This unique curriculum provides numerous opportunities for teachers to introduce coal, Illinois' most abundant natural resource, or coal-related topics into the curriculum. In the lower grades, coal can be integrated into topics such as: goods and services, costs and benefits of choices made, decision-making, rocks and minerals, the environment, technology, Illinois history, social studies and reading and writing. At the middle school level, coal can be integrated into topics such as: density, supply and demand, persuasive writing, economics, careers, botany, graphing, determining area, environmental issues and geology/Earth history. At the high school level, coal can be integrated into topics such as: cost-benefit analysis, the role of the Illinois coal industry in Illinois economics, environmental policy and economics, ratios, proportions and percent, workplace law, the company store, biographies, environmental issues and chemistry.
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