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US history: Inventors & entrepreneurs

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A lesson plan for grade 5 Social Studies

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Students will learn the difference between inventors and entrepreneurs. From talking with adults they will learn some of the benefits inventors and entrepreneurs have provided for society in the last 40 years.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 5

  • Goal 5: The learner will evaluate ways the United States and other countries of North America make decisions about the allocation and use of economic resources.
    • Objective 5.05: Evaluate the influence of discoveries, inventions, and innovations on economic interdependence.