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Constructing a food web

Students will construct food chains and food webs in order to recognize the relationships between organisms.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

By Lynn Pearson.

Classroom food web

This lesson is to demonstrate which organisms feed on one another and how food webs are created.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)

By Kurt Oswald.

Handheld technology: the basics

A brief history of handheld computers and a look at how they work, including a look at operating systems and input and output devices.

Hickory Ridge Homestead

Visitors get insight into the lifestyle of early mountain settlers, how they lived, and what constituted a 'typical' mountain homestead at this eighteenth-century living history museum.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

Balinese landscape and farmwork painting

This Balinese painting from the village of Ubud shows traditional themes of rice farmers in a lush tropical landscape. In a terraced vista of blue ponds and light green plants, three men work the land as a bare-breasted young woman passes by carrying a basket...

Format: image/photograph

Ecosystem problem solving

Students will apply their knowledge of ecosystems and the interdependence of plants and animals to creatively solve problems.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)

By Kelley Turner.

How much is that cupcake really worth?!

Use this as an introductory lesson to supply & demand for Economic, Legal and Political Systems students.

Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies)

By Joy Walker.

To market we will go

In a market simulation, students will experience the roles of producers and consumers. The crafts in this market may be easily tied in with winter multicultural holidays (Christmas, Kwaanza, Hanukkah, Hmong New Year, Las Posadas, etc.) Students can purchase gifts for their family members at the market.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Development and Social Studies)

By Ellen Douglas and Melissa Park.

When will I ever use this in real life?

In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 1.8

In this lesson for grade seven, students research careers and determine how people with these occupations use English, math, and science skills.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance)

By Jen Presley.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.

Letter activity one

In Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two, page 2

The following excerpt is from a letter from Mr. Sherlock Bronson, a lawyer and president of Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation, to the Honorable Graham Braden, a member of the U. S. House of Representatives. It was written March 16, 1939. The...

Format: lesson plan

By Pauline S. Johnson.

The tobacco industry and Winston-Salem

In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.8

Tobacco was one of two industries that changed Winston-Salem and Forsyth County in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Format: article

The textile industry and Winston-Salem

In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.9

Textiles were one of two industries that changed Winston-Salem and Forsyth County in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Format: article

The Union blockade

In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 2.5

At the beginning of the U.S. Civil War, Union forces blockaded Confederate ports to stop exports of cotton and imports of war supplies.

Format: article

A revolution in agriculture

In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.2

Science and technology made farmers more productive in the nineteenth century, but added expenses that drove small farmers off the land.

Format: article

Nature's checks and balances

This unit introduces students to several essential understandings. They will learn that plants and animals depend on one another for survival and organisms interact within nature to create a balance. They will also learn that humans can influence and manipulate nature.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Science)

By Nicolette Heise.

Tobacco farming the old way

In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.8

From about 1880 until the 1950s, tobacco farming was extremely labor-intensive and relied on hand work and animal power. This article explains the process of growing tobacco for market "the old way."

Format: article

Using sound in the classroom

This article discusses the benefits of using sound in the classroom, and shares some activities to help you and your students get the most out of the experience.

Format: article/best practice

By Kristin Post.

Growth and transformation: The United States in the Gilded Age

In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.1

Between the Civil War and the First World War, industry and cities grew at a tremendous pace in the United States.

Format: article

Letter of March 16, 1939

In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 1.1

Law Offices Tucker, Bronson, Satterfield & Mays State Planters Bank Building Richmond, Virginia March 16, 1939 Hon. Graham A. Barden, House of Representatives Washington, D.C. In Re: Fair Labor Standards Act. Dear Mr. Barden: I am deeply grateful to you for...

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Simple Simon meets a producer

Students learn what consumers and producers do. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)

Provided by: National Council on Economic Education