Students research consumer information at the Federal Citizen Information Center Action Website to complete a worksheet. They examine the process of using the Consumer Action Handbook to solve consumer problems.
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Discuss ways to determine if the information middle and high schoolers gather online is accurate. Using the Internet, they cite two sources that show conflicting points of view on a subtopic of conservation. They summarize and analyze.
8th - 12th 21 Century Skills Lesson PlanYoung readers explore philanthropy and its effects on the public good. They discuss athletes and their examples as philanthropists. They research a sports hero and play "The Match Game" to determine what they know about other sports.
8th - 12th Social Studies & History CCSS: Designed Lesson PlanHelp your pupils become wise consumers and avoid becoming targets for consumer scams and fraud. Here you'll find a PowerPoint presentation, instructional guidelines, worksheets, and suggested activities for developing shopper strategies.
7th - 10th Math CCSS: Adaptable Lesson PlanMiddle schoolers go on an information gathering hunt on the Internet to study West African empires. They work in teams; meteorologists, bankers, writers, and archaeologists. They collect data on all sorts of topics related to West.
6th - 8th Social Studies & History Lesson PlanUsing primary sources, maps, and an interactive M&M game, young historians examine the American revolution as if they were detectives trying to solve a crime. Resource includes graphic organizers and a final writing prompt to aid.
6th - 8th Social Studies & History CCSS: Adaptable InteractiveUse maps to solve problems and help animals. Click on an animal to learn important facts, then click on the map to see layers of different kinds of information.
3rd - 8th Social Studies & HistoryBuying enough candy for trick-or-treaters without spending a lot of money can be the ultimate Halloween trick. Middle schoolers solve two holiday-themed word problems to determine which brand of candy is the better deal, based on cost.
6th - 8th Math CCSS: Designed InteractiveAn interactive resource covers all of the United States' most prominent and influential historic wars including the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the War of 1812, and the Korean War. Learners observe cause and effect as well as how violence.
5th - 12th Social Studies & History CCSS: AdaptableCandy is a big business! Calculate the amount of money consumers spent on major holidays—Easter, Halloween, Christmas, Hanukkah, and Valentine's Day—based on the total amount of candy sales from 2011 and the percentage of each holiday's.
6th - 8th Math CCSS: Designed Lesson PlanStudents explore the economic factors surrounding slavery in the United States, such as the Triangle Trade. In this American History instructional activity, students analyze primary sources such as narrative accounts and pictures, to.