Fourth graders discuss their success and failures. They write a short essay on what they have been taught about the personal and ethical skills needed to work with a diverse group of people. Students discuss in small groups to determine...

Pupils review concepts related to market structures and competition. Using supply and demand, they identify what factors cause them to shift and analyze business downward facing demand curves. They compare and contrast the abilities of...

How did Tanzania transition from a socialist to a market economic system? This challenging group research project has scholars examining the change through these structural adjustment policies: trade liberalization, privatization, cost...

Students create a storybook about Texas missions including the history of why they were built. They research and create pictures depicting how and why the missions were built. They write and illustrate the primary groups of people found...

Let your learners know how our economy works, what taxation is, and how Public Choice Theory affects the economics of taxation. This is a comprehensive and well defined presentation that includes links to additional information provided...

Seventh graders create goals using two or more skills they have identified to help them improve academic achievement. They discuss the question: What choices do you make that affect your grades? Students listen to the story of Sam the...

Open-ended and intriguing, a writing prompt about two people from history is sure to get your young scholars thinking. Have them choose two historical figures, and after brainstorming their similarities and differences, successes and...

In this Mormon settlements worksheet, students read the poster about the settlement of Salt Lake City. Students then determine if the settlement was a success or failure based on what they learned in the poster.

Students become aware of the level of the impact on the current and future socio-economic structures of sub-Saharan Africa by the AIDS pandemic.

Young scholars examine how he world eats breakfast. In this food choices lesson, students work in groups to list breakfast foods and their ingredients and find goods and consumers on the list. The, young scholars use the Internet to...

Students compare and contrast American and Canadian plans for government. In this government lesson, students analyze the text and impact of the Articles of Confederation and the Confederation of Canada. Students compose essays...

Pupils imagine themselves as the captain of the CSS Alabama and they are to stop all Yankee traffic, taking prisoners and sinking merchant ships. They write a couple of paragraphs stating their view of the purpose of the CSS Alabama.

Students analyze the create of Loma Linda. In this Western expansion lesson, students look at the development of a resort in the desert and how a town is begun.

Students examine how trade can be a vehicle for the alleviation of poverty. They conduct Internet research, analyze organizations that help to alleviate poverty, and create a business plan for a micro business for a developing economy.

Students focus on the role played by a nation's institutions in generating creativity, invention and innovation, and analyzes how innovation promotes the economic growth that raises standards of living and alleviates poverty.

A scholarly paper written for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review looks at the causes of bank failures in the Great Depression, and how these failure rates were reflected across the country. Very detailed. [pdf]

[Free Registration/Login Required] A structured academic controversy opportunity to peruse and analyze documents to ignite a debate over the success or failure of the New Deal.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In the Civil War and Reconstruction unit, students engage in contentious historiographic debates about the period: Was Lincoln a racist? Was Reconstruction a success or failure? Was John Brown a...