Students represent a specific interest in the business community and present a plan to develop a 4 square mile area into a productive venture that benefit the community.

Students have the unique opportunity to analyze actual data collected by field researchers They research to see whether holding clear title made a difference in farmers' willingness to invest in capital improvements that would increase...

Students select a favorite family recipe and research the recipe and its ingredients using a variety of sources on the Internet. Each student then creates a recipe flyer for a class cookbook that includes their recipe and the historical...

Pupils explore the concept of sales tax and discounts. For this sales tax and discounts lesson, students pretend to gamble in groups to win fake money. Pupils must tax their winnings. Students collect receipts. Pupils discuss the taxes...

Students take a closer look at the global industrial economy. In this current events lesson, students listen to a lecture about the infrastructure of the global economy, specifically how it affects Britain's Rover company. Students...

Students use organizational skills and involve youth in the planning of their school and home recycling project. They brainstorm to find the most efficient way to set up a recycling collection system

Students read a book about prejudices that occur in our daily lives. They describe characters in the book. Students discuss real life events of World War II and the Holocaust. Students simulate hiding Jews from the German soldiers. ...

High schoolers examine active chemicals that are in marine invertebrates and how they act to fight diseases.  In this marine lesson students identify three pharmacologically-active chemicals, describe their disease fighting action...

Students learn about productive resources along with their requirements, supply and demand, savings, investments and interest rates. In this supply and demand lesson, students create a career plan and personal budget of their own and...

Students read Number the Stars. In this social studies lesson, students read the story and use a map of western Europe and identify the countries involved in the war. Students locate the cities of Denmark that are discussed in the story.

Students color the Middle East Nations of OPEC on outline maps. They discuss and watch a video about the United States reliance on oil producing nations of the Middle East. They participate in a discussion of the problems of the gas...

Young scholars explore mass media by completing worksheets in class. In this consumerism instructional activity, students discuss the meaning behind advertisements and how they are used in television, the Internet and print. Young...

Young scholars read about the importance of packaging foods and related items properly and reducing waste. In this packaging lesson, students read the background information about packaging and bring a variety of packaging materials to...

Fourth graders assume different jobs of a community and understand the terms goods, services, producer, and consumer. In this community lesson plan, 4th graders answer short answer questions to show their knowledge of the terms.

Students explore the impact of cotton. In this economics instructional activity, students listen to a lecture presented by their instructor on the Southern crop of cotton and its impact on the South prior to and following the Civil War....

In this word problem worksheet, students endeavor to logically discover the answers to some common-sense equations. Three out of four questions pertain to real-world situations with the fourth asking for number products.

Pupils predict a future for Gary, IN and US Steel Works. They explain how their own town would change if US Steel built this large of a facility in it and discuss why or shy not their town would have been an alternative to choosing Gary.

Students review newspaper want ads and note information about wages and salaries. They identify the jobs, wages, salaries and fringe benefits from the ads. Students explain why people work for others and the importance of wages,...

Students are introduced to the goals of abolitionists throughout history. In groups, they use the internet to discover the purpose of the Underground Railroad and why there were bus boycotts in the 1960s. They compare and contrast the...

Middle schoolers construct a simple robotic energy transformer. In this space science lesson, students explain how energy is transformed from one form to another. They identify the different uses of robotic devices.

Students work together to build their own fish ecosystems. As a class, they share their prior knowledge about catfish and use a diagram to label its body parts. They record their observations of the ecosystem and determine what they...

Learners explore jobs related to agriculture. In this technology/agriculture lesson, students recognize the importance of natural resources and agriculture on the use of Range Rambler software. Learners complete an experiment and a...

Fifth graders discuss the royal wedding. In this economy lesson, 5th graders take opposite sides of who should pay for the royal wedding, and hold a debate. Students discuss the meaning of debt and do a synonym match.

Young scholars identify at least three pharmacologically- active chemicals derived from marine invertebrates. They describe the disease-fighting action of at least three pharmacologically-active chemicals derived from marine invertebrates.