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- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students examine the ways to earn money and discover the different uses for money. They read children's literature and draw pictures of uses for money that benefit the common good. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students engage with an early money worksheet for learning about making money. They see how earning money can be related to doing chores. They utilizie an interactive worksheet imbedded in this plan. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students write a story about someone who works in order to earn money for something they want. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 3rd
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Students examine spending and earning, and calculate change up to a dollar. They view and participate in demonstrations of earning and spending math problems, complete a worksheet, and play a game in pairs that simulates banking. Full Review »
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- 4th - 9th
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Students explore the concept a higher education yields higher earnings. Throughout the class, students visit six workstations and examine occupations, education, salaries, spending, banking, and taxes. As students rotate through the stations, they simulate life: earning money, paying bills, finding housing, transportation, and creating a budget. Students discuss how they felt about settling for less than they wanted or having enough with some left over. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students write a feature article and create a visual display explaining how teens can save or invest their money wisely. They research ways to earn interest in today's economy, even if you don't have much money. Students use Internet resources and local experts. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students make a list of ten things in their home that they or a parent has purchased (clothing, radio, TV, stereo, games, toys, etc.). They then use catalogs, newspaper advertisements, telephone calls, or store visits to find the current price of each item. Next, they use the current minimum hourly wage to determine how long it would take to earn enough money to buy the items on the list. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students survey how to manage money and the importance of it. Students summarize that each day they have the opportunity to earn or lose money. Students provides many situations to present ways of paying bills and money management. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students examine how adults earn and save money to purchase the items they need and want. They discuss if they earn allowance and what they do with their money before listening to "A Chair For My Mother." They define the goal of the family in the book and answer the associated questions. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students analyze the stock market from Post WWII through today. Through an interactive simulation, students are given an opportunity to earn "millions". They will analyze the stock market from a historical perspective and explain the reason why long-term investments are important for investors. Full Review »

