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New York's Economic Growth

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With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, New York State truly came into its own as a center for industry and economy. Businessmen like Jay Gould of the railroad industry and oil tycoon JD Rockefeller helped make New York prosperous, while many local inventors, engineers, and architects helped create new and valuable ideas. From the beauty and strength of the Brooklyn Bridge to the innovations of Corning Glass Works, New York's past and present are ripe with fascinating tales of economic growth and innovation.

New York's Economic Growth

Leaders of New York's Industrial Growth

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New York State has many unique geographical qualities and resources that have helped make it a leader in business and industry. This fascinating book traces the history of the state's industrial growth from its earliest colonial occupation by the Dutch to the development of factories and infrastructure that make New York the flourishing hub it is today. This helpful resource features primary source documents and maps from New York's history.

Leaders of New York's Industrial Growth

The Princes of Machu Picchu

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After the conquest of the Inca Empire by the Spanish invaders, only a few native princes managed to flee into the mountains. In Machu Picchu, a hidden city in the Andes, they build up a new peaceful society with their families.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
120 min.
The Princes of Machu Picchu

Agricola

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In Agricola (Latin for "farmer"), you're a farmer in a wooden shack with your spouse and little else.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
120 min.
Agricola

Poseidon

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Poseidon is a game about prestige, fortune and exploration.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Math
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
120 min.
Poseidon

Agricola: Farmers of the Moor

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This expansion adds to the base game of Agricola with a large set of new improvements, and adds a number of new features. Horses are introduced as a new type of animal.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
120 min.
Agricola: Farmers of the Moor

Automobile

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Automobile is a 3-5 player game that bears a modern setting when compared to most of Wallace’s releases. Players are competing in the U.S.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
120 min.
Automobile

For Sale

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Going once! Going twice! Sold to the highest bidder! In this perfectly-crafted bidding game, players are forced to make a multitude of difficult decisions every minute…and that’s just in the first phase of the game!

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Math
Family/Consumer Science
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
20 min.
For Sale

Safranito

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At an Indian spice booth, the players bargain for the precious ingredients they need for their exquisite meals. Thereby, everyone throws their Indian coins face-down onto the bowls depicted on the game board. The players may bluff and push the opponents’ coins aside.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Math
Family/Consumer Science
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
45 min.
Safranito

Settlers of Catan

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Players are recent immigrants to the unpopulated island of Catan. Expand your colony through the building of settlements and roads by harvesting commodities from the land around you. Trade earned resources for settlements, roads or development cards.

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Middle
High
Content Area: 
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
60 min.
Settlers of Catan

Settlers of Catan: Seafarers

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NOTE - this is an expansion to Settlers of Catan and requires the base game to play.
In Catan: Seafarers, you control a group of bold seafaring settlers exploring and taming the beautiful, uncharted Isles of Catan.

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Middle
High
Content Area: 
Family/Consumer Science
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
60 min.
Settlers of Catan: Seafarers

Chicago Express

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America's industrial boom would have been unthinkable without the railroads. It was only possible to open up this huge country by transporting the necessary materials over long distances.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
60 min.
Chicago Express

Factory Manager

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Each player owns a factory and tries to earn the most money during the game. To be successful, each player must use his workers to buy the best machines and robots at the market and to run the machines most effectively in his factory.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
60 min.
Factory Manager

Black Friday

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When you invest in the stock exchange, you want to buy low and sell high! But it does not always go that way, so sometimes you will need subsidies from the government to keep investing.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Math
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
60 min.
Black Friday

Puerto Rico

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In 1493 Christoper Columbus discovered the eastern-most island of the Great Antilles. About 50 years later, Puerto Rico began to really blossom - through you! Which roles will you play in the new world: Prospector? Governor? Settler? Trader?

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
90 min.
Puerto Rico

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