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This flipchart helps students explore working on commission. Using 5 case studies they can explore straight commission, salary plus commission and draw against commission. They will also learn about vocabulary that includes: salary, commission, net pay, gross pay, bonus, draw, base and wages. This flipchart allows student to interactively explore types of jobs that are commission-based as well as the the pros and cons of commission-based employment. Student will need to understand simple mathematics including addition, subtraction, multiplying, and percentages. Some actions are embedded in the flipchart like hide/show, page notes, show calculator and others.

"Mr. Wimmer's Spring 2013 Advanced Placement United States History class was commissioned to create a quilt representing the contributors and causes of the Civil War. After studying the Antebellum Period, the class chose to represent the causes of the Civil War as various shapes and colors to artfully visualize the factors leading to war. Every shape on the quilt has a meaning and was consciously placed. "