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Money

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students count money using only coins.  In this money instructional activity, students read Bennies Pennies, practice counting the pennies in the story and are then introduces to the different coins, penny, nickel, dime and...
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Scoot for Money

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students rotate through a group of centers counting the coins that are in a cup placed at each spot. After completing the entire circuit, papers are graded as a whole class and each student gets to spend the money in their cup at a class...
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The Role of Money

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the role of money. In this money lesson, 4th graders read a chapter from Judy Blume's, Double Fudge, to see how money is made and how people make money. They finish a worksheet, and play a game about money.
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A Dollar for Penny

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners demonstrate different ways to make a dollar. In this consumer math lesson plan, students read the book A Dollar for Penny and identify the value of each coin. Learners determine combinations of coins that can make up a dollar.
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Rice Math

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice basic subtraction facts using a number grid.  In this rice math instructional activity, 4th graders figure out how much more they need to get to a specific number.  Students complete a chart of examples...
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Money in the Bank

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students write and draw the pictures and words they see on each coin. They discuss the presidents or other images on the coins' faces. Students are told that each coin represents a specific amount of money. They trace their coins with...
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Hands On Math Lessons with Technology

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore a variety of math concepts. In this integrating technology activity, students visit online webtools such as Max's Math Adventure, I Know That Math, Hands on Banking, and more.  A description of each website is...
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How Do You Double Your Money?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars understand how to calculate the return on investments for various rates and lengths. Also, they compare their results with the StocksQuest Calculator, which lists calculations year by year.
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Cyber Currency, Currently

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in online currency activities. In this currency instructional activity, students complete 6 activities which include online resources. They learn about bartering, monetary systems, foreign currency, stores, selling...
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What's All this Money Madness?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the value of money. In this money instructional activity, 2nd graders read the book Money Madness by David A. Alder and watch Brain Pop Jr. videos. Students discuss why we need money and how people earn money....
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Counting on Coins

For Teachers K - 1st
Students count coins. In this currency and mathematics lesson, students use skip counting to figure the value of a group of coins. Students use plastic replica coins and real coins.
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A Lesson to Accompany "Benjamin Franklin and the Birth of a Paper Money Economy"

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students examine the role of money in the colonial economy by participating in a trading activity. In this colonial economy instructional activity, students complete an activity to learn about colonial trade and what happens when there...
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How Can I Relate?

For Students 6th - 8th
How much is a million? This unit has a set of lessons investigating large numbers on the order of millions and billions. A culminating project has groups creating a slideshow and poster about large numbers found in the school and/or...
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Money Bags

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore different combinations of coins that can be used for specified amounts of money using paper money and tree diagrams. They write money amounts in different forms. Groups utilize a tree diagram imbedded in this lesson...
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How To: Count Coins and Bills

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discover the names and values of different monetary denominations. In this money lesson, students examine the different combinations that money can be added in to find specified amounts. The students complete worksheets based on...
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Money Versus Trade

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discover the importance of exchanging money in a market. For this economics lesson, students discover natural resources and how one can barter with those resources. In addition, students complete worksheets and discover the...
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Money Matters

For Teachers K
Students play a game called Money Matters using cut out representatives of pennies, nickels, and dimes.
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Characteristics and Functions of Money

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the function and characteristics of money. In this financial education lesson plan, 4th graders read the book The Go-Around Dollar by Johnston Adams. This book sparks a conversation on how money is used and the...
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Counting Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students learn how to count money.  In this money instructional activity, students review the names and values for each coin.  Students learn how to count bills and coins and how to write amounts of money.  Students...
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Combining Coins to Make Equal Monetary Amounts

For Teachers 3rd
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...
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Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice counting money.  In this counting and comparing money lesson, students review the value of coins and use play money to count out five dollars.  Students complete a worksheet to determine what items they could...
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Undercurrents Of Currency

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the currencies used by different countries, and explore the principles of currency trading by exchanging currencies at current market rates. They, in groups, access websites which give them current rates.
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Lesson Four - Making Change

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice making change. In this money lesson, students complete worksheets in which they find the amount of change they would receive from a dollar bill amount. Students go online and play games on this same concept. 
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Fraction Conversion Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners practice converting fractions into decimals and percents using a computer applet and the concept of money.