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Trash or Treasure?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify things that can be reused. In this environmental lesson, students read the poem "Hector the Collector" and discuss the difference between junk and treasure. Students complete a reflection about what they read by...
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Potato Ways

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students analyze the packaging process. In this consumer awareness lesson, students analyze the process of packaging a potato and identify positive and negative ways of packaging. Students study statistics on an overhead transparency to...
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Credit: Buy Now & Pay Later

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine credit and how it works. In this financial literacy lesson, students review the pros and cons of credit in order to purchase goods and services by answering provided questions and working within a group to come up with a...
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Maimonides' Eight Levels (Private-Religious)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the Eight Levels of Charity. In this philanthropy lesson, students investigate the levels of charity and create posters that help them achieve one of the eight levels of charity.
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Early Human Progress: Writing Activity

For Students 5th - 6th
In this early humans worksheet, students look at 2 pictures of early humans, then write an essay explaining what is different about the lives of the people shown in the 2 pictures. Students are given a list of terms to include.
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Cold War

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive world history worksheet, students answer 21 matching questions regarding the Cold War. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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This Great Enterprise”: Theodore Roosevelt and the Panama Canal

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the implications of the "Great Enterprise." In this Panama Canal lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding President Teddy Roosevelt and Panama Canal. Students respond to discussion...
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Do not Tax the Colonies

For Teachers 8th - 12th
In this teaching primary resources worksheet, students read and excerpt of an interview with Benjamin Franklin regarding taxation . Students read the excerpt and discuss its significance.
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Presidents and the Constitution: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison and the Barbary Pirates

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the Barbary Pirates of the Mediterranean. In this American history lesson, students read a narrative regarding the conflict between the Barbary Pirates and the United States under the leadership of Washington,...
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Nation Building

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of nation building. In this diplomacy lesson, students research America's nation building efforts in Somalia, Haiti, the Balkans, Guatemala, Cuba, Vietnam, and Grenada. Students share their findings and...
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Worksheet
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The Persian Empire

For Students 5th - 6th
In this the Persian empire worksheet, students read a two page passage about Persia, then answer 5 multiple choice and 7 short answer questions requiring research about the topic.
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Worksheet
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Constitution Worksheet

For Students 8th - 12th
In this U.S. Constitution instructional activity, students respond to 63 short answer questions about Articles I-VII of the American plan for government.
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Ad Awareness from Admongo.gov

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore mass media by completing worksheets in class. In this consumerism lesson, students discuss the meaning behind advertisements and how they are used in television, the Internet and print. Students analyze a group of ads in...
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Great Depression and New Deal

For Students 8th - 12th
In this Great Depression worksheet, students view a PowerPoint presentation on the time period and then respond to 106 short answer questions about the content of the presentation. 
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Henry Hudson: 400th Anniversary of Discovery

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Commemorate the discovery made by Henry Hudson and delve into the Age of Exploration.
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TRADERS' GAME

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students play a game aimed at demonstrating how relationships with other communities or countries affect the food and fiber system. The game simulates the unequal distribution of natural resources which creates the need for...
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50 State Quarter Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners, using their knowledge of place value and number sense, play this counting game in small groups, or as a whole class, to see who be the first person to reach 50 cents.
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Breaking News English: China-EU Textile Talks Continue

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "China-EU Textile Talks Continue," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Unit on Globalization and Foreign Investment

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine the role of investment in an economy. They compare and contrast the different types of foreign investments. They also examine the differences between foreign direct investments and foreign portfolio investments.
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Developing Countries - International Monetary Fund

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars access the International Monetary Fund website and explore it in order to research the role of the organization. They use their findings to describe the purpose and activities of the International Monetary Fund.
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Markets of Africa

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify one advantage and one disadvantage to open air markets in Africa. students create a mural on paper to be hung on the classroom wall. Small groups make a stand of something that would be sold at an open air market.
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Mother's Day Wampum Beads

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research the historical significance of Mother's Day and the cultural background of Wampum Beads. They create colorful Mother's Day gifts. They increase their knowledge of color theory.
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Business Phrasal Verbs Exercise

For Students 9th - 11th
In this business phrasal verb worksheet, students match the phrasal verb to the meaning of the verb. Students then translate the meaning of the phrasal verb and use the phrasal verbs in sentences.
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Dialogue: Languagae Learning

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this dialogue about language learning worksheet, students read questions and answers concerning learning various languages.