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Inflation and Money

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the relationship between inflation and money. Defining key terms, they define money in terms of its functions and give examples of money. They discover what happens when inflation occurs unexpectedly. They also examine...
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The National Economy - Measures and Models

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students review economic goals and evaluate progress in achieving those goals. They focus on equity, efficiency, economic freedom and growth. They provide and example of a production decision for the economy as a whole.
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Peanut Butter Broccoli - Creating New Produce Through Genetic Selection

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders understand that traits are inherited and change over time. For this physical traits lesson, 5th graders compare produce items for similar traits. Students create large graphs to show their results. Students discuss genetic...
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4-H Swine Activity Page

For Students 4th - 8th
In this 4-H swine activity page worksheet, students study the parts of a hog, complete a swine word search, complete a career scavenger hunt, and develop a swine budget. They also read pig facts and learn how to select a hog while...
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Oklahoma's Berry Best

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Ask your learners to complete activities related to Oklahoma's agriculture, berries in particular. The instructional activity is cross-curricular and has class members investigate an article about berries, write an acrostic poem, and...
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Breaking News English: Coca Cola

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Coca Cola worksheet, learners read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
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Micro Economics - Personal Budgeting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the real world as it relates to money and how people use it. In this money management lesson, students jump into the real world as they role play with money through spending, saving, being married, single, having...
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Vanished Occupations: Life on an Iron Plantation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners analyze photographs to understand life on a plantation.  In this vanished occupations lesson, students examine why iron plantations were created and what natural resources were needed to make iron. Learners compare the...
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Inspirational Mapping for the Corps of Discovery

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use a computer software entitled, Inspiration, in order to create a map or web of what Lewis and Clark should have packed for their journey west. They are given the expectations of the teacher and a scoring guide is...
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Fifth Grade Social Studies Multiple Choice Practice

For Teachers 5th
In this grade 5 social studies worksheet, 5th graders complete a set of 17 multiple choice questions about a variety of topics. An answer key is included.
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Alphabet Mittens

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this alphabet awareness activity, students cut out fifty-two mittens with uppercase and lowercase letters on each one. Students shuffle the pictures and practice matching up the uppercase letter to its lowercase letter.
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Economics: Incentives, Profit, and the Entrepreneur

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discuss both positive and negative economic incentives. In this lecture-based activity, they examine a simulation about profiteering drug companies and what might happen if the FDA controlled drug production.
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Mary Ann Patten: Clipper Ship Heroine

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Pupils explore the history of clipper ships and about the historical time frame surrounding the origin of clipper ships. They read historical accounts of voyages and write letters describing the conditions of Mary Patten's voyage.
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CHAIN OF EVENTS

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars, exercising knowledge, reasoning and communication complete a chart that is well-organized and well-detailed. They assess the Economic concepts of supply and demand and how that relates to production and sales. In...
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International Trade, Part I, Protectionism

For Students 9th - 12th
In this economics worksheet, students define economic terms related to international trade and diagram domestic trade problems.
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Fitness Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop skills and a comfort level in interpreting economic concepts through graphic analysis.
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Payment Parliament

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate how the economy works by role playing in their class.  In this money management lesson, students read parts from a script for use in a role playing lesson simulating the Federal Reserve and their payment...
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Property Rights: Soviet Farms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the problems with the collectivized agriculture program in the Soviet Union. They listen to a teacher-led lecture, participate in a property rights scenario activity, create a plan for maximizing the value of land, and...
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Agriculture Careers

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study the careers available in the agricultural field. In this agriculture field lesson, students study the jobs required to getting a food product into someone's kitchen. Students select an agriculture career from a list and...
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PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, AND INCENTIVES

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders design a web page. They include features he or she would typically like to see when visiting web pages. They title the topic of the web page "Features That Make a Great Web Site." They explain that there are incentives...
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Determinants of Supply and Demand Worksheet

For Students 11th - 12th
In this economics worksheet, students respond to writing prompt questions about supply and demand issues in the world economy today.
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The Future of China's Economic System

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore China's economic system and the future of the system. They define economic terms, research websites to find examples of how China is developing into a mixed economy system and how it competes with the U.S. for...
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Protecting the Guatemalan Rainforest through Certification

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine criteria that may be involved in forest certification.  In this rainforest lesson students create a brochure to educate people on the benefits of buying certified forest products.
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Eco the Gecko and the Story of Economics

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the basic concepts of economics through a puppet called Eco the Gecko.