This simulation encourages student team to draft letters to their Congressional representatives and senators presenting their case on how the budget should be allocated. This is a kid-created site that explains the concept of investing. It is more appropriate for upper elementary. The activities are all broken down into 3 learning levels. Supply and Demand Students can deal with a real-world decisions that encounter the law of supply and demand.
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Fifteen This is a fun site for students to develop skills to understanding international exchange rates and their relationship to U.S. currency. Students trace international criminals by tracking down their credit cards. American History Using Pictures to Compare Lifestyles of Native Americans Past and Present Lessons that use pictures to compare lifestyles of Native Americans past to present. A transcript of Thomas Jefferson s original rough draft of the Declaration of Independence and an 1826 letter declining to attend the fiftieth anniversary of the document. This is a great web site for students to be first introduced to real historical documents and their background.