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
Content Partner
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Grades 9-12
Grades K-2, 3-5
On this day in 1873 Jay Cooke and Co. one of the nation's most reputable brokerage houses collapsed. This collapse was due mainly by its ill-conceived plan of adding a second trans-continental railroad. The collapse brought to light years of unchecked expansion and inflation causing five years of severe economic trouble.