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Unit Plan
Wells Fargo

Hands on Banking

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Cha-ching! You just hit the jackpot with this interactive consumer math unit. Supported by a series of online lessons and activities, these lessons engage students in applying their math skills to real-life personal finance problems...
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Practical Money Skills

Making Decisions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Money represents decisions: spending decisions, saving decisions, and investing decisions. Encourage young adults to think about the decisions they make with their money in a three-day unit about personal finance, consumer spending, and...
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Unit Plan
Wells Fargo

Hands on Banking

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
What happens to your money between the time you make a bank deposit and the time you decide to spend it? Take middle schoolers and teens through the process of opening checking and savings accounts, creating a personal budget,...
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Worksheet
DK Publishing

Real-Life Problems, Large Numbers

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Do your fourth graders have a hard time showing their work when solving word problems? This helpful worksheet provides two separate spaces for students to show their work and to fill in the answer. The first problem is solved for them as...
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Lesson Plan
Visa

The Art of Budgeting

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Class members learn how to set up and maintain a personal budget through discussion, financial planning worksheets, and a brief PowerPoint presentation.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Studying Checks

For Teachers 8th - 10th
While on-line banking and electronic payments seem to be the way of the future, next-generation wage earners still need to understand the details of check writing. Here the focus is on the details of the check including what the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fractions - Equal or Not

For Teachers 4th
A fabulous lesson plan on fractions awaits your young mathematicians. In it, learners are invited to explore the world of fractions by accessing websites that have educational activities and worksheets embedded in them. Some excellent,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Whole Number and Decimal Place Value

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Practice real-world application of decimals by viewing the U.S. National Debt Clock online and discussing the level of outstanding debt. A skit, vocabulary, and various other resources are available.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Playing with Money (From the Other Point of View)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore exchange rates. They identify the units of currency of a number of countries. Students convert money amounts accurately. They graph currency fluctuations and interpret graphs.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Playing with Money (From the New Zealand Point of View)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the exchange rates for five countries. They identify the units of currency of a number of countries. Students convert money amounts accurately from New Zealand dollars to another currency. They graph currency...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spanish Influence on United States Currency: The Origins of the "Dollar"

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research the Spanish influence on early colonial America and the process of establishing the present U.S. currency. They read and discuss an informational handout in small groups, and take a short quiz. Students then...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

That's Kind of Corny!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students apply math skills to determining how much corn seed to plant in 100 acres. They compute the amount of weed killer needed and after totaling how many bushels per acre they harvest, they calculate their profits.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Money Math: Lessons for Life

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students develop a budget for a college student using all of the influences that the student would have.  In this budgeting lesson plan, students use real life examples to create a budget spreadsheet.  Students read and study sample...
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Lesson Plan
PwC Financial Literacy

Saving and Investing: Investing for the Future

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A fine lesson plan on saving and investing is here for you and your middle schoolers. In it, learners explore the values of time and money, and discover how small amounts of money invested over time can grow into a large "pot of gold."...
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Lesson Plan
S2tem Centers SC

Investigating Chance Processes of Probability

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
How likely is it that the school cafeteria will serve chicken tomorrow? Discover the concept of probability with the roll of the dice. Pupils evaluate the liklihood of several statments about everyday life. Then, a mathematical...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Money Talks Canadian Money

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students use newspapers, games and journal writing activities to examine the importance of money and the role it plays in daily life. They complete several math problems, fill out worksheets and practice changing varying amounts.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Revolutionary Money

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Examine paper money from the American revolution! Historians study the paper bills and discuss the history of money. How has money changed over the times? Activities are included. 
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Practical Money Skills

Buying a Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Guide high schoolers through the process of buying a house with a simulation lesson. As pupils learn about mortgages, renting versus buying, and home inspections, they discuss ways to make informed financial decisions and sound purchases.
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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Bill the Ball Bearing Man

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Just how durable could a hollow ball bearing be? Learners model the strength of the walls of a ball bearing as a function of the radius of its cavity. They use their models to make reasonable conclusions about the probability of failure...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Money

For Students 3rd
Having good money skills will be beneficial for your young learner to take with them for the rest of their life. Your class will solve for two word problems where they will draw the money depicted and state a total amount.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Money Math

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore a story about a room decoration activity to learn about measurements and area. In this measurement lesson, students listen to a story about a boy who is redecorating his bedroom. Students discuss the story and work in...
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Lesson Plan
Visa

Make It Happen: Saving for a Rainy Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Every little penny counts, especially when it comes to saving for emergencies or long-term goals. Pupils evaluate different saving and investment strategies, such as a CD or money market account, through worksheets and by researching...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Everyday Math

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discuss word problems involving time and money. In this mathematics lesson plan, students solve word problems as a class focusing on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and simple fractions. Students then make their own word...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Addition Drills, part 4

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Show kids that addition has real-life applications as they add up measurements and money. There are some examples here demonstrating regrouping and including units in an answer. They complete 20 measurement addition problems, each with...