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Saving For Retirement

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils examine the fundamentals related to saving for retirement and investing such as return on investment, compound interest, and planning for different rates of savings. They see the importance of setting long term saving goals.
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Planning A Household Budget

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students experience real life by utilizing math skills to plan a household budget and enhance their financial planning skills.
Worksheet
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Which One Is Different?

For Students Pre-K - K
In this Halloween visual discrimination worksheet, learners analyze 4 rows of similar Halloween pictures. Students circle the one in each row that is different.
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Different Worksheet

For Students K
In this visual discrimination worksheet, students will look at pictures for those that are different. Students will study 3 rows of shapes and circle that which is different in each row.
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Same Worksheet

For Students K
In this visual discrimination worksheet, students will look at pictures for those that are the same. Students will study 3 rows of shapes and circle that which is the same in each row.
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Different Worksheet

For Students K
In this visual discrimination worksheet, students will look at pictures for those that are different. Students will study 3 rows of fruits and circle that which is different in each row.
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Different Worksheet

For Students K
In this visual discrimination worksheet, students will look at pictures for those that are different. Students will study 3 rows of balls and circle that which is different in each row.
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How You Use Credit Cards Should Determine How You Choose Them

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the concept of credit cards. In this credit cards lesson, students read an article about credit card spending. Learners discuss different ways in which people use credit cards. Students determine what kind of spender...
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A Budget Can Help Young People Cut Their Spending

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of budgeting. In this budgeting lesson, students read an article about how a budget helps young adults keep track of their spending. Students discuss financial issues that young adults have to deal with as...
Worksheet
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Fall – Same Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - K
In this visual discrimination activity worksheet, students examine 3 sets of pictures. Students match the pictures in each set that look the same..
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Fall – Different Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this fall worksheet, students examine 3 rows of 4 pictured objects and identify the object in each set that is different than the rest.
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Managing Your Food Money

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Pupils investigate family budgeting methods. In this family budget activity, students examine the wages and expenditures of family and participate in a simulation that requires them to employ the envelope budget method.
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Take Charge of Your Financial Future

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students discuss Biz Kids understanding that it is a program to help people become financially educated. In this mathematics activity, students view an episode and discuss what they would do if given various situations like going out or...
Activity
Canton Museum of Art

Personal Clay Box

For Teachers 9th - 10th
High schoolers will love this geometrically exact ceramics project; they create a personalized clay box using the slab method and mathematical measurements. They utilize scoring and square construction and can decorate the boxes to...
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My World - Africa Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the lives of students living in Africa, learn African traditions, and compare and contrast their lives with the lives of African Students.
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Food Safety-Consumers Need the Facts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners begin by completing a survey asking them to rank their concerns about commercially prepared foods. They develop a definition of relative risk, and complete the "Pro or Con" worksheet. Students work in groups to make a study of...
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Art: Faith Ringgold Story Quilts

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine the impact of African American culture on the United States by inspecting Faith Ringgold's story quilts. Working in groups, they create a collective story quilt about current cultural issues. They research their...
Worksheet
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The Atoms Family ~ Atomic Math Challenge

For Students 5th - 8th
Bold boxes present parts of the periodic table, with some of the contents conveniently missing. Beginning chemists fill in the blanks, which may include the atomic number, atomic mass, atomic symbol, or element name. Beneath each box...
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Reproduction, Day 2: Pregnancy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Nearly all high schoolers have seen pregnant women and may have questions about human development. Intended for secondary students with mild to moderate mental disabilities, this instructional activity defines the process of pregnancy...
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PBS

Historical Perspectives: Coming Home from War

For Teachers 7th - 12th
What do the homecoming experiences of soldiers who fought in WWII, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan reveal about the politics and culture of the US during the time period of each war? Young historians view The Way We Get By, which tells...
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PBS

Baseball: The Tenth Inning

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Bring the historical relevance of baseball into the classroom, as pupils discover the lessons learned from the breaking of baseball's color barrier by Jackie Robinson. Learners view video and analyze Robinson’s character, as well as his...
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PBS

Baseball: The Tenth Inning - Bases Divided

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Baseball is a relatively high-interest topic through which social studies classes can explore racial prejudice in the US. Video clips provide much of the background information that groups record on their handout and then share with the...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Dictionary Cube

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Young scholars investigate new vocabulary words with a fun, collaborative activity. Given a deck of word cards, pairs of students flip over one at a time and independently look up the term in a dictionary. They then take turns rolling a...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Unintended Consequences

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What would your class members say to the opportunity to take two years off of school between grades 10 and 11? Examine the economic concepts of costs, benefits, and unintended consequences with this unique and engaging approach.