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Economics and Women's History

Grades 6-8

Dinner Discussions at Maggie Walker's House

Students study historic objects, photographs and documents, research influential members of the African American community and role-play a dinner party...

Key Concepts: Banking, Decision Making, Entrepreneurship…

3 class periods

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Grades 9-12

Women in the US Workforce During WWII - Measuring Unemployment

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Employment and Unemployment

45 min

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Using Children’s Literature to Teach About Economics and Enterprising Women

Teach both Women's History and foundational concepts via the lives of diverse, inspirational figures.

Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, Opportunity Cost, Scarcity

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Grades 3-5, 6-8

Work, Earnings, and Economics: "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

This updated lesson is based on the novel, Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson. Set mainly in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s,...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades 6-8

Economic Spotter: Resources During World War II

In World War II pennies were made of steel and zinc instead of copper and women were working at jobs...

Key Concepts: Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Division of Labor/Specialization…

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Dinner Discussions at Maggie Walker's House

Women in the US Workforce During WWII - Measuring Unemployment

Using Children’s Literature to Teach About Economics and Enterprising Women

Work, Earnings, and Economics: "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

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Economic Spotter: Resources During World War II

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