by analyzing the Great Depression. In this economic instability lesson, students read fictitious accounts of a farm dealing with the loss of a Strawberry Farm and discuss the reasons behind the loss....

Students participate in a lesson that investigates post-modernism in American literature. They conduct the lesson with the help of reading "America" by Ginsberg to create context. Then students define the genre and the culture that has...

Students learn of the rights automobile buyers have when purchasing a car.

Students participate in talking circles. In this self-governance lesson, students examine human rights from the perspective of Native Americans. Students must set up a self-government model for the reserve described.

Students gather information about vitamin C deficiency, and research how scurvy was prevented in sea-going ventures during The Age of Sail. They create a "Scurvy Log" that will allow them to connect what they have learned about scurvy...

Young scholars, in groups, examine data from several nations regarding size, natural resources, and population. Using these data, they rank the nations, try to identify them, and predict whether each nation is rich or poor.

Twelfth graders examine the role of the International Monetary Fund. They participate in activities to discover the funtion of the organization. They also focus on fair trade and cooperation between its members.

Twelfth graders discover the role of the International Monetary Fund. They use the internet to answer questions about the organization. They discuss the positive and negatives associated with the IMF.

Twelfth graders explore real world investing and the effects of day to day decisions on their financial futures.

Students analyze information from core map and other sources and construct routes from New York and Boston to Cincinnati as they might have existed in 1835.