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The South's Decision to Secede: A Violation of Self Interest? Your students will consider the following questions: In deciding to secede from the Union in 1861, did the South violate its own self-interest and th... Grade: 6-8 9-12    Published: 04/08/2005

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There is Something in the Water The United States is losing 60,000 acres of wetlands each year. Is this good or bad? Does anyone really want to live in swamps, fens, bogs, and mars... Grade: 6-8    Published: 01/04/2006

Sand Art Brownies In this lesson, you will learn about substitute goods. You will have choices to make in your role as a shopper. In making these choices, you will dec... Grade: 6-8    Published: 05/31/2005

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Financial Fitness for Life: Shaping Up Your Financial Future - Grades 6-8 - Teacher Guide Grade: 6-8   Published: 2001 7 of the 17 lessons are related to this lesson. The top 5 are listed below. Theme 5: Lesson 16 - Choosing and Using a Checking Account Checking accounts offer a menu of features along with a menu of costs. In this lesson, the students learn the fundamentals of maintaining a checking account by examining electronic banking methods, c... Theme 5: Lesson 15 - Managing Cash Although most middle school and junior high students do not hold full-time jobs, they do have spending power. They may earn money from an allowance or a part-time job, and they have discretionary inc... Theme 1: Lesson 1 - The Economic Way of Thinking In this lesson, the students practice the economic way of thinking, a strategy for analyzing their own decisions as well as those of others. Theme 2: Lesson 4 - Productivity In this lesson, the students examine ways to develop their human capital, that is, their value as a human resource. They discover that by developing their human capital, they make themselves more pro... Theme 2: Lesson 5 - Why Stay in School? In this lesson, the students are encouraged to weigh costs and benefits when making decisions about education. The students will recognize that, on average, the higher the educational attainment, the...

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