business, economics field trip...

feeds@yuku.com (curlyQ) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:59:47 GMT

http://www.yacenter.org/index.cfm?fuseAction=youngAmeriTowne.youngAmeriTowne

Every 5th grade class in our district does this program.

Economics: Books that teach Free Market versus Socialism

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:58:38 GMT

This topic stores books that a parent could use to teach principles of a free market system.

The number of books that laud free markets is relatively small; most children's books are Marxist in basic assumptions, and certainly the schools reinforce that implicitly and often explicitly. ASing would be one of the few methods that a child will be exposed to the efficiency, the morality, and the production of free markets. ASing early is necessary as otherwise the...

Study games for SOL (standards of Learning for Virginia)

feeds@yuku.com (Purplecow7) — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:41:22 GMT

Found this link
http://www.spsk12.net/schools/btwes/quizzes.htm

My kids have really liked playing these games. William really liked the battleship game.

How to AS Philosophy of Government

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:15:48 GMT

Discuss ASing the role of government in citizen's lives. This is not about specific facts as much as it is about the proper role of government.

Lexington and Concord

feeds@yuku.com (Purplecow7) — Sun, 03 May 2009 11:14:39 GMT

For those interested, I grew up in Lexington, MA - Spent my childhood going to a lot of historicial things around Lexington and Concord. There are some really cool things to do. Thought this might be a good place to start.

http://www.bostoncentral.com/events/patriots_day_battle_reenactment_lexington/p1158.php

Fictional Video for History Go-Alongs

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:52:05 GMT

This topic accumulates fictional movies that go along with various historical epochs.

Teens starting their own business....

feeds@yuku.com (captuhura) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:55:01 GMT

This is a double post. I posted about a new card game using the elements under Natural Science Forum. However, the NYT article brings up some good points about teens starting their own business which I found inspirational so I thought I'd post it here as well.

NYT Article

Your Business Math

feeds@yuku.com (captuhura) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:43:34 GMT

This looks interesting. Your Business Math

Black History Month

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:05:13 GMT

I know we have had discussions on this topic, but couldn't find the topic....

Christmas Unit

feeds@yuku.com (SgtAmi) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:11:59 GMT

Is anyone doing anything special for Christmas?

Devotion/History/Writing/Reading
I plan to do a unit on Christmas symbol/customs for our advent devotions. This weekend the kids and I will make Salt dough ornaments of the various symbols and each day of advent, we take one of the ornaments to hang on our tree, read the history of the symbol, a picture book relating (if available), a lapbook project, and a devotional.

election ASing

feeds@yuku.com (browniegirl1) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:27:32 GMT

Politics aside, we had fun watching the election coverage last night. We put our laminated US map on the family room wall. DS8 found the states as results were called and wrote the number of electoral college votes on the map as well as on a chart I had made with a donkey and elephant at the top. He color-coded red and blue. He also ran a 'poll' amongst our family via phone to learn favorite holiday and favorite Thanksgiving food. He emailed out pie graphs of the results this...

Living History Museums

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:35:46 GMT

Experiences at various Living History sites around the country.

Economics: Storage

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:17:04 GMT

Place to store various pieces for an economics education.

Economics: Federal Reserve

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:27:32 GMT

Went to the Boston Fed yesterday for two courses that they give. We have talked about teaching economics in another topic and I have complained about the general population's understanding of economics and the poor quality of teaching. Just recently, I noted with some disgust that a program to teach, in part, 'economics' to children (Exchange City) was more about teaching about government and check writing.

We took two courses at the Fed and a tour of their...

Economics: Simulated Town Economies

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:09:14 GMT

This topic is to discuss simulated towns, like Exchange City, a two day simulation that intends to teach and practice 'economics' to 'middle and high schoolers'. The course has an "at home" component, a class (or in our case, a co-op) component, and the 2 day simulation component.

AmeriTowne is...

Books: The ____ News

feeds@yuku.com (innmom) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:33:35 GMT

The twins are enjoying a series of history books done in the form of a newspaper:
The Aztec News
The Egyptian News
The Greek News
The History News: Explorers
The History News: Medicine
The Romand News
The Stone Age News
The Viking News

History: Ancient Greece

feeds@yuku.com (curlyQ) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:50:28 GMT

I searched and had no luck...

Curriculum: Learning Adventures

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:08:32 GMT

http://www.learning-adventures.org/
Seems like a Christian based unit study course around world history.

Trail GUide to World Geography

feeds@yuku.com (captuhura) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:47:05 GMT

Talexand, I saw you are using this. What do you think of it? It's not that expensive but then you need all these additional resources that really add up.

UNIT: What controls gas prices?

feeds@yuku.com (captuhura) — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:09:02 GMT

Does anyone have any kid friendly links, resources, that discusses how gas prices are determined, regulated, and controlled?

Social Sciences