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Cartoons for the Classroom: General Motors Bailout
Bestow background in big business bailouts on your scholars with this political cartoon analysis handout. Two cartoons focus on the General Motors bankruptcy, and its effect on American taxpayers. Background information gives context for...
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Don't Know Much About Hoyt
Hoyt Axton is a great artist, but he is often overlooked. Use this quiz to test your learners' knowledge of Axton. There are 10 multiple-choice questions on this worksheet. Note: You can print this out, or have your class take the quiz...
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Public Education
Your pupils may not know that school was not always required. Teach them a bit about the history of public education with a reading passage and related questions.
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Constitution Basics and Political Spectrum
Have learners try their hands at an online quiz. There are 32 multiple choice questions all related to the three branches of the US government. Questions regarding US economics are also included.
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What's a Good Job?
Upper graders almost always stress about life after high school. To ease the transition to adult life, discuss how to select a job to meet personal needs. Two writing prompts are included to help learners consider what they'd like to do...
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Markups and Markdowns Word Problems - Independent Practice Worksheet
Need practice with markups and markdowns? Use the resource along with its three counterparts to discover how the price of an item changes when given a percent increase or decrease.
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Markups and Markdowns Word Problems - Matching Worksheet
Show learners how math is all around them with a instructional activity that practices with percentage change. Match the eight problems regarding markups and markdowns to the answer choices, and see if they are ready to start...
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First Amendment Rights
Learners consider the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. They do this by viewing a seven-slide PowerPoint presentation the First Ammendment and the Bill of Rights. Once you have shown the presentation, hold a class discussion...
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Reading A Pay Stub
Students complete the included activity sheet related to reading a pay stub and calculating deductions. Once the activity sheet has been checked, students demonstrate their knowledge of the vocabulary associated with the lesson through...
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Causes of the American Revolution
Students recognize the taxation of the American colonists by the British led to the revolution. They participate in or analyze a performance of an 18th-century song and then discuss its meaning and craft.
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Unemployment
Twelfth graders evaluate the state of the economy and develop a definition for unemployment. In groups, they read an article about how the economy affects society and discuss how it affects them. Individually, they research the types...
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Percent and Percentage Problems
In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, learners solve application problems involving percents, percent error, and percent of increase or decrease. The two page worksheet contains a combination of fourteen multiple choice and free...
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TV ATTACK ADS AND THE VOTER
High schoolers read about the history of negative political advertisements in U.S. elections. In this politics lesson, students view several ads for opposing candidates and analyze and discuss the content. High schoolers write scripts...
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Benford's Law
In this Benford's Law learning exercise, high schoolers read about the first digit frequency of numbers. Students solve 3 problems about sunspot numbers, solar wind magnetism and the depth of the latest earthquakes by using on line sites...
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Why Do Gasoline Prices React to Things That Have Not Happened?
Students investigate how the price of gas is determined. For this economics lesson, students analyze supply and demand and seasonal demand, create tables and graphs and reflect on consumer expectations.
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Investigating School Safety and Slope
Learners investigate the slope of various stairways through a "news report" approach and employ mathematical knowledge of applied slope to report on wheelchair accessibility and adherence to Americans with Disabilities Act. They...
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Proportions and Percents
In this Algebra I instructional activity, 9th graders use proportions to solve problems involving percents. The one page instructional activity contains a combination of ten multiple choice and free response problems. Answers...
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The Constitution (1781–1815)
In this online interactive history activity, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about the U.S. Constitution. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive activity.
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Percents: What's the Use
Middle schoolers research percentages in real world situations. For this percents lesson, students demonstrate their ability to apply percents to everyday situations. Middle schoolers communicate mathematically by conducting interviews...
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Finding the Percent of Something
This PowerPoint demonstrates the process of finding the percent of a given number. The slides contain various word problems and questions that viewers must find the answer to. This slide show is interactive and allows the middle...
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Value of Education: Education and Earning Power
Students explore the earning power of someone with a post-high school education. In this education and income lesson, students evaluate examples of occupations, their salaries, and education level needed for the job. Students calculate...
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Daniel Shays and the Constitution
Young scholars contrast the diverse views of Connecticut River Valley people in the years before, during, and after the Revolution.
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Should Fitness Be Mandatory?
Students examine a website for viewpoints on fitness as a legal issue. They form positions on communal responsibility vs. personal freedoms and present to the class their positions.
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Huey Long-"Every Man a King"
Students examine the governorship of Huey Long. They view and discuss Ken Burn's documentary, "Huey Long," read and discuss a speech, conduct Internet research, and create a visual display of their research information.
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