United States Department of Commerce

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/united-states-department-of-commerce

1. What is the location?
2. What is the headquarters building?
3. How does the Department of Commerce help new businesses start and grow?
4. Why does the Department of Commerce collect data about markets and consumers?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Washington, D.C
2. What is the headquarters building?Herbert C. Hoover Building
3. How does the Department of Commerce help new businesses start and grow?It encourages innovation and entrepreneurship, gives information about markets, and helps companies find jobs and customers.
4. Why does the Department of Commerce collect data about markets and consumers?The data helps businesses and the government make smart decisions about what people want and how to make products better.

Executive Department: One of the major administrative units of the U.S. federal government, headed by a Secretary.
Catalyzing Economic Development: Stimulating and accelerating the growth and improvement of economic activity within a region.
National Economic Security: The protection of a nation's economic system from internal and external threats.
U.S. Foreign Service: The corps of diplomats and other officers who represent the U.S. abroad.