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Curated OER

Basic Operations with Decimals

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders practice skills adding and dividing decimals. They examine the help wanted ads and compute the hourly and weekly wages. They discuss the real life value of understanding the importance of decimals.
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Curated OER

By The Pound

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students develop mathematical skills using measurement in the form of weight. They also perform calculations to find cost and strengthen estimation skills while comparing the actual price. The context for the activity is in the industry...
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Curated OER

Budget Finances

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students role play the role of a recent graduate of high school living on their own. Using play money, they are given one month's salary and they discover they own their own house or apartment and owe money on a car loan. They develop...
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Curated OER

Talking Bulls and Bears

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students compare and contrast bull and bear markets. In this stock market lesson, students visit the noted Web sites to study supply and demand, the stock exchange, and financial scandals.
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French Fry Run

For Teachers 2nd
Student explore estimation and measurement. In this measurement lesson, 2nd graders measure french fries, graph their data, and determine the size of french fries that is the best value. Students practice how to add prices and calculate ...
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Adding and Subtracting Decimals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice adding and subtracting numbers with decimals. For this decimals lesson plan, students use grid paper and money to learn how to add and subtract decimals.
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Curated OER

Oral Language in Mathematics

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine fractions by descriptively writing about them. In this number sense lesson, 3rd graders read number sentences and compare fractions based on their size. Students explain fractions to a friend by writing a friendly...
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Raindrops Keep Burning On My head

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the effects and causes of acid rain. They test pH of household items to familiarize themselves with pH scale and compare that information with acid rain solutions. They investigate impact of acid rain via internet...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Consumer Education

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, after reviewing an extensive list of vocabulary terms on the board, identify/label food items, how much they cost and the value of using coupons to save money. In addition, they practice reading the labels on the food packaging...
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Curated OER

Penny Pinchers

For Teachers K
Students, by participating in a classroom toy store, are introduced to the penny.
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Curated OER

Give Me Five, Cents That Is

For Teachers K
Students explore coins, especially the nickel, through a toy cash register, worksheet, and paper nickels.
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Curated OER

Donut Dinero

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students set up a classroom currency exchange and explore the idea of bartering to get what they want. They create a monetary unit that is based on fractions and multiples of a standard unit, and compare this system to the U.S. monetary...
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Curated OER

Mini-Economy

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders perform jobs in order to sustain their classroom community. After completing a brief overview of how local economies are sustained, they complete job applications for classroom jobs. Students perform their jobs throughout...
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Mineral Munch

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the sodium content in foods they eat. After observing a table setting, 2nd graders then identify items made from rock. They taste low sodium crackers and compare them to regular crackers. Students discuss the...
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Curated OER

The Federal Reserve

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the role of government in the economy market. For this economics lesson, students analyze the decision making and how it takes into consideration additional cost, benefits and public awareness of what they are trying to...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Could It Happen Again?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The final instructional activity in a series of six about the Great Depression focuses on the Federal Reserve's role in stabilizing the economy.
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Charleston School District

Equations of Linear Functions

For Students 8th Standards
Teaching linear function relationships using contextual information is beneficial to pupils' understanding. The lesson uses problem solving to build linear functions given different information for each problem. This is the second in a...
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A Lesson To Accompany "The First Bank of the United States: A Chapter in the History of Central Banking"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here is an interesting topic. Learners examine the economics that led to the founding of the First Bank of America. They participate in a reader's theater experience depicting the debate between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson...
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Federal Reserve Bank

What Do People Say?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
After reading a series of fictitious letters that represent actual events during the time period, young historians craft a small town newsletter to explain the causes of the Great Depression.
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Lesson Plan
iCivics

Candidate Evaluation

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
How can we decide between candidates on election day? After contemplating various issues and qualities, your learners will go through a step-by-step process of researching and evaluating sample candidates and determining their...
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Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars barter for goods within the class. In this economics lesson plan based on the Great Depression, the teacher introduces the lesson plan with a picture book, then students are allowed to barter with teacher supplied goods as...
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Abraham Lincoln and the Five-Dollar Note

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Students study Presidential history by researching Abraham Lincoln.  In this U.S. history lesson, students discuss the changes in the 5 dollar bill and create a timeline of Abraham Lincoln's life.  Students complete a puzzle activity...
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Mathalicious

Pic Me!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Finally! Math and Instagram have come together to discuss the correlation between likes and followers. High schoolers can't help but want to discover what makes one account more popular than another by developing a line of best fit and...
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7.RP Music Companies, Variation 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Real-world multiple-step proportion problems are sometimes hard to find for your math class. Here is one designed specifically to meet that need. Learners use proportional relationships to determine price per share in the acquisition of...