A collection of excellent teacher-designed lesson plans on a variety of topics. Edustock is an educational web page designed to teach young and old alike, what the stock market is, and how it can work for them. The Global Grocery List Project has become something of a tradition on the Internet. This is an interactive individual activity where the student is travelling through russia and must convert his currency and figure out the different time zones. This site is recommended for practice of latitude longitude-very similar to Carmen Sandiego, but must actually know the coordinates.
Constitutions are economic documents as well as political documents.
This is certainly true of the Constitution of the United States. Our nation's founders believed that economic freedom as well as political freedom are essential for national prosperity and growth. Despite the advantages of free trade, many nations impose limits on trade for a variety of reasons. The main types of trade restrictions are tariffs, quotas, embargoes, licensing requirements, standards, and subsidies. By working in each of the systems, students internalize the fundamental values present in each system.