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Economics and Civics
Goal 9: The learner will analyze factors influencing the United States economy.
Objective 9.08. Analyze the influence of environmental factors, economic conditions, and policy decisions on individual economic activities.
Additional related resources
We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.
General resources
- Find additional resources for teaching Social Studies — Grade 10.
Aligned lesson plans
- Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two
- In this lesson, students will read and evaluate primary source letters from the Great Depression about the effects of the Fair Labor Standards Act on North Carolina's tobacco bag stringers.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity six
- In this activity for grades 7–12, students will read and evaluate primary source stories from the Federal Writer’s Project.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity seven
- In this activity for grades 7–12, students take on the role of legislators who must make a decision concerning the passage of an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Students will evaluate the impact of emotional appeal in persuasion. This activity builds on information learned in activities one through six.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity one
- This activity for grades 7–12 will help students understand what tobacco bag stringing was and why it was important to communities in North Carolina and Virginia. Students will read and analyze an introductory article about tobacco bag stringing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–10 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Investing in the stock market
- This point of this lesson plan is to have students learn about the three major US stock markets through buying imaginary stock.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 Social Studies)
- By Bill Estes.
- Introducing students to environmental justice: A North Carolina case study
- This lesson plan for science and social studies uses the 5E model to have students consider an environmental justice case study.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Science and Social Studies)
- By Dana Haine.
Resources on the web
- Unemployment in my hometown
- Students use the Bureau of Labor Statistics website to track unemployment rates for their community. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10–12 Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
- Population growth: Friend or foe?
- Students explore the wise use of natural resources. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10–12 Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
- The economics of recycling
- Students learn about recycling rates in Japan and the United States, specifically examining the disposal of large appliances and questions of who bears the cost of the recycling. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10–12 Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
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