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Blogging on Personal Financial Freedom

Source: Your Life, Your Money Offline Activity/Project

Explore the relationship between civil rights and financial literacy and between freedom and financial literacy. Define financial literacy, freedom, civil rights and financial security and state in a blog post your thoughts about each. Details »

Undercounting Unemployment

Source: NewsHour Extra Lesson Plan

Understand how the United States defines unemployment and determines unemployment numbers. Discover the difference between the official unemployment rate and the "real" rate. Details »

Sharing links with students

Posted in Social Studies | Last reply by LilyJDragonfly on 11/09/09 LilyJDragonfly

Brilliant idea!! I have two groups of elementary gifted kids and this will make it so much easier to get ... more »

New Teacher in Iowa

Posted in Social Studies | Last reply by Paul Blankenship on 10/23/09 Paul Blankenship

Take a look at your course objectives and make a mind map of each one. Research and read to expand ... more »

Expand cooperative learning through technology. In this course, you will explore three types of online cooperative experiences: tele-collaboration, WebQuests, and project-based learning. Examine the basic elements of each model and how to apply them to a project. As a final task, develop a teaching unit that employs one model, including both an assessment rubric and an implementation plan.

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