An open course in intermediate microeconomics for those students needing a challenge. Includes list of suggested readings, lecture notes, assignments, exams, and study materials.

Economic, cultural, and military influence are all critical in developing spheres of influence. Students explore international authority by following a Cold War case study, which will encourage better understanding of international persuasion. LESSON OBJECTIVES: Identify the following key terms: sphere of influence, containment, capitalism, communism, propaganda, Truman Doctrine, Cold War, NATO, Warsaw Pact, and Marshall Plan. *Describe times that the U.S. has been influenced or has influenced other sovereign nations. *Explain the tension between western and eastern allies during the Cold War. *Evaluate the effect of economic, military, and cultural influence on other nations.

Students compare the basic structure of several different international organizations before categorizing their work. Students also examine the local and global impact of international organizations. LESSON OBJECTIVES: Identify the purposes and functions of international organizations. *Describe the purposes and functions of the following international organizations: UN, EU, NATO, World Bank, Red Cross/Crescent, and World Health Organization. *Analyze the impact that international organizations can have on the lives of individuals.

How do you stay safe when visiting a website or app? Staying safe online is a lot like staying safe in the real world. Using a fun traffic light activity, students learn how to identify "just right" content, giving them the green light to learn, play, and explore the internet safely. Approximately 35 mins.

LESSON OBJECTIVES: Understand that being safe online is similar to staying safe in real life. Learn to identify websites and apps that are "just right" and "not right" for them. Know how to get help from an adult if they are unsure about a website.

In this interactive activity adapted from Annenberg Learner's Teaching Math Grades 6–8, explore some of the ways graphs can represent mathematical data contained in a story.

Students take poetic license when they interpret William Carlos William's poem "The Red Wheelbarrow" to help create a poem of their own.

In this lesson, students examine and create holiday/event cards, analyze holiday elements, and create their own. The activities help students focus on the reasons for composing messages as they do.

This activity helps students understand that science writing is organized in identifiable patterns called text structures. Understanding and using these different text structures help refine students abilities to both read and write in science.

Historically chronicled, the environment's effects on people and people's effects on the environment are emphasized and brought to life through the many materials suggested here.

College-level electrical engineering course highlighting numerical analysis for engineers. This course introduces students to the formulation, methodology, and techniques for numerical solution of engineering problems. Course features include suggested readings, lecture notes, assignment problems, and exams with solutions.

This lesson plan focuses on discussion of inventions, brainstorming new products or improvements, and identifying the protection, production, and marketing processes.

Inspired by their curiosity about animals, students work together to research an animal of their choice and present the information they gather to an authentic audience.

Students explore a variety of resources as they learn about the Holocaust. Working collaboratively, they investigate the materials, prepare oral responses, and produce a topic-based newspaper to complete their research.

In this lesson, students will investigate and discuss the familiarity with factors and multiples to gain a deeper understanding. Downloadable printables are included.

Students trace an unnamed African American narrator's "Hero's Journey" from innocence to self-discovery in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, examining the novel's harsh critique of American society.

What is cyberbullying and what can you do to stop it? Let's face it: Some online spaces can be full of negative, rude, or downright mean behavior. But what counts as cyberbullying? Help your students learn what is -- and what isn't -- cyberbullying, and give them the tools they'll need to combat the problem. Approximately 45 mins.

LESSON OBJECTIVES: Recognize similarities and differences between in-person bullying, cyberbullying, and being mean. Empathize with the targets of cyberbullying. Identify strategies for dealing with cyberbullying and ways they can be an upstander for those being bullied.

In this investigation, students will explore the question: Can there be life outside of Earth? Students will use planet hunting models to discover how scientists find new planets and perform simulated spectroscopic measurements to determine if the chemical requirements for life are present.

Students worked on telling time to the hour and half hour earlier in the year. Now they will apply their understanding of counting by 5s to telling time to the five minute interval.

Before entering first grade, young children need to have a basic understanding of measurement. They do not need to be able to use standard units of measurement, but they must be able to use the basic attributes to make comparisons in length.

Students participate in "Beat the Financial Expert!," a game that illustrates positive and negative spending behaviors. They analyze the "Beat the Financial Expert!" results, identify effective and ineffective budgeting behaviors and create a budget from a transaction history.