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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Teen Entrepreneurship

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore teen entrepreneurs. In this teen entrepreneurship instructional activity, students examine teen entrepreneurs and answer questions about the real-word situations. Students role play and explore the basic characteristics...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Factors To Consider When Looking For Housing

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students discuss their housing options and factors which affect housing costs. Using the newspaper as a resource, students compare and contrast the prices of housing options. Working with partners, students compare and contrast their...
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Lesson Plan
Visa

Buying a Home

For Teachers 7th - 11th Standards
What is the difference between buying and renting a home? Learners become more informed consumers and financially literate adults after developing foundational knowledge of the home-buying process. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Class of 2000 - Student Loans

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students determine how they will finance their postsecondary education. In this student loan lesson, students create spreadsheets that help them budget their first year of college. Students identify methods to fund the budgets and...
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Lesson Plan
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Consumer Education, ESOL

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss types of housing, cost, location and terminology used in classified ads. They write a paragraph describing their image of the ideal home then exchange papers and edit each other's work.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Basketball: Jargon, Fouls, and Synonyms

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this basketball activity, students solve a word search puzzle by locating thirty-five basketball terms. The terms include synonyms for the word "foul."
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Equation Behind an Old Trick

For Students 9th
In this algebra worksheet, 9th graders figure out their age and their house number using a specific formula. They must follow each step correctly to get it right.
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Lesson Plan
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Interjections

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Teach your kids the foundational building blocks of grammar: the eight parts of speech. Young scholars review these and also discuss how to correctly use interjections. They identify the interjections on a worksheet, for which answers...
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Lesson Plan
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My Living Arrangements

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students identify various housing options, focusing on rental vs. purchase and short vs. long term. With a partner, students discuss their housing situation. Once their discussion is complete, students write a brief paragraph weighing...
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Lesson Plan
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What is Taxed and Why

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Young scholars are exposed to the need for federal, state and local governments to tax constituents to provide goods and services for their residents. They identify the different kinds of taxes and give examples of the goods and services...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Basketball: All the Angles Word Search

For Students 5th - 6th
In this angles word search, students find a set of 22 words related to basketball, then find the words that are synonyms for the word "angle." Page has links to additional resources.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Practice Worksheets: Parts of the Eye

For Students 6th - 10th
In this biology learning exercise, students label the different parts of the eye in the diagram. They answer 3 questions by matching the eye parts and their functions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Lie and Lay

For Students 4th - 6th
In this lie and lay worksheet, students fill in the blanks for sentences with either the word lie or lay. Students fill in the blanks for 20 sentences.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Farther or Furthur

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this farther or further worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with either the words farther or further. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reducing Fractions into Lowest Terms

For Students 6th - 10th
In this reducing fractions worksheet, students answer true and false questions about reducing fractions and then reduce more fractions to their lowest terms. Students complete 20 problems total.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Bee Review

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this bee worksheet, students answer a set of 6 multiple choice questions about bees. Page has links and ads to additional resources.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Brother Can You Spare a Billion? The Story of Jesse H. Jones

For Students 9th - 10th
Companion website to the PBS documentary on Jesse H. Jones, real estate mogul, activist for the Red Cross, head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and Secretary of Commerce. Read about how he served his nation under President...
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Handout
CNN

Cnn Money: Investing in Bonds

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about investing in bonds. Including why buy bonds, how they work, the risks and a glossary.
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Website
CNN

Cnn Money: Tax Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about taxes including paying taxes, filing a return, audits, tax planning.