Curated OER
The End of Shopping as We Know It
Students explore trends in consumerism. In this current events instructional activity, students examine e-commerce as they browse selected websites to learn more about the phenomenon.
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Creating a Landmark Calendar-An Enterprise for Your School
Students scrutinize the steps necessary to produce a school calendar featuring local architectural sites and landmarks.
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Last Moments of John Brown
Students read the history of John Brown. Using the internet, they research commentaries on the raid at Harper's Ferry. After observing a painting, "The Last Moments of John Brown," students analyze and write about what they see, think...
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Stock Mark Culminating Project
Eighth graders use the Internet to research information of American corporations and the PowerPoint to relate this to their classmates.
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Zora Neale Hurston:Fighting Jim Crow through the All-Black Community
Students explain the importance of equality of opportunity and equal protection of the law as a characteristic of American society and evaluate the validity and credibility of different historical interpretations.
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Desktop Publishing. - Quark XPress 4: Video Box
Students continue to use the desktop publishing program, QuarkXPress. Individually, they discover how to layout an oversized document. To end the lesson, they use odd shaped pieces to create a box for a videotape and present them to the...
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Preparation of a Resumé
Students use the Internet and other sources to view sample resumé. After researching resumé styles, students prepare a personal resumé.
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Preparation of a Letter of Application
Students use the Internet and other sources to view sample application letters and prepare a letter of application.
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Town Meeting
High schoolers organize and stage a town meeting. They write a set of discussion guidelines and participate in a political discussion.
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Government Lesson Plan 15
Students practice planning for the development of an area using the goals of Smart Growth as a guide, and analyze how regions can affect government policies.
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Government Lesson Plan 19
High schoolers define vocabulary terms related to monetary policies, and apply monetary tools to solve economic scenarios.
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Shigaraki Pottery
Students write position papers from the point of view of a Shigaraki art collector in this lesson on pottery techniques found in Japan between the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.
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Desktop Pub. - Quark XPress 4: Video Box
This lesson is the fourth in a series of six that teaches basic Desktop Publishing skills with QuarkXPress. Other DTP software can also be used. For this lesson, students will lay out an over-sized document (tabloid size) and irregularly...
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Desktop Pub. - Quark XPress 5: Brochure
Young scholars explore publishing software. They create a multi-fold brochure. Students recognize common folds. They demonstrate correctly placed text boxes, bullets and graphics. Young scholars develop a resume to be used for future...
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Eighth graders read and discuss Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Then they invent a candy bar, name it and draw a picture of it. Finally, they write a short descriptive paragraph about it.
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Desktop Publishing. - Quark XPress 3: Certificate
Students continue to practice with QuarkXPress, a desktop publishing program. Individually, they create their own certificates along with an original border, text and check boxes. To end the activity, they complete a single sheet flyer...
Other
Business Education Resource Consort: Management & Entrepreneurship Online Manual
In this online manual you will find examples of integrated performance activities developed to coordinate with the Accounting and Finance Career Path in the Business Education Career Path and Model Curriculum Standards. Included with the...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Principles of Scientific Management
An essay by Frederick W. Taylor that outlined his theory of scientific business management, how it worked, and why it was important to industry in the beginning of the 20th century.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Principles of Macroeconomics: Business Cycles, Aggregate Demand and Supply
A comprehensive look at the way aggregate demand and supply affect the business cycle. Information used is current to 2003. From the Department of Economics at the University of Colorado.
Other
Business Insider: How a Top Houseware Brand Reinvents Kitchen Gadgets
Founded in 1990, Oxo is beloved by design nerds for the way that the company takes everyday objects (like the salad spinner) and finds sometimes subtle, but always clever, ways to reinvent them. The designs are based on the principle of...
Other
Business Education Resource Consortium: Accounting and Finance Online Manual
This online manual will provide examples of integrated performance activities developed to coordinate with the Accounting and Finance Career Path in the Business Education Career Path and Model Curriculum Standards. Included with the...
Other
The Concord Principles: An Agenda for a New Democracy
Read Ralph Nader's views on taking back power from self-serving institutions and the political system. This article written in 1992 sets forth ten arguments of how democracy has been abused and the means by which citizens can regain...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Business Buddies
Help characters Lisa and Drew learn simple economic principles by choosing what goods they will need for their lemonade stand. Continue exploring economic concepts by determining the producers, services, and consumers associated with the...
Wolters Kluwer
Business Owners Toolkit: What Banks Look for When Reviewing a Loan Application
This article describes what criteria loan officers look for when reviewing a loan application. Additional links are also provided to give a more detailed explanation.