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Can You Survive? Free Market Economic Simulation Activity! Make Economics FUN!

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· A FUN and ENGAGING activity to show students how supply and demand allow a free market system to work! Demonstrates concepts such as scarcity, law of supply and law of demand, and the idea of profit incentive. · Students will be assigned a role as

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Social Studies - History, Government, Economics

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Social Structure and Group Behavior Sociology Movie Character Project

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Give your students the opportunity to talk about some of their favorite movies, tv shows, and books with this unique project that will hone their sociology skills! This project asks students to choose a favorite book, movie, or tv show and choose a

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Social Studies - History, Other (Social Studies - History), Psychology

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9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Make Economics Fun! and Supply and Demand Curve Economics Bundle

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Save today when you buy both the Can You Survive? Free Market Economic Simulation Activity along with the Supply and Demand Curve Practice Packet.With the Simulation Activity, students will learn about how the free market works while being engaged

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Economics

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10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Supply and Demand Curve Practice Packet! Economics Practice with Answer Key!

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Students struggling to understand supply and demand curves? Use this packet to give them some practice! Students will be given the opportunity to use a supply and demand schedule to graph a supply and demand curve, graph shifts in supply and

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Economics

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10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Create a Government Activity!

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Give your students the chance to create their own system of government in this fun and engaging island society activity! Description: Your teacher has just signed a huge teaching contract worth millions of dollars! To celebrate, they are sending

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Social Studies - History, Government, U.S. History

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7^th, 8^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Create Your Own Law! Simulation Activity

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Engage your students in this fun activity to help them better understand the process of passing a law in Congress as they participate in a Congressional simulation as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives! This will get your students

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Social Studies - History, Government, U.S. History

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7^th, 8^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Economics GDP Project--Applying Learning to Real Life!

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This project is best used as a summative project that will allow students to demonstrate their learning of the components of GDP and how current events can have a direct and/or indirect effect on the GDP of a country. The basic idea of GDP (the

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Economics (University), Economics

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10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

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World War II Codebreaking Team Activity (Can You Crack the Code in Time?)

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This is a great activity to use in conjunction with a discussion of codes and code-breaking with World War II. Before starting the activity, students should have a basic knowledge of how codes were important to the war, including the efforts of the

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Social Studies - History, U.S. History, World History

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8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Applying Economics to Life: Scarcity Scavenger Hunt

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This activity can be used to introduce high school students to the key economic concept of scarcity and to help them understand how scarcity impacts their daily lives by affecting the price of goods and services. Students will compile a list of

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Other (Social Studies - History), Economics

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9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Race to the Moon! Space Race Simulation Activity

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This is a great activity to use as part of a unit on the Cold War, or as a standalone lesson on the Space Race. Students will experience a simulation of the space race by playing the roles of scientists, engineers, astronauts, and political

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Social Studies - History, European History, Other (Social Studies - History)

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9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Exploring the Legislative Branch in the Constitution: Article I Handout

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Looking for a great way to introduce Article 1 of the Constitution? This handout works really well as either an introduction to Article 1, or as a summative activity to conclude a lesson. Includes 12 questions about Article 1, the text of Article

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Social Studies - History, Government, Other (Social Studies - History)

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8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Economic Systems of the World

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This lesson plan can be used as a way to introduce students to the basics of the economic systems of the world, along with a graphic organizer to help students organize their thoughts and what they learn during the lesson.

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Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Economics

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6^th, 8^th, 10^th, 12^th

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Exploring the Executive Branch in the Constitution: Article II Handout

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Use this handout as a way to introduce the Executive Branch while getting students engaged with reading Article II of the Constitution! Or it could be used as a formative during the course of the unit if content had already been taught. Includes a

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Government, U.S. History

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Judicial Branch Poster Project

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Give your students the freedom to use their creativity as they demonstrate their understanding of the key concepts of the judicial branch! This project is designed to be used as either a formative or summative assessment after students have learned

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Government, U.S. History

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Projects, Activities, Assessment

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American History Year-Long Portfolio Project!

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Allow your students to discover for themselves the key people, ideas, events, and inventions from ten different time periods in American history!Students will create a year-long portfolio project that will include sections for each of 10 different

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U.S. History, Other (Social Studies - History)

Grades:

8^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Research, Projects, Activities

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Understanding GDP and GNP in the Economy

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This is a worksheet/handout that will assess students' knowledge about GDP, GNP, and components of GDP (consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports). It also asks them to reflect on what GDP does not measure and whether GDP per

Subjects:

Economics (University), Economics

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10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

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Create Your Own Civilization!

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Give your students the opportunity to be creative while working together to problem-solve and think critically! There are many ways you can use this activity in the classroom! It can simply be used as a fun activity to get students engaged and

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, World History, Geography

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Activities

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Sociology Theoretical Perspectives Graphic Organizer

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Provide your students with a fast, easy way to organize ideas regarding the theoretical perspectives of sociology. Simple way for students to organize title, description, key figures, and what contributions each figure made toward the perspective.

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Other (Social Studies - History), Psychology

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Handouts, Outlines, Graphic Organizers

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American History Resource Variety Bundle

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Resource Bundle contains a variety of American History resources from various periods of time. All resources are suitable for high school and could be used throughout a year of American History instruction.

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Graphic Organizers

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Cold War Graphic Organizer and Formative Assessment

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This graphic organizer will help students better understand the key ideas of the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union. After students fill out the graphic organizer, the questions on the back can be used as a formative assessment as

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I am a National Board Certified Teacher in my tenth year of teaching high school social studies at Janesville High School, in Janesville, IA. In my years of teaching I have taught all high school grade levels, and have taught U.S. History, World History, World Geography, Sociology, Economics, American Government, Psychology, Sociology, World History and Geography, and Character and Leadership Development. In addition to my teaching responsibilities, I also coach cross country and junior high track.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I love seeing kids get excited about what they are learning. I prefer to give them the knowledge and tools they need to succeed, and then give them the chance to practice their skills and knowledge through various projects and other activities. Many of the products found in my store involve giving students the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge through the creation of different projects, presentations, or activities.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Board Certified Teacher, Donald R. Whitnah History Award

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I graduated magna cum laude from the University of Northern Iowa, where I received my B.A. in History Education in 2012. In 2019 I graduated with my MAT from Morningside College.

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