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Worksheet
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Dividing by 4 and 5

For Students 3rd - 4th
Students will practice dividing European amounts of money by 4 and 5. These 30+ division problems would be great practice for students to complete as homework.
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Lesson Plan
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Mint Condition

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the old currencies used by the twelve countries adopting the euro in 2002. They explore the national identity of those countries through the symbols preserved on the 'national face' of the new euro currency.
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Organizer
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Regional Economic Multipliers

For Students 7th - 9th
In this European Union economics worksheet, students examine economically disadvantaged countries in the EU as they complete a graphic organizer.
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Lesson Plan
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The European Union

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders perform research related to the concept of the European Union. By becoming familiar with the Union they comprehend the advantages and disadvantages of the governmental structure.
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Lesson Plan
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The European Union 3

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify countries in the European Union (EU).They consider the positives and negatives of group membership. Students create a mock governing body for their school and make a membership ID.
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Geography: Where on Earth Are the Postage Stamp Countries?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research the six European "postage stamp" (small) countries and research interesting facts about them. In groups, they are assigned to one of the six countries of Andorra, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, or...
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Christopher Columbus, Entrepreneur? Queen Isabella, Venture Capitalist?

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
What did it take to embark on a journey to unknown lands? Perhaps ambition, but also money! Christopher Columbus had to approach more than one European monarch for financing before he could sail the ocean blue. A read-along play and...
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Worksheet
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The Euro and EMU

For Students 9th - 12th
In this European Union (EU) worksheet, students respond to 9 short answer and 5 fill in the blank questions about the Euro and the EMU.
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Common Core Sheets

Voyages of Columbus

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Learn the life of Christopher Columbus with the help of a timeline. Young historians interpret Columbus' life story from birth to death, and answer questions to reinforce comprehension. 
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PPT
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The Renaissance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Get out a clean sheet of paper and get ready to take notes on the Italian Renaissance. Kids can easily follow along as you progress through each informative slide. They'll take notes on humanism, classical learning, city-states, and...
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Lesson Plan
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Post-settlement landscape evolution

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students use this example, a field laboratory in introductory geology becomes a test of a hypothesis: Does the model proposed by Stanley Trimble for Coon Creek, Wisconsin adequately describe the history of post-European-settlement...
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Lesson Plan
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Euro Cent Trick

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the positive and negative aspects of the currency switch to the euro in eleven European countries as of January 1, 1999. They research the previous currencies of the eleven countries and create posters illustrating...
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Lesson Plan
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Lives of Native Americans and Settlers

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students assess the effect of contact between the Native Americans and Europeans after 1492. They explore the lives of the early European colonists and the Native Americans living along the East Coast of North America. Lesson contains...
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Lesson Plan
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Countries of South America

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars focus on the geography of the countries of South America. Using a map, they identify the European countries who claimed the South American countries and research the influences they had on South America. To end the...
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Lesson Plan
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Tapokadooa: How the Dawes Act Affected Northern Paiute Children's Lives

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate the Dawes Act and understand its effects on the Paiute Indians. In this Paiute lesson plan, students recognize that many Native Americans lost their land and money after the Dawes Act. Students dissect a worksheet...
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CIVICS/CURRENT EVENTS

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars choose to either make an exhibit of posters of pictures about Darfur, or write a letter to the local newspaper regarding Darfur, or plan a concert, party, or bake sale to raise money for refugees. They write a poem...
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Exploring Virtual Europe

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research the geography, government, climate, history, economy, and culture of a European country. They select a country in Europe, explore various websites, and complete a worksheet.
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Lesson Plan
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What Is A Percent

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore percents, fractions, decimals and integers. Given coins, they lay out the correct denomination of coins to match the amount written on the board. Students compete to determine who can make the proper change at...
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Lesson Plan
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The Euro: Classroom Exercises

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine trade between the United States and the European Union. In this costs of goods lesson plan, students conduct research to identify the costs of goods made in the EU in America and the cost of goods made in America in the EU.
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Lesson Plan
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Solving Equations (Multiplication and Division)

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders, after explaining in writing the steps they would take to solve 4+x-2=6 as a warm up, solve multiplication/division equations using manipulative's. They generalize a method to problem solving with coins.
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Lesson Plan
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Jamestown Journey Part 1

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work to solve one of the major problems facing the Jamestown settlers, the best location to settle upon arrival in Jamestown. Students discuss and review the past European and American events that lead to the...
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Lesson Plan
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The Language of Algebra

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students compare the language of algebra to a foreign language. They play the game "Pictionary" to emphasize that pictures can represent words. After writing definitions and discussing the meaning of variable expressions, students, in...
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Corn in Ancient America

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the importance of corn to the survival of early civilizations of the Americas. Through research and discussion activities, they read and describe how corn was used as food and currency in early civilizations. ...
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Monetary Mania

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students participate in an online quiz program that reviews economic concepts and vocabulary. They apply concepts learned through the International Money Fund Center.