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3-5, 6-8, 9-12
World Geography and Economics
Celebrate National Geography Awareness Week November 13 - 17 with these cross-curricular lessons for grades 3 - 12.
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Grades 9-12
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Grades 6-8, 9-12
Grades 9-12
Grades K-2, 3-5
On this day in 1998 ailing electric giant AMP Inc made 22,000 of its employees take mandatory furloughs instead of downsizing. These furloughs consisted either of a week of sans-pay or a week long "holiday." This was seen as the first in a new era where companies could increase their bottom dollar without downsizing.