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Serving Up Reality

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Learners consider the factors that go into running a restaurant and examine how the restaurant industry impacts the economy of the United States. They create skeleton proposals for new restaurants and consider the costs of this type of business.

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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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