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Economics and Civics
Goal 7, Objective 7.03
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Family budget activity
- This activity is designed to provide students with real-world application of classroom curriculum. Students will be required to make budgeting decisions in the light of inflation, unemployment, and other unforeseen additions or strains to the family budget.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies)
- By beth carroll.
Lesson plans on the web
- A case study: The unemployment rate — April 2002
- Students examine unemployment statistics and other economic indicators for April 2002. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10–12 Social Studies)
- Provider: National Council on Economic Education
- Life on the edge: Cities on the fringe
- This Xpeditions lesson focuses on centers of transportation and trade known as edge cities. Students come to understand the evolving patterns and impacts of present-day urban areas, discuss "edge cities" with which they are familiar. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10–12 Social Studies)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Segway' to the Future
- Students will explain how Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway human transporter, fits the definition of an entrepreneur and inventor. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10–12 Social Studies)
- Provider: National Council on Economic Education
- Sprawl: The national and local situation
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students investigate how urban sprawl impacts the environment, people's daily lives, and the local and regional economy. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies and Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
