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Grades:
9
10
11
12
The purpose of this lesson is for students to understand the interest formula, how installment credit works, and the types of items that might be purchased using installment credit.
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Unit: Using and Abusing Credit
Unit: Investing In Others (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students reflect on basic needs that may be difficult to meet when one doesn’t have a home. They take action by creating personal hygiene kits or asking a local nonprofit how they can help support their efforts to assist homeless people....
Unit: Community Collaboration
Unit:
Grades:
K
1
2
Students learn a process for identifying the beautification needs of their neighborhood. Through vizualization and a neighborhood walk, students assess the specific needs of their neighborhood.
Unit: Surviving the Depression—1930-1939
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will discuss the solutions implemented by President Roosevelt during the Great Depression. They will analyze why the solutions were able to be implemented over time and allow for a successful resolution to the depression. The role that philanthropy played in this success will be central...
Unit: Money Smart Children (3-5)
Grades:
3
4
5
Students will create a simple personal budget, or spending plan, based on their projected monthly income and expenditures. They will share their budget and bank with their family. Students will also present the money the class collected to the charity of their choice (see Handou...
Unit: Money Smart Children
Unit:
Grades:
K
1
2
Students create a simple personal budget, or spending plan, based on their projected monthly income and expenditures. They will share their budget and bank with their family. Students will also present the money the class collected to the charity of their choice (see Handout...
Unit: Advise and Consent
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
Participants identify and compare the different roles of the four sectors of the economy (government, business, nonprofit, and family). They identify which sector does what and observe how they approach differently the sometimes overlapping...
Unit: Food for Thought: Hunger around the World
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Depictions of hunger in excerpts from Jane Eyre and Oliver Twist provide concrete images of hunger as learners determine its causes and decide whether to support a change in U.S. public policy related to the issue.
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Unit: Making Choices with Scarce Resources: Penny Drive
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will use economic thinking to determine how to allocate their scarce resources for community service.
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Unit: Global Health: Hunger and Food Around the World (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, students examine their typical diet for 24 hours. They analyze the nutritional content and discuss why diets differ by culture, region, and economics.