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Seeking a Balance in International Trade: Pacific Rim Import-Export Transactions Activity

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explain the concepts of marketing, comparative advantage and the uses of monetary policy to affect markets.
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Primary History Ancient Greeks Extension Activity: Home Life

For Students 5th - 10th
In this primary history worksheet, students sharpen their research skills as they study the home life of ancient Greeks. Students select 1, 2, 3, or 4 extension projects to complete.
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Package Those Foods!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Designing the right package — it's more than a pretty picture. Challenge small groups to design a food package. They must consider the type of food they are packaging and the package's ability to control the physical and...
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Buy Low, Sell High

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students investigate the stock market and investing in corporate stocks by creating an investment portfolio. They develop database worksheets that track their stock's performance over a specified period of time. Students use their...
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Rising and Falling Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore outcomes from the conversion of fractions to decimals in stock market quotes and explore fluctuating interest rates using an amortization calculator.
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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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Why Does Money Have Value?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study money and its value and usage in the world today. In this economic lesson, students research money as they learn what it stands for, why it is important, how it is valued and what it represents in the United States.
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Vikings

For Students 4th - 8th
In this Vikings worksheet, students read a passage on the Vikings, answer short answer questions, draw, and research the internet. Students complete 4 activities.
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Contestable Markets

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students examine the issue of contestable markets. They investigate the low cost airlines industry and evaluate how far the market exhibits the characteristics of a contestable market.
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The Labour Market: Flexibility

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars divide into groups to research and produce a short summary outlining the operation of the labour market in the UK. They use supply and demand diagrams to illustrate their discussion.
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Turn Your Radio On

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
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.
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Financial Forces: Understanding Taxes and Inflation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Take the opportunity to offer your young adults some important financial wisdom on the way taxes and inflation will affect their lives in the future. Through discussion and review of different real-world scenarios provided...
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Lesson 2 How Do You Find Stock Symbols?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students practice finding stock symbols by company, industry, and country. Stock symbols are necessary to find company information such as stock charts, news, and financial data on the Internet.
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Seed to Market

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers research using a variety of materials and technology. They explain the specifics of growing crops. They use mathematics in common business calculations.
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On Market Street

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study basic facts about consumers and consumer goods. The book "On Market Street" is used in this lesson.
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Market Structure: Oligopolies

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students view a PowerPoint presentation on oligopolistic market structures. They conduct further research on a specific industry and comment on the extent to which it represents characteristics of an oligopolistic market structure.
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I've Been Branded!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
How many pairs of Nikes® or Apple® products are in the average American home? What makes someone buy one particular type of laundry detergent over another? Scholars grapple with these questions as they develop a list of brands they use...
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Malaysia: Foreign Investment Returns

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the Malaysian economy and the effect of the SARS epidemic. They conduct research, write an editorial evaluating Malaysia's proposed budget for 2004, and develop an advertising campaign to promote business in Malaysia.
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Agriculture- It's More Than You Think

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students research careers in agriculture. In this agricultural instructional activity, students discover the various careers related to agriculture. Students construct resumes and "apply" for agricultural jobs.
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Researching Stocks on New York Stock Exchange

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research to find background information and stock history over the last year about a company listed on the NYSE. They evaluate whether or not they should "invest" in that company. They write a persuasive essay outlining...
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From Genes to Jeans

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This unit of lessons is designed for 7th through 9th graders. They are introduced to the world of agriculture and the genetic research and various technologies that are associated with agriculture. Pupils work together to come up with a...
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Talking about Advertising

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine tools and techniques of advertising. In this advertising instructional activity, students view ads, disvuss common terms used, and analyze techniques. Students are presented with situations and must design and...
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Pooper Scooper

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Science Students build a pooper scooper tool that helps them clean up after a dog without getting their hands dirty or their noses too close. They research the diseases that can be transported through animal waste and work in teams to...
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Introduction to Earning Interest: Middle School

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Does your bank pay you for allowing them to hold your money? Class members research three different ways they can earn money using money already in the bank. Topics include certificates of deposit, statement savings accounts, and...