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46-60 min
Economics

Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building

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In this lesson, students learn about human resources, productivity, human capital, and physical capital. They participate in three rounds of a reasoning activity and listen to a story about how the Empire State Building was built.

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K-5
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