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National and Regional Identity

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine state quarters to identify symbols that represent national and regional identity. They discuss the process used to determine what is put on the quarter. They review colonial money, and euros to look for cultural images.
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Shopping for a Party

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders produce a budget for a party.  In this money management lesson, 2nd graders create a budget for an imaginary party they will have based on a $20.00 limit.  Students observe a video clip in class discussing budgets. 
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Past Meets Present

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine coins to become familiar with architectural structures.  For this past meets present lesson, 3rd graders research and complete worksheets on Guam.  Students combine their group research into pieces of the pie poster.
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What's on Sale?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore sale items.  In this money and percent math instructional activity, students work in groups to locate food ads in the newspaper.  Students identify sales and calculate final prices using percentage discounts.  Students...
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Story Hour with Lincoln

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore the life of Abraham Lincoln. In this Abraham Lincoln lesson, students create a Lincoln beard and hat to wear. Young scholars view the penny and discuss why he was chosen to be pictured on the penny. Students create...
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Real-World Reasonableness

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders apply math to real-world situations. In this mathematics lesson, 5th graders are read the book, "Math Curse," which discusses ways in which math is used each day. Students then write a sequel to the book in groups,...
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A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of exponential growth.  In this exponential growth lesson, students manipulate power models with base 2.  Students discuss what would happen if you doubled a penny over the course of 20 days.  Students graph...
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What to Do with a $20 Bill Besides Spend It

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students explore the concept of anti-counterfeiting measure.  For this economics lesson, students use science equipment to discover anti-counterfeiting designs.  Students then explore other denominations of bills. 
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Right on the Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners watch a video about different ways of making the same amounts of money and view a clip about the Denver Mint to discover how coins are made. They complete a Web activity on each coin's worth and find out facts about the penny.
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Money Skills (Using Coins)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students pretend to purchase items at their class store using coins. At the store, they are to state the amount of the item they want to buy by reading the label. They give the cashier the correct amount of coins and are given a mark on...
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Money Math

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate the characteristics of the different coins. The teacher presents each coin, and the students identify the distinguishing characteristics of each side of the coin, and the value of each coin. The students complete a...
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The Euro: Money Changes Everything

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils begin the lesson by being introduced to the currency of the Euro. As a class, they must decide which is worth more, the euro or a United States dollar. Using the internet, they determine the current exchange rate and complete...
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Counting Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discover the importance of economics through Shel Silverstein's poem Smart. Students are introduced to the concept of earning money and using money to purchase necessary items, after becoming familiar with U.S. money.
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It's Time to Put Our Money Where Our Mouths Are

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders choose a person who should be honored on our currency. They write a letter outlining the reasons for their choice.
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What is Money? Learn the Role of Money in a Free Market System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners view a seashell and listen as the teacher explains that these were sometimes used as money. They listen as the teacher lectures on medium of exchange, barter, and commodity. Students determine the number of chickens it would...
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Thinking About Money and Goals

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the concept of buyer's remorse and impulse spending. For this buyer's remorse and impulse spending lesson, students discuss times that they have purchased an item through impulse spending or had buyer's remorse. Students...
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Making Change with Dollars anc Cents

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders increase their knowledge of how to make change with dollars and cents by correctly identifying coins along with their values and then using coins to make an assigned amount which will be written on envelopes. They then...
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Budgeting Money

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of budgeting. For this budgeting lesson, students pick an occupation and develop a list of needs and wants. Middle schoolers make a list of monthly expenses and budget their income to afford those...
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Counting Money- Count Coins COUNTING MONEY - COUNT COINS

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners practice counting money by counting coins.
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Coin Combinations Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students identify how many coins: quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies equals a given dollar amount.
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Putting Your Money to Work

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students create a collect data on expenses. In this algebra lesson, students create a spreadsheet to solve scientific equations. They incorporate math, science and technology in this lesson.
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Managing Your Food Money

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars investigate family budgeting methods. In this family budget lesson, students examine the wages and expenditures of family and participate in a simulation that requires them to employ the envelope budget method.
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Planning: To Get Enough Money for Food

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students investigate methods that families use for planning meals and budgeting for them. In this nutrition lesson, students complete activities that require them to determine how much it costs to feed children at different ages....
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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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