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Econ Ed Link: Why Work Now? Lesson PlanEcon Ed Link: Why Work Now? Lesson Plan
Publisher
Council for Economic Education
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Grade
3rd - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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Lexile Measures
1050L
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Econ Ed Link: Why Work Now?

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Why do people work so hard? Why aren't you just assigned a job that you are interested in and get paid as much as the next guy? This lesson will show you why employers want the best workers that their money can buy!

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Concepts

human capital, human resources

Additional Tags

employees, council for economic education, econedlink, investment

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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