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Reading: Two Beautiful Homes
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students examine the blueprints for two homes and read a letter from the real estate agent. Students answer 8 true/false questions about the information.
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Zhu Zhu
Students read an article about the toy Zhu Zhu and answer comprehension questions about it. In this toy lesson plan, students also create an ad for a new toy that they invent in groups.
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Hey, Mom! What's for Breakfast?
Students examine how he world eats breakfast. In this food choices lesson, students work in groups to list breakfast foods and their ingredients and find goods and consumers on the list. The, students use the Internet to complete a...
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Folding Our Way to Productivity
Students role-play workers producing origami cups. They participate in two production rounds, one without training and one with training. They observe how productivity increases through training and, as a result, how income increases.
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What are the Economic Functions of Government?
Twelfth graders identify the six economic functions of government and the classify examples of government actions and policies within various economic functions. They identify and evaluate two different positions on the role of...
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The IMF in Action: Who is the IMF?
Learners use the internet to examine IMF member countries. They work together in groups to read information about the different IMF representatives. They discuss what they have read.
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Is Capitalism Good for the Poor?
Students have the unique opportunity to analyze actual data collected by field researchers They research to see whether holding clear title made a difference in farmers' willingness to invest in capital improvements that would increase...
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Genetic Engineering
Students are introduced to the concept of genetic engineering. In groups, they participate in a variety of experiments, in which they analyze the effect of chemicals on different substances. Using the internet, they research gossypol,...
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Agriculture Careers
Young scholars study the careers available in the agricultural field. In this agriculture field lesson, students study the jobs required to getting a food product into someone's kitchen. Young scholars select an agriculture career from a...
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How Can Big Business Make Money From Tariffs?
High schoolers explore the concept of the rise of big business in the United States. For this economics lesson, students investigate the impact of tariffs on businesses. High schoolers also investigate the impact that incentives have on...
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WebQuest- What is Poverty and Who Are the Poor?
Learners are introduced to a variety of easily accessible data about poverty. The search activity performs double-duty in exposing students to the nature and magnitude of world poverty and in confronting them with different types and...
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Total English Advanced: Discussing Financial Decisions
For this conditional sentences worksheet, learners respond to 8 short answer questions regarding financial decisions. Students also finish 6 sentence starters.
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Total English Advanced: Can You Remember the Perfect Aspect? Quiz!
For this perfect aspects quiz worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and fill in the blank questions that require them to use perfect tense verbs.
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Baseball Cards
Students read a short story on baseball cards and reflect on Honus Wagner's decision to withdraw his card. In this baseball cards lesson plan, students study how children used cards in the 1930's and express their understanding of Honus...
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the Business of Good Ideas
Students consider economic factors in patenting a new invention. They research an already-patented health product and assess its profitability.
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Focused Learning Lesson: World Geography
High schoolers examine the distribution of economic systems of the world. They learn the difference between developing and developed countries.
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Fantastic Journeys
Students design a theme park attraction based on a fantastic journey from literature, film, or their own imaginations. They plan a multi-million dollar attraction based on a fantastic voyage from popular culture entertainment.
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Inside Money
Students watch a video of a fictional country that is facing monetary problems. They work to answer questions that help solve the countries economic difficulties.
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Exploring Indiana's Natural Resources
Fourth graders complete a variety of activities as they study the European exploration of the Midwest, focusing on Indiana. They map the path explorers took, comparing the British with the French. They research why the explorers stopped...
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Vocabulary Review - Chapter 11
In this vocabulary review worksheet, students choose the word or phrase that means the same as the word or phrase that is given. They are given two choices to pick from in the 10 examples on the page.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: The Power of Persuasion
In this gerunds and infinitives practice worksheet, students complete 10 sentences as they fill in each of the blanks with a gerund or infinitive. Students then complete 8 sentence starters with the appropriate gerunds or infinitives.
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Schools for Sale
Learners explore the concept of for-profit companies running schools. In this privatizing schools activity, students simulate a meeting of school board members, community leaders, and other stakeholders to determine the privatization of...
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Nebraska Entrepreneur Success Stories
Students explore entrepreneurs of Nebraska. In this business and social studies lesson, students research Nebraska entrepreneurs to discover the history of their successful company.
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Intermediate Sentence Completion 15
In this sentence completion activity, students read the sentences and choose the best word to complete each sentence. Students complete 12 sentences.