Lesson Plan
Curated OER

America's Heartland: Step-By-Step Lesson Guide

For Teachers 7th - 12th
An excellent resource gets kids looking at agricultural production to better understand the careers needed in distributing foods from the farm to the consumer. Book, poster, web, and video links are included for teacher use. There is...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where Does It Come From?

For Teachers 7th
Do you or your learners know where apples or potato chips come from? If not, you will after this lesson. To explore careers in agriculture, learners first examine the importance of agriculture to our nation. They view several movies...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Buying and Selling: Getting Cherries into a Pie

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Kids keep score as they take on the roles of buyers and sellers in an agribusiness introduction. They play the game for five rounds, each round is made different by having a new economic element added, a discussion follows. Everything...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Farming: It's a Fact

For Teachers 7th - 11th
What does it take to work in agribusiness? Conduct and explorative investigation which describes where our food dollars go, who makes money on what we buy, and jobs related to agriculture. The class plays an interactive game, analyzes a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Career Bingo

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore various careers in agriculture. As a class, they match careers with the definitions of jobs. Students create their own Bingo card by placing given pictures of careers on the paper. After several careers are discussed,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's About Supply and Demand

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Watch an Instructional Television (ITV) video and participate in a simulation to explore supply and demand and how those two forces affect price.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sleuthing A Writer's Skills

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars read The Train Ride Home by Robin Solomon. In this literature response lesson, students will inspect the writing of Solomon to determine how she established a certain tone through her word choice and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sleuthing a Writer's Skills

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the author's lively text to determine how she achieved her many literary effects. They discover the author's techniques in describing people and events, in setting tone, and in establishing pace. They reflect about the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Monetary Policy

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students develop an understanding of monetary policy. In this monetary policy lesson plan, students define economic indicators and specify the economic conditions they reflect. Students explain the three functions of the system and play...
eBook
Country Studies US

Country Studies: Germany: Christian Social Union

For Students 9th - 10th
Traces the history of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union party of Germany. Examines principles that make up the party and how it has emerged as a dominant force in German politics since WWII.
Lesson Plan
University of Nebraska Omaha

Ec Ed Web: Virtual Economics Web Companion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Virtual Economics Web Companion for K-12 economics and social studies teachers was created by the National Council on Economic Education. A wide variety of educational materials and lesson plans can be accessed through this site....
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: To Buy or Not to Buy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
While precise numbers are not known, it is believed the number of boycotts has grown markedly in the past fifty years. Consumers seem to be besieged by requests from special interest groups to refrain from buying certain goods and...
Lesson Plan
Organization for Community Networks

Academy Curricular Exchange: Supply and Demand

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan has students learning how markets fluctuate due to both consumers and suppliers.
Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Panic of 1837

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Panic of 1837.
Interactive
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: European Union

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an animated resource that lists countries that have joined the European Union. Includes dates and maps of the countries.
Website
USA Today

Usa Today: Money

For Students 9th - 10th
USA Today's Money section covers the very latest in domestic and world economic news. Coverage also includes in-depth articles and editorials.