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Barter vs. Money
First graders listen to the book, Sheep in a Shop, that leads them to think about making financial decisions, trading, and the barter system. After the book is read aloud, a discussion ensues about some of the things that the sheep...
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Four Decimal, Fraction, and Percent Activities
In this fraction activity, students solve problems presented in four different activities. The activities cover percentages, fractions, decimals, currency exchange, and value added tax. A card "game" is one of the activities. Partial...
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Money Versus Trade
Students discover the importance of exchanging money in a market. In this economics lesson, students discover natural resources and how one can barter with those resources. In addition, students complete worksheets and discover the...
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The Stock Market Game
Learners participate in The Stock Market Game. After selecting a name for their group, students invest $10,000 imaginary money and determine which stocks to purchase.
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What is Money?
Students identify the names of coins and grasp their relative values in terms of purchasing power. They engage in activities and games that help them acquire this knowledge.
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Colonial Currency
Fifth graders develop a common currency. For this colonial currency lesson, 5th graders exchange beads, rice, coins, and paper bills for goods and services. Students explore web tools to research ways colonists used money, even if it was...
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Cyber Currency, Currently
Students explore the value of currency and how to save and earn interest. In a key lesson, kids even get to purchase items in their classroom's general store. It's a fun way to learn the importance of being financially literate!
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Articles of Confederation Game
Why did the Articles of Confederation fail? Your historians will find out firsthand through this simulation activity, during which they will use money (consider using extra credit) to demonstrate the inherent flaws. It's simple: each...
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Expression Exchange
Bank on your ability to write equivalent expressions. Scholars use an interactive to create expressions using coins. They then convert these to algebraic expressions and figure out how to evaluate them. A game with various difficulty...
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Money Matters
Students play a game called Money Matters using cut out representatives of pennies, nickels, and dimes.
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Scarcity and Choice
After reading the book A Bargain for Frances, young economists discuss how money is exchanged for goods or services. They demonstrate effective financial decision-making by listing ways to save money for a product they would like to buy.
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Money as a Means of Exchange
First graders discover the term bartering as used to pay for wanted items. They play a bartering game to discover exchanging goods for wanted items and play the computer money game on the "Show-Me Economics" web site.
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Millionaire Game: Life Since 1930 Britain
Life in the UK changed a lot during and after WWII. Review major events, pop icons, and life during wartime with a game. Kids play a Millionaire-style game to test what they know about rationing, blackouts, The Beatles, and British...
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Lesson 9: Tracking Commodities
Over the corse of a month, small groups will monitor the price of a specific energy commodity and analyze it in relation to global and domestic events. They play a trade simulation game and create infographics showing what they've...
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How Do You Analyze a Corporation?
Students analyze corporation whose stock they may consider buying for the Global Stock Game (GSG).
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Valentine Shop
Learners use Coin Critters software to practice coin recognition. Students complete a printing project for the cover of Valentine cards and use monthly calendars or a hundreds chart to count by 5's and 10's. Learners use KidPix to create...
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No More Money Trouble
Young consumers explore money identification and counting. In this cross-curricular money instructional activity, they participate in comprehension and writing activities prior to and after reading the book Money Trouble by Bill Cosby....
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Money Makes the World Go 'Round
Students examine what a basic unit of currency means and how it affects world finances.
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Reporter Worksheet
In this math worksheet, 3rd graders tell the value of American coins. They count the number of each coin in the illustration. Students tell the value of a dollar and the number of dollars in the illustration. Links for coin lessons are...
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Role Playing - Shopping- Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, 5th graders role play as if they are purchasing a ham and cheese sandwich in a shop. They act out a scene as the shop worker and the customer as they practice executing the order and...
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Celebrating the Universal Language of Numbers
Math games and activities spark the imagination while building crucial skills.
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Defining Culture
Second graders define the term culture and are exposed to a variety of cultures from around the world. They read books, play Native American games, develop a class book that examines their own culture and, after examining currencies from...
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Jeopardy Review
Students engage in test review. In this test review lesson, students participate in a Jeopardy game. Students work in small groups answering comprehension questions. Standard Jeopardy rules apply.
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Home Tour
In this exchange student lesson, students create a story about an exchange student. Students draw a map to show the location of community buildings and practice providing directions from location to location.