How much does it cost to live the life your dream life? Scholars explore the pitfalls of personal finance through planning, discussion, and research. The first instructional activity in a five-part series tasks individuals with...

How many constitutional clauses does it take to create a bill? High schoolers find out with several activities and  selected clauses about the rule of law and the US Constitution. Various coinciding activities help to strengthen learning.

How is federal policy established? To gain insight into this complex and often messy process, class members read an article that uses information on attempts to establish public policy in immigration to illustrate the role proposed...

Beyond reading and arithmetic, one of the most important skills for graduating seniors to have is fiscal literacy and responsibility. Start them on the right financial track with nine lessons that focus on a variety of important personal...

Help your young consumers learn about credit and the importance of credit history. With a thorough lesson about the ins and outs of credit, as well as the potential pitfalls of having a line of credit, kids will be well-equipped to...

As part of the study of the legislative process, class members research redistricting and gerrymandering, and the effects of these activities on law making. On day one of the two-day plan, individuals redistrict the state of Elbonia so...

You just got your first cell phone bill, but what does it all mean? Clear up the confusion for your young consumers as they break down and itemize a cell phone bill to better understand what they are paying for and why. This type of...

Students identify steps by which a bill becomes federal law in the United States, explain roles and objectives of a congressional lobbyist, and identify at least three problematic issues affecting America today.

Students visualize the step-by-step process of how an idea becomes a law and how involved the process is.

Fourth graders examine the history of the Ohio Statehouse and order the major historical events in its development. The lesson traces the development from the time of Ohio's vast wilderness to the house's completion in 1861.

Students explore the differences between the responsibilities of the local and the state governments in Ohio. The roles of the two different levels of government are investigated and applied to a variety of situations in this lesson.

Here is an interactive learning exercise that allows learners to practice counting change with bills and coins, make change for a dollar, and practice their subtraction skills. The bills used are ones, fives, tens, twenties, and fifties....

Although this legislative process lesson is designed to accompany a specific text, it is valuable independently. Young learners participate in a picture walk (worksheet included) through My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington,...

Pupils discuss how members of Congress represent varied groups of people and identify several sub-groups present in their local population. They examine how a bill benefits certain groups of people and write a paper with their observations.

Students simulate the legislative process of law-making by assuming different roles. They investigate the process by writing a bill on any subject of his/her own choice

Students read about and discuss how a bill becomes a law and then propose a law themselves. In this law lesson plan, students learn legislative vocabulary and then brainstorm a law a write a letter proposing that law.

Students simulate the legislative process. In this British Parliament lesson, students discover the steps of the legislative process as they propose mock bills and attempt to make them laws.

Sixth graders count money.  In this money instructional activity, 6th graders count sets of coins and dollar bills.  During specified activities, they total orders and calculate the amont of change a customer should receive.  Students...

Third graders determine how to make equivalent amounts of money using different sets of coins. In this money lesson, 3rd graders review money vocabulary and coin values before determining how to count bills and coins in different sets to...

Young scholars explore the concept of anti-counterfeiting measure.  For this economics lesson, students use science equipment to discover anti-counterfeiting designs.  Young scholars then explore other denominations of bills. 

Eleventh graders explore how a bill becomes a law. In this American Government lesson, 11th graders collaborate with a small group to create a game board that explains the legislative process. Students create flash cards of key...

Students explore the concept of financial trouble. In this financial trouble instructional activity, students read an article about people who earn large salaries, but still have financial trouble. Students discuss ways to avoid and get...

Young scholars practice with money. In this money and change lesson, students practice how to give change and how to make other combinations equal to the same amount.

In this money worksheet, 3rd graders show each money amount by using the smallest number of coins and bills. They mark the number of each coin and paper money amount from a list under the given amount.