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Third Grade Social Studies

For Teachers 3rd
In this social studies worksheet, 3rd graders complete multiple choice questions on the Pilgrims, government, economics, and more. Students complete 25 questions.
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Money Matters to Me

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore economics by identifying financial goals. In this consumerism lesson, 4th graders discuss money matters and how to conserve an income when they get older in order to achieve their goals. Students collaborate in...
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Arkansas- Economic System

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate how the six natural regions of Arkansas work together to form the economic system of the state. They read a paragraph and articles about the state and complete an activity that demonstrates interdependence. They...
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Council for Economic Education

Using an Excel Checkbook

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High school is the time that many scholars get their first jobs. Help young entrepreneurs apply economic principles to crucial skills for their new jobs and for functioning in society in general. They use Excel to balance a checkbook by...
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Home Work

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify and examine domestic work, skills, and crafts, they find various arenas of traditional learning in their homes and daily lives. They identify experts at home and in their region whose skills contribute to building...
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Explorations in Economic Demand, Part I

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students examine a scenario set up for them about college and economics. They review what decisions are made and at what cost. They catalogue what should and shouldn't be bought as goods for the betterment of the whole picture or...
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Economic Choices for Exploring the Fronteir

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explain the hardship of economic limitations in Westward Expansion . They describe the effects of fluctuations in supply and demand. They put themselves in the place of pioneers hoping to build a homestead.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

History in Quilts

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners investigate the use of cloth-based art forms intended to pass down traditions and history. They research types of quilts, quilt characteristics and then identify how Freedom Quilts were historically used in the US.
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Nothing But Net: Understanding Your Take Home Pay

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Introduce your young adults to the important understanding that the money they receive from their paychecks is a net amount as a result of deductions from taxes. Other topics covered include federal, state, Medicare and social security...
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School Counseling and Home Economics

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders demonstrate the ability to select and evaluate media. Apply appropriate skills to collect, organize and interpret data. They research a variety of ways to make correct career choices.
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Teaching Economics Using LUNCH MONEY

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students, after reading the book "Lunch Money" by Andrew Clements, explore money and different saving places. They research different ways in which productivity has increased over the years, they examine products to determine if the...
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Economics, Ecology, & Ethics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils are introduced to the concepts of economics in a ethical way. In groups, they examine a shift in an economy and discover the effects of the shift. After reading an article, they evaluate it and they write their own conclusion to...
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Teaching Economics As If People Mattered

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars work together to brainstorm and answer questions related to economics. They compare and contrast the different types of wealth. They discuss how wealth is different than income.
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Ford's Revolution

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Industrialization and mechanization of products such as cars have deeply affected the US economy. The class discusses the affects of Ford's assembly line production of automobiles. They watch a video, fill out worksheets, and investigate...
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The Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1949

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the early years of the Cold War and the origins of containment. Both supporters as well as critics are probed to examine the differences that emerged in the months following the end of the war in Europe. This unit...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History

A Cry for Help in Alabama - 1934

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
What should be the role of the federal government during an economic crisis? That is the question at the center of this introduction to a study of the New Deal. Class members examine letters to the state government asking for help,...
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All Aboard!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students, in groups, create a display showing a "train trip" to a destination of their choice from a teacher-made list. They also answer a series of questions related to their trip. Groups present their displays.
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Poetry for Home: Homelessness

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read a poem to learn about homelessness. In this poetry lesson, students make a list of words about their home and then feelings about their home. Students read the poem 'When I Think Home' and then write their own version of...
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The Shape of Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the diversity among homes in the world. In this diversity lesson, students share the story "Connected to Everything" which features the story of a family that was forced to leave their land and move to a reservation....
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How To Make an Apple Pie and See the World

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Learners have a class discussion on how the variety of foods we use on a daily basis come from all over the world. They identify foods that they are familiar with that come from other places.
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Lesson: Ginger Brooks Takahashi: Powerstich: A Forum for Community-Building

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This is a great way to build community in your school, experience process-based art, and explore the critical-thinking process. While quilting as a class collectively (just like a quilting bee) pupils listen to poetry and prose of a...
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Stories in Quilts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Have your class analyze the narrative art in quilts. They identify elements in this domestic art and the stories they tell. They define a story quilt, view an example, and analyze the work of Harriet Power. This is a great instructional...
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The United States During World War II

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders comprehend what social and economics effect World War II on the home front of The United States, specifically in Texas. They are asked to react to rationing or a World War. Students complete the "Home Front: the United...
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Saving, Investing and the Invisible Hand

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine how the financial institutions of a market economy help channel savings to economic investment. They complete worksheets based on a teacher-led demonstration.

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