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Spend, Save or Donate

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars identify the difference between spending, saving, and donating. They brainstorm reasons to give and options to donate. They sing a song about donating to charity.
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Banking on the Future

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve problems involving interest. In this investing lesson, students investigate the pros and cons of investing in a bank account and stocks. They differentiate between aggressive and conservative investments.
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Developing a Life-Managment Plan

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students investigate values and goals to develop a life-management plan. In this life goals lesson plan, students identify life choices and factors affecting the choices. Students establish short and long term personal goals and the...
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Undercounting Unemployment

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners examine what defines unemployment numbers in the United States. In this economic data lesson, students complete worksheets, watch a video, and have a class debate in order to understand how the U.S. defines and comes up with...
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Coral Bleaching: Making Our Oceans Whiter

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study coral reefs and the controversy over coral bleaching. They role-play a debate over the issue and come up with a compromise to protect the reefs and the economies that depend on them.
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Make Me an Offer

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the significance of the Louisiana Purchase and the journey of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery. They become familiar with the features of the Keelboat Nickel reverse and identify trade goods used by Lewis and...
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Band Aid and Changing the World

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the origins of well known charities and the impact of the first Band Aid single 20 years ago. They explore what is involved in turning the dream of a different kind of world into a reality. They complete a worksheet...
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The Fed's Role in Making & Setting Monetary Policy

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Pupils study inflation and its relationship to money and pricing. In groups, students examine how investment decisions have changed since the 1970's. After looking at a designated website, pupils discover the reason for printing money...
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Expensive Choices

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders work in pairs to discover how to prioritize expenses in a budget.
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Creating a Savings Chart

For Teachers 3rd
Student create a savings chart given a set allowance per week. They explain how people in the local community make choices about using goods, services, and productive resources, and how they compare costs and benefits in economic...
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A Look At Osteoporosis

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders study osteoporosis and understand the relationship between calcium and bone mass.  In this investigative lesson students participate in an activity in which they graph and construct basic bone biology.
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Adding Two-digit Numbers Using Dimes and Pennies

For Teachers 1st
First graders study money. In this addition lesson, 1st graders count and add two-digit numbers using dimes and pennies.
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Explosive Ideas!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the layers of the Earth and the dynamic changes that they cause on Earth's surface. Volcanoes and earthquakes become the focus of the instructional activity as the Oregon State quarter and its Crater Lake images are...
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Show Me the Money

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils examine current and past economic crises around the world, using the current recession in the United States as a starting point.
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Market Structure and Competition

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students explore the role of government in the economy market. In this economics instructional activity, students analyze the decision making and how it takes into consideration additional cost, benefits and public awareness of what they...
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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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Mr. Popper's Penguin's

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders locate Antarctica and recognize it as the setting of Mr. Popper's Penguins. For this Mr. Popper's Penguins lesson, 4th graders understand the financial decisions made by Mr. Popper. Students discuss wise spending. Students...
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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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Sounds Like Science- Bottle Organ

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students investigate the relationship between pitches and notes. In this musical pitches and notes instructional activity, students use different sized bottles, water, and sugar to demonstrate different sounds. Students create musical...
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How Good Is Green?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the amount of electricity used and wasted in homes and at school using kilowatt meters. In this environmental energy lesson, students compute power usage by appliances over time and identify ways in which electricity is...
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Back to the Farm

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete a family tree.  In this farming and ranching lesson, students define the term genealogy, learn how to create a family tree, and fill in a family tree with the help of their parents making sure to note if any of their...
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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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Scarcity

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
How can having too little of something impact your life? Scholars investigate the concept of scarcity in their own lives and in the overall picture of the economy. Brainstorming activities as well as student-parent work bring to light...
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Budgeting Your Financial Resources

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the aspects of making a budget. For this money management lesson, students learn the importance of budgeting and what all goes into creating a budget by eventually creating a budget of their own including how much they...