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Interest Rates

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Use a KWL chart and discussion to explore the concept behind loans with interest based on percentage rates. Learners examine different types of interest, the history of interest loans and calculate the costs of a loan over a ten-year period. This lesson ties into bank failure that led to the Great Depression.

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debt, loans, the 1930s, the great depression, percents

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1930s, debt, loans, the great depression, percentages, calculating interest, bank failure, math
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Grade
5th - 8th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
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