Students play a game called Money Matters using cut out representatives of pennies, nickels, and dimes.

Students debate the issues of economic prosperity, cultural preservation and environmental preservation by examining the development of land in the Bahamas.

Learners explore the need for money in a society and the artificial value of coin and paper currencies. They design their own coin and paper currency.

Eleventh graders examine why pioneer society needed a uniform medium of exchange -- not so much among themselves, but for use with non-Mormon suppliers and California immigrants.

Oh my! Life after death, but how? Learn all about the ancient Egyptian custom of mummification. Each colorful slide provides a how and why related to burial customs, Egyptian religious beliefs, and the process of mummification. A great...

Called the Eight Wonder of the World by some and the Big Ditch by others, the Panama Canal is indeed an engineering marvel. The long, complicated, and sometimes controversial history of the canal is captured in a presentation loaded with...

Junior archaeologists examine types of artifacts from the Bronze Age on the internet. In collaborative groups, they create a story about a ship from this period and then construct a model of the ocean floor after their ship has sunk....

In this current events instructional activity, students analyze political cartoons featuring the use of clichés. Students respond to 2 talking point questions.

In this ESL learning exercise, learners first read an article about rumors of diamonds being washed ashore in India. Students complete all or some of the 100 exercises and activities pertaining to the article. Included are vocabulary,...

Students participate in an archaeological excavation to determine how archeologists make inferences about various cultures. They reconstruct the site using layers of drawings. They discuss the kinds of information they learned.

Young scholars complete a service project. In this philanthropy lesson, students gather with their families to discuss how they can give to others. Young scholars and their families prepare jars of dried soup mix that will be...

Learners explore the implications of the "Great Enterprise." In this Panama Canal activity, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding President Teddy Roosevelt and Panama Canal. Learners respond to...

In this English worksheet, students read "Four Dead in Indian "Diamond" Hunt," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection