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PBS

Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Ruth Handler

For Students 9th - 10th
A California stenographer created the doll that became an American icon and a multibillion-dollar business.
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Handout
Other

Management Control: The Cases of Daniel Mc Callum and Gustavus Swift

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll down to the paragraphs about Gustavus Swift for a description of his company's innovative organization that introduced vertical integration to the cattle business.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Ctso Recruitment for the "Tech Savvy"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Career Tech Student Organization (CTSO) should be an integral part of Commerce Information Technology courses. This lesson will allow students to take an active role in promoting their CTSO organization. This lesson is an ideal teamwork...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Did You Get the Message?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Advertising is the primary tool used by businesses to tell consumers about the goods and services they sell in the marketplace. Businesses also use advertising to try to convince consumers to buy what they are selling. Advertisements do...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Be an Ad Detective

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Every day, students are bombarded by advertising. They cannot escape it. But marketers realize that many ypung people are becoming very good at tuning ads out. Businesses thus are becoming more creative in their communication with...
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Article
Other

Wright State U: Many Industries Are Congealing Into Lineup of Few Dominant Firms

For Students 9th - 10th
This article examines the trend in many industries as mergers take place, leaving only a few dominant firms. As this changes, so does the role of government. (Published in the Wall Street Journal 03/08/1999)
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs (Affluenza): What Are Advertisers Selling

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What are advertisers really selling? Are there hidden messages in ads? In this lesson plan, learners explore the concept of persuasive advertising and evaluate ads directed at young consumers. A timely lesson plan that would generate...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Jokes, Quotations, and Cartoons in Economics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will apply their knowledge of economics to the analysis and interpretation of jokes, quotations, and cartoons in economics. Students will watch a Paul Solman video of an interview of Yoram Bauman, the Stand up Economist....
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Other

Babson College: Define Entrepreneurship

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of informal definitions of entrepreneurship gathered from present and past students and affiliates of this business college. Excellent material to stimulate discussion.
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Website
Other

Black enterprise.com

For Students 9th - 10th
Black Enterprise covers and delivers information on targeted marketing and building wealth for the African American businessperson.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Glass Steagall Banking Act of 1933

For Students 9th - 10th
Read interesting facts about the Banking Act of 1933, or the Glass-Steagall Act. It prohibited commercial banks from engaging in the investment business and created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
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Article
Other

Ludwig Von Mises Institute: Price Discrimination on the Part of the Seller

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive article on price discrimination by the seller. Although the article is long, it contains a lot of information about pricing.
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Article
Biz Move

Biz Move: How to Set Prices in a Service Business

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses how to set prices when your product is a service rather than a manufactured good. It describes some of the pricing problems related to the fact that you are selling an intangible good.
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Article
Other

Thales Group: Digital Dividends: The Positive Effects of Id Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides a pro-business perspective on the adoption of digital identification of citizens by governments around the world. It looks at how governments can better serve their citizens by using this technology, its economic...
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Article
BBC

Bbc: The Downturn in Facts and Figures

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC graphically depicts the 2008 sub-prime mortgage crisis and provides information on the rise of the mortgage bond market and the housing price crash.
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Article
Other

National Asphalt Pavement Association: History of Asphalt

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the history of asphalt beginning in the city of Babylon around 615 BCE. Learn how Europeans and Americans began to use it on roads, how businesses competed for a market share and even patented roads, changes to asphalt...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Banks, Bankers, Banking

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson is a simulation of opening a bank. Students are assigned various roles to play within the banking business. Students learn about the role banks play in a market economy.
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Activity
Other

The Pennsylvania Dutch Country Welcome Center: Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent overview of Amish communities and the Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Includes Churches, Farmers Markets, Food and Wine, Shopping, Antiques, Quilts, Covered Bridges, Locations and Towns, a Video Tour, Weather & Climate,...
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Website
Duke University

Duke University: Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline includes selected events in business technology, media, marketing, and advertising for 1850-1920.
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Bill Clinton's Economic Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
This vast BBC article covers almost everything about Clinton's economic legacy including the economic boom, budget surplus, and international trade deals.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: How Well Gdp Measures the Well Being of Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Does GDP capture everything we care about in an economy?.
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Website
Other

Designs by Nick Finck: The Why and How of Blogging

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you want a simple introduction to blogging? This site utilizes large graphics in a step-by-step format to walk you though what a blog is, some examples of blogs, the tools of blogging, the different types of blogs, and related topics.
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Website
Other

Iagora: Strategies for International Jobs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from iagora gives sound advice when looking for an international job. The site tells what to expect and what is needed in order to make it internationally.
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Handout
Travel Document Systems

Tds: Singapore: Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at the current state of the economy of Singapore from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes. There is much data about the growth of the economy and international investment.

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