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Thinking About Money

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students evaluate various approaches to spending money.In this spending money literacy lesson plan, students broaden their financial goals by reading "Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday" and "A Chair for My Mother."Students use a...
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Money, Money, Honey Bunny!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read a story about spending and saving money and talk about the difference between goods and services. For this money lesson plan, students also play a matching game to review the story and practice rhyming words from the story.
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Money: The Life of a Note

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine the life span of various currency denominations from Australia. They analyze a diagram of the life cycle of Australian currency, and complete a worksheet that involves describing how an Australian $5 note is passed from...
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Trading Nations

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze the impact of a global economy on the workers, business leaders and governments of China and the United States.
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We're in the Money

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study money and its place in the economy.  In this middle school Consumer Math lesson, students explore the barter system and the need for money.  Students explore how money works in society and explore modern money...
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Less Than Zero

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students keep track of money. In this money management lesson, students read Less Than Zero by Stuart J. Murphy and manipulate a number line to keep track of spending and borrowing in the story.
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To Get the Right Answers about College: Ask the Right Questions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students survey college students.  In this instructional activity, students explore typical costs.  They examine education loans.  Students complete a FASFA form and write an essay describing plans for obtaining money for...
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Fractile vs. Equal

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars compare and contrast methods of categorizing data. In this data collection lesson, students complete worksheet activities that require them to note the differences between equal and fractile intervals. Young scholars also...
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Earth Day - Hooray

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to the story, Earth Day - Hooray!, and discuss the story as it is being read.  In this Earth Day lesson, students discuss incentives and penalties in regards to taking care of the Earth.  This lesson plan also...
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My Side of the Mountain

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students complete activities with the book My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George. In this literature lesson, students read the book and discuss the concept of human capital. They complete a KWLH chart and two assessments.
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The Great Depression

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use Using specific examples, compare and contrast how President Hoover and President Roosevelt responded to the Great Depression through relief, recovery and reform. They evaluate whether their attempts were successful.
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One is Silver and the Other's Gold

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners investigate the money supply and how it can affect the value of money. They examine how the changing money supply can affect prices.
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Money Smart children

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students elementary financial vocabulary words: spend, save, invest and donate. In this finance lesson, students respond to the story "Sam and the Lucky Moon." Students describe the concepts of wants and needs, resources, scarcity,...
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How Do You Profit From Trading Stocks?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars see how to calculate the gains and losses of their stock portfolios. They use basic math skills in calculating their stock investment the old-fashioned way.
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Abraham Lincoln and the Five-Dollar Note

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Students study Presidential history by researching Abraham Lincoln.  In this U.S. history lesson, students discuss the changes in the 5 dollar bill and create a timeline of Abraham Lincoln's life.  Students complete a puzzle...
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Saturday Sancocho

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students barter with each other in order to get ingredients to make chicken sancocho. In this trading lesson plan, students read a story about a family in Central or South America who have to barter to get their needs. Then students try...
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Money Math

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students define human capital and income earning potential. In this algebra lesson, students analyze the relationship between income and capital resources. They calculate tax rates and understand how to read a tax table.
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Cashing In on Cartoons

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the popularity of cartoon characters in marketing strategies. They work on developing their own cartoon characters that could be used for a licensing plan.
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How Can Entrepreneurs Control Costs?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the fixed and variable costs that entrepreneurs face. They examine how entrepreneurs identify and control their costs in order to make a profit by completing a number of included activities.
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Adding Fuel to the Fire

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider global warming and the greenhouse effect, then explore how these issues affect other countries. They graph findings and write papers considering how continued usage can affect the future of the atmosphere and the global...
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Home Work

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify and examine domestic work, skills, and crafts, they find various arenas of traditional learning in their homes and daily lives. They identify experts at home and in their region whose skills contribute to building...
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How Can Entrepreneurs Control Costs?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students calculate fixed and variable costs. In this costs lesson, students read a case study about an entrepreneur and her business costs. Individuals complete the provided worksheets to find costs and make related business decisions....
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Closing the Gaps

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the defining characteristics of their own generation. They apply their analysis to learning about previous generations, and synthesize their learning by creating improvisational skits and writing creative essays.
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Mining Riches

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research and map how various mining ventures have changed local geographies and populations. First they read the article provided--Examining the Environmental and Social Impact of the Mining Industry.