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Dramatic Dilemmas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers read The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, and develop skits that deal with projecting possible long-term impacts of decisions, and taking risks.
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Making Good Decisions

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice balancing different interests involved in solving social problems, looking for the most realistic solution based on the advantages and disadvantages. They also consider the concept of compromise.
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Samuel's Choice - Social Studies Using Children's Literature

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read a book about independence, freedom, and slavery. Students create a story map of the book. They research the causes of the Civil War. Students write a newspaper article from the point of view of an American colonist.
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Teaching Nutrition Using the Food Guide Pyramid

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore how to make healthy eating choices. There are goals included for students to meet by the end of fifth grade.
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Breakfast: Healthy for Me and Healthy for the Environment

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students develop criteria for a healthy and environmentally friendly breakfast and use these criteria to design a breakfast menu. They use a decision chart to evaluate their choices which is imbedded in this plan.
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All About Money Curriculum

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in different pre-lessons to examine the role of individuals and neighborhoods. They also discover the role of the IMF and nations around the world.
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Scarcity and Opportunity Cost - To Choose Is To Refuse

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students are introduced to scarcity and opportunity costs. They discuss how different societies allocate their resources differently based on their needs. Illustrating trade offs, they create a production possibility frontier. They...
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Fairness

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore and discuss the concept of fairness and what all is involved when your trying to be fair to everyone around you along with your family. They analyze why fairness is an ethical value that is hard to define clearly....
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What is a Stock? or, Who Owns McDonald's?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore profit and risk. In this economics lesson, students read about McDonald's and Nabisco stock and discuss the risks and rewards of stock ownership. Printable worksheets ask questions about rights of stock owners and the...
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Is the Tassle Worth the Hassle?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students analyze the costs of college education. In this economics lesson, students discuss the concept of opportunity cost as it relates to obtaining a college degree to secure a job.
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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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Dance Decisions

For Students 5th
In this making decisions learning exercise, 5th graders look over two charts/tables involving dance decisions and answer six mathematical questions relating to the charts/tables.
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Money Smart Teens

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students plan positive goals for spending resources and understand why not to spend. In this financial planning lesson, students set up personal spending plans based on their resources and their long term plans. Students plan for...
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Making Good Decisions

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students read an article. In this problem solving lesson, students read an article where they must solve the problem presented. Students work in groups to discuss the issue and come up with a way to solve the problem.
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More Simulations: Decisions, Decisions! and Flat Stanley

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students investigate the concepts related to instructing students using Flat Stanley in the Social Studies classroom. They examine the different instructional materials and are shown how to present the material to class. The focus is...
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The REAL Cost of College

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the cost of college and how to plan and save. In this money management lesson students do research on the cost of college, learn about making financial choices, earning, spending, saving, investing and how they apply to...

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