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International Monetary Fund: All About Money [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A valuable resource for educators who are teaching their students about money. A series of lesson plans cover everything from the different forms of currency over time, to trade and economic growth and exchange. Activities and games are...
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A&E Television

History.com: Infographics: The Story of Money

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Roy Davies: Money

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the past, present, and future of money. Learn about exchange rates, money forms, banking, and more.
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NumberNut

Number Nut: Subtracting Money Under Ten Dollars

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Find the difference between two money amounts. Values are expressed in decimal form, not coins. There are ten random questions.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: The Coins of the Demareteion Master

For Students 9th - 10th
The Demareteion Master is the name given to the artist who created the dies for the Demareteion coin and some others in ancient Greece. He is the first known master engraver to have lifted the numismatic art form to the level of...
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International Monetary Fund: Where & What in the World Is Money?

For Students 9th - 10th
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has created this interactive game that takes students on a time machine ride through history in order to learn about the different forms of money from the past.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Converting Dollars and Coins Into Dollars in Words

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students practice converting a mix of dollars and coins into the numeric format and solving word problems. Includes video demonstrating a...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Adding and Subtracting Money Using Words

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video walks you through an example of pulling out key words to know what operation to use when working with money word problems. The video models converting...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: What Is Currency? Lessons From Historic Africa

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
From the Smithsonian, this site offers lessons and resources on currency, its use (in the form of gold dust, salt, or metal objects) as an instrument of trade in historic Africa, and its requirements as an instrument of trade in the...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Compound Interest: Show Me the Money

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is an activity at the conclusion of the exponential relationship unit where students have experience with equations in the form y=a*b^x. Students use the random integer function on theTI-83 Plus to generate a rate of return for the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ancient Egypt, an Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Egyptian imagery, concepts, and perspectives are found everywhere; you will find them in architectural forms, on money, and in our day to day lives. This introduction will provide you with the primary filters to view and understand...
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Study Pad

Splash Learn: Compose Shapes

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Place the shapes on the picture outline and collect coins for each correct answer.
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Curated OER

Smithsonian: What Is Currency? Lessons From Hist. Africa

For Students 3rd - 8th
From the Smithsonian, this site offers lessons and resources on currency, its use (in the form of gold dust, salt, or metal objects) as an instrument of trade in historic Africa, and its requirements as an instrument of trade in the...
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Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: De Cuantas Maneras?

For Students 3rd - 8th
In Spanish. This activity is recommended to be done with group of students. They can practice how many different ways they can make a certain amount of money with a given number of coins or how to form different words with a given number...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Building a Dream

For Students 9th - 10th
This site talks about a young man who has started his own business and tells the story of how he started the company "2nd Gear Bicycles." Gives young entrepreneurs a great way to learn about starting your own business.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Fasces

For Students 9th - 10th
Rods bound in the form of a bundle, and containing an axe in the middle, the iron of which projected from them. These rods were carried by lictors before the superior magistrates at Rome, and are often represented on the reverse of...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Puteal

For Students 9th - 10th
Puteal, properly means the enclosure surrounding the opening of a well, to protect persons from falling into it. It was either round or square, and seems usually to have been of the height of three or four feet from the ground. It was...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: As

For Students 9th - 10th
The unit of value in the Roman and old Italian coinages, was made of copper, or of the mixed metal called Aes. It was originally of the weight of a pound of twelve ounces whence it was called as libralis and aes grave. The oldest form of...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: As

For Students 9th - 10th
The unit of value in the Roman and old Italian coinages, was made of copper, or of the mixed metal called Aes. It was originally of the weight of a pound of twelve ounces whence it was called as libralis and aes grave. The oldest form of...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Carpentum

For Students 9th - 10th
A cart; also a two-wheeled carriage enclosed, and with an arched or sloping cover overhead. The carpentum was used to convey the Roman matrons in the public festal processions; and, as this was a high distinction, the privilege of riding...
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United States Postal Service

For Students 9th - 10th
As an independent agency of the government, the United States Postal Service homepage offers information on zip codes, address change, stamps, online billing, and variety of other topics.
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Quia

Quia: Place Value Rags to Riches

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
So you want to be a place value millionaire? Test your understanding of place value when you play Rags to Riches. A comprehensive, multiple choice game covering place value concepts with whole numbers and decimals, word form and standard...
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Nea Fine Arts Grant Program Guidelines

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the Fine Arts. "The National Education Association (NEA) Fine Arts grants are awarded to fine arts teachers, through local NEA affiliates, to enable them to create and implement fine arts programs that promote...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Gubernaculum

For Students 9th - 10th
A rudder. Before the invention of the rudder, which Pliny ascribes to Tiphys, the pilot of the ship Argo, vessels were both propelled and guided by oars alone. This circumstance may account for the form of the ancient rudder, as well as...