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Trade Creates Opportunities for Individuals

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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.

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micro business, poverty alleviation, trade, social studies
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Grade
7th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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