ABCya
Ab Cya: Money Bingo
Students can practice counting different types of coins and bills by playing an online Bingo game.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: The History of Money
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis traces the history of money up from coins in ancient times to modern paper, currency, and e-money.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Smart Math and Writing
In this lesson, the poem "Smart" from Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein, is used as the mentor text. Students will write a map of the poem and then analyze it to discover what happened when trades with money were made and...
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: A Pocketful of Gold?
Learn more about the Susan B. Anthony silver dollar, the Sacagawea coin, and other coins through this resource.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Nickel
A nice collection of all sorts of information on nickel, its properties, isotopes and uses. Very informative.
Read Works
Read Works: All About Money
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the topic of money. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Converting Coins and Dollars in Words
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice converting money from coins into dollars.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Converting Coins Two Units
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to count the sum of coins combining 2 units and converting that total into another unit. The video is followed by practice problems to assess...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Let's Find Out About Money
In this multisensory activity, students will learn the characteristics of each coin (penny, nickel, dime and quarter) and the value for each type of coin. Students will learn record observational data, learn a song, recite a poem, and...
Can Teach
Can Teach: Pennies a Little Goes a Long Way Game
Use this fun learning game in your classroom to help students understand the value of money. Groups of students will be exchanging pennies for other types of coins.
PBS
Nova Online: History of Money
A timeline of money from 9000 B.C. to the present day that explains the types of money being used at various times in history.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Mathematics Lessons: Counting on Coins
This lesson plan for coin identification is aimed at Kindergarten and First Grade. Lots of activities, suggestions and other resources are also available.
A&E Television
History.com: Infographics: The Story of Money
Get the facts on the earliest forms of money and the origins of the U.S dollar, discover which country created the first paper money, and find out how the Inca built a great empire without using money.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Mutually Exclusive & Independent Events
The somewhat tricky differences between mutually exclusive, non-mutually exclusive, independent, and dependent events are defined here. Common items such as coins, colored cubes, and a deck of cards are all part of the easy-to-understand...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Pennies Make Cents
This is a lesson that allows for students to examine pennies. Includes links to information about coins as well as activities. It also includes information on the history of the penny.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: Civil War Money
Resource gives a history of money through the Civil War. It includes information about what influenced types of money to be made, Confederate currency, and Union currency.
Purple Math
Purplemath: "Coin" Word Problems
This site demonstrates how to solve 'coin' word problems, given relationships between the types of coins.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Bills and Coins Word Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice solving word problems involving money.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Coin Box
An interactive game involving coins to learn basic money skills such as counting money, making change and identifying coins of different denominations
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Writing the Value of the Money in Each Purse
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice looking at a picture of a purse and determining the total value of money in the purse.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Writing Prices of Items
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes what the numerical value of money translates to in dollars and cents. The video is followed by additional problems for students to practice the...
Other
My Schoolhouse: Counting Money: Coins
Interactive lesson teaches students how to count coins. Students can practice the skill and check their answers.
Starfall
Starfall: Coin Monkey
This lesson focuses on coins and how to count them to make other coins: pennies, nickles, and quarters.
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills: Lessons: Pre K Grade2
Four lessons on basic money skills for young learners cover topics such as identifying money, spending money, and earning money.