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China: Commodities Consumption
Learners examine the changes that have occured in China's economy. They identify areas of competition between the United States and China. They use the internet to gather more information.
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Exploring Area and Perimeter
Two students are blindfolded and each receives a cardboard square, one with pompoms glued around the edge and one with pompoms glued all over the surface. They identify what they feel. The class discusses perimeter and area of polygons....
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Youth and Society
Students discuss and research what children's lives throughout the world are like and consider factors that influence living conditions. Students compare child labor laws for the U.S. and other countries and identify ideal human rights.
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Campaign Finance Reform and Public Opinion
Learners discuss the issue of finance reform in political campaigns. Using the internet, they identify the positives and negatives of finance reform and research the problems associated with campaign fund-raising. They share their...
E Reading Worksheets
Main Idea Worksheet 5
Did you know that Marie Curie's papers, as well as her cookbook, are radioactive and stored in lead-lined boxes? Did you know that Nikola Tesla developed a death ray? Famous scientists and inventors are the subjects featured in a series...
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Coin Connections
Students examine the Illinois state quarter and review Lincoln and the fact that he is also on the penny. They color paper coins, identify their values, and create a money mobile. They play a Cent Sense game to practice which coins are...
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Give Me A "B"!
Students examine the North Dakota state quarter. They review the letter "b" and discuss "bison" and "the Badlands". In pairs, they identify items in paper bags that also start with a "b".
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Crater Creation
Students examine the Oregon state quarter and discuss how Crater Lake was formed-geologically and according to Native American legend. They practice making predictions and identifying the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
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Striking it Rich with Chemistry
Students identify the composition of different pennies. In this chemistry lesson, students use a post 1982 penny to observe chemical change. They explain how to turn a penny from copper to gold.
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The National Motto
Second graders examine the meaning of the national motto, "In God We Trust." In this national motto lesson, 2nd graders explain some of the reasons why people selected the motto for the nation after viewing and discussing a coins and a...
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The Fall of the Dollar
Young scholars synthesize the basic workings of the international market for foreign exchange, especially how exchange rates are determined, how the value of a nation's currency is connected to its international trade, and how...
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Unity Versus Diversity
Students explore the 50 State Quarters program and how it represents diversity and unity of the United States. In pairs, they examine quarter designs to gain information about the culture of each state. Students create charts to...
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Power of the People
Students determine the meaning of democracy and investigate accomplishments of a number of United States presidents. They look at images of the presidential one dollar coins before they determine how the job of the president differs from...
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Debt and Deficits
Students identify, research and interpret the national debt and deficits of the past through today and why it has risen significantly in the last 20 years. They analyze the size and impacts and discuss the various policy measures for...
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Create Your Own Native American Board Game
Young scholars are asked to identify different parts of the Monopoly game. They discuss the different tokens, the play money, the houses, and the different places. Students are asked to hypothesize why the creator of the game, Charles...
National First Ladies' Library
What Does It Mean to Give Your Time?
High schoolers identify and consider what it means to sacrifice time and effort in helping others. Then they decide areas where their help may be needed, and pursue this area in the local community. Students also search the World Wide...
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The Rich Ruler
Fourth graders explore religion by reading passages in class. In this Christianity lesson, 4th graders identify the Feudal System and discuss the opinion Jesus had about the system and how he instructed people to live. Students cite...
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Coin Collecting Boy Scout Merit Badge Workbook
In this Boy Scout coin collecting merit badge worksheet, students complete 5 pages of short answer questions about coins; how they are made, what they are made of, and points about collecting them. They read a numismatic magazine or...
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What Can You Do?
Students explore reasons for the destruction of the wetlands and identify ways people can help protect them. They create and design a wetlands conservation poster to be presented to the class.
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Everybody Fiesta: A Unit on Hispanic Celebrations
Students examine the various types of celebrations in the Hispanic culture. Using the internet, they research customs and traditions of the culture and identify important members of society who are hispanic. They are also introduced to...
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NUMB3RS Activity: Financial Futures
High schoolers discuss the calculated risk example in Numb3rs about a businesswoman from a company that made its money trading in futures. They use a formula given by the teacher to compute the estimated value of an investment after...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Time and Money
Students, while reviewing an extensive list of vocabulary terms, explore how to convert dates to numeric form with correct pronunciation. In pairs, after modeling of examples, they convert several dates to numbers.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Concepts of Time and Money
Students, after reviewing the vocabulary words on the board and being shown several examples, in pairs practice naming the months, days of the week and their abbreviations in order.
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Quarter Conservation
Students participate in a demonstration of what it means to "conserve" using a snack provided to them. They examine the California state quarter, John Muir, and the "conservation". They identify other things they can conserve.