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I Grow, You Buy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write letters to Ghanaian students comparing their lives to their own. They discover the chocolate farmers role in the chocolate chain and discover how their choices affect others around the world.
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What's It Like to Live in Mim?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use photos and accounts of daily life in Mim to explore what life is like for adults and students involved with cocoa farming. They compare Mim with their own home towns or villages.
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Consumer Power

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the labels on their own clothes to determine where they were made and think about important factors when shopping for different items. They figure how much the person who makes their sneakers would get and complete a...
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Fighting for Fair Farming

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider various economic terms, examine the impact of subsidies on farmers and other industries, write essays explaining the subsidy process, and illustrate through posters how subsidies affect both domestic and foreign markets.
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Who Knew What When?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students define words of relevance to the stock market and fair trading. They explore the significant events surrounding the charges brought against Martha Stewart as a means of learning how the stock market is governed.
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Money Matters

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make fair trades and exchanges of their money in order to have practical experiences with the essential "rules" of our place value system. They create groupings of tens, hundreds, thousands using play money and place value...
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Cuba Embargo

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
President John F. Kennedy bought 1,200 Cuban cigars the night before he enacted the Cuban trade embargo in 1962. Should the United States maintain the embargo? Using the website, pupils explore the topic to prepare for a class debate or...
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The Sanitary Commission

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study women's fund raising efforts during the Civil War era. They participate in a shared reading about the Sanitary Commission and analyze a political cartoon about women's contributions to the Sanitary Fair. They write...
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Cyber Bullies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research cyber safety. In this technology lesson, students create a PowerPoint slide show for a Cyber Safety Fair. Students research cyber safety by using various suggested websites.
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Drought, nomads and the price of peanuts

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students read two short text items, which describe different approaches to agriculture. They describe the likely advantages and disadvantages of each approach for farmers, commercial peanut buyers, the government, nomadic herdsman and...
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International Monetary Fund

For Teachers 12th
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.
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Travelers for Trade and Global Peace

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Students explore the resources in other countries. In this communities lesson plan, students examine characteristics of their community to those of other communities. Students examine Canada, El Salvador, and India and their natural...
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Compare the Lives of Ordinary Farmers and Members of Kuapa Kokoo

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the lives of farmers and members of the Kuapa Kokoo tribe. They analyze the importance of chocolate in their society and discover the importance of fair trade and co-operatives.
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Environment or Economy?

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students develop counterarguments to John Mizzoni's article on business sustainability. In this economics vs. environment lesson, students present examples of greenwashing and support them with rationale. They also discuss whether carbon...
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Donut Dinero

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students set up a classroom currency exchange and explore the idea of bartering to get what they want. They create a monetary unit that is based on fractions and multiples of a standard unit, and compare this system to the U.S. monetary...
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The Constitution

For Students 6th - 12th
Supreme Court justices debate the meaning of the US Constitution, but we expect teachers to explain it to scholars with far less training and experience. A daunting task for sure, but it's not insurmountable with resources that simplify...
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Homonyms Exercise

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this homonyms worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with either the fair, fit, kind, pretty, fit, last, still, however, or long. Students fill in 16 sentences and match 4 words to their 2 meanings.
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Jamestown Journey Part 3

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the economy of Jamestown. In this early settlers lesson, 4th graders read about the trade between the English and the natives in Jamestown. This lesson is part of a larger unit and coincides with the novel The Double...
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The Interconnectedness of Ancient Peoples Map Study

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders begin this lesson by viewing various maps of the Ancient World. As a class, they take notes on the changes of different areas in Europe and Asia as their teacher lectures to them. They answer questions about the...
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Giant Fast Food - McTwisted

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover the basics of Trademark Law understanding that companies are very protective of their trademarks and trade dress. Companies should be contacted for permission to derive their products. After obtaining permission,...
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Pocahontas

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students, after studying about Pocahontas, identify ways they can deal fairly with others. Given various scenarios, students demonstrate proper social skills. They describe their contributions of peace to their family, school and community.
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Making $ents

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete several activities that give them opportunities to practice and model strategies that help them count money. They read The Penny Pot storybook; they play a trading game with various coins. They participate in a...
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Canaan and Ancient Israel

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Planning for your next activity on ancient Israel, but not sure where to start? Check out this assortment of activities to help get the ball rolling. It includes a range of ideas on topics, such as Greek and Egyptian mythology,...
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How Can We Make Businesses Safe And Effective?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete several lessons in order to gain an overview of various facets of business. They read books about business, identify business careers that are of interest to them, write letters to local business leaders, listen...

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