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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Which Amount Is Not Equal to a Given Amount of Money

For Students 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this interactive media source, the video analyzes which amount of money is not equal to the given amount. The process shows how to add each coin amount and then...
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Handout
Social Studies Help Center

Social Studies Help Center: What Is Money?

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduction explains what money is. This is followed by a brief history of commodity money and fiat money. Finally, this site explains the essential functions and characteristics of money.
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Lesson Plan: Money, Money, Money

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
It all about money! Explore the concept of money in this real-world, unit plan. A collection of six lessons where students practice skills such as coin identification, mental math, menu math, making change, math operations with coins,...
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Handout
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services

Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Nickel

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough summary of information on nickel, including alloys and environmental issues. Detailed.
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Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Coins for Candy

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An interactive lesson helps students identify, compare, and learn the value of coins including pennies, nickels, and dimes.
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Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Grandpa's Game

For Students 3rd - 5th
An interactive learning tutorial helps students practice counting coins.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Revolutionary Money

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A two-lesson unit using the Smithsonian collection of currency to teach learners about the first American money. Other resources are given and all materials are downloadable.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Currency

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on currency discusses the history and evolution of currency. It also discusses the code used to define currency, provides a list of currency names by country, and gives a listing of currency symbols.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting the Bills and Coins

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Counting money with dollar bills and coins. The video is followed by practice problems to assess student understanding of the concept.
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Website
Other

Kokogiak Media: The Mega Penny Project

For Students 9th - 10th
What does one quintillion pennies look like? Would it cover the Earth or Mt. Everest? Use this site to visualize the value of money.
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Activity
Other

Fayette County Public Schools Curriculum: Counting Money

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
This site has a review of current U.S. coin values.
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Learning Coins

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Explore a tutorial to learning facts about the coins and their value then play a game to sort the coins by value.
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Counting Money

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
In this multi-level game, students count money up to one hundred dollars.
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Money Bingo

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Students can practice counting different types of coins and bills by playing an online Bingo game.
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Handout
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: The History of Money

For Students 9th - 10th
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis traces the history of money up from coins in ancient times to modern paper, currency, and e-money.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Smart Math and Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
For this lesson, the poem "Smart" from Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein, is used as the mentor text. Students will write a map of the poem and then analyze it to discover what happened when trades with money were made and...
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: A Pocketful of Gold?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about the Susan B. Anthony silver dollar, the Sacagawea coin, and other coins through this resource.
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Handout
Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Nickel

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice collection of all sorts of information on nickel, its properties, isotopes and uses. Very informative.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: All About Money

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the topic of money. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Converting Coins and Dollars in Words

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice converting money from coins into dollars.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Converting Coins Two Units

For Students 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to count the sum of coins combining 2 units and converting that total into another unit. The video is followed by practice problems to assess...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Let's Find Out About Money

For Students K - 1st
In this multisensory lesson, students will learn the characteristics of each coin (penny, nickel, dime and quarter) and the value for each type of coin. Students will learn record observational data, learn a song, recite a poem, and play...
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Lesson Plan
Can Teach

Can Teach: Pennies a Little Goes a Long Way Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Use this fun learning game in your classroom to help students understand the value of money. Groups of students will be exchanging pennies for other types of coins.
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Activity
PBS

Nova Online: History of Money

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A timeline of money from 9000 B.C. to the present day that explains the types of money being used at various times in history.