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Income Taxes

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Most adults dread April 15 — tax day! Tax preparation can be intimidating even for adults. Build confidence by leading individuals through the process and then give them a scenario to practice. The exercise uses tax vocabulary to give...
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Henrico County Public Schools

Models for Teaching Addition and Subtraction of Integers

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Positive and negative numbers are everywhere in the world around us. Whether it's charged particles in atoms, a hot air balloon rising and falling in the sky, or a series of bills and checks being delivered in the mail, this...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Game of SKUNK

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Do I stand or do I sit? The class plays a dice game where they must decide to either continue to stand and play or sit down and keep their points. After the game, groups discuss individuals' strategies and see connections to the...
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Curated OER

How to Achieve Your Financial Goals

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore economics by creating a budget. In this financial goal setting instructional activity, students investigate their use of time by completing a worksheet. Students identify financial goals they would like to achieve in the...
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Beyond Benign

Final Budget

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Be sure you have enough money to build a house. The 14th lesson in a 15-part series teaches young learners to use checkbook registers. They write checks for the amounts they spend on various housing materials and keep track of...
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Curated OER

A Trip to Colonial Virginia

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars consider prices while planning a trip to Colonial Virginia. In this budgeting lesson plan, students construct an itinerary of events for a vacation. Young scholars are responsible for working within the approved budget.
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Curated OER

Building Wealth

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore budgeting.  in this building wealth instructional activity, students examine ways to invest and save money.  They set financial goals and determine methods to reach the goals.  Students discuss managing...
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Curated OER

Wacky Water World: Student Worksheet

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students will work alone or in pairs to determine which theme park ticket package is a better deal. Students will use data provided in the worksheet and a graphing calculator to make the decision.
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Curated OER

The Bank of Good Habits

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore investing and saving. For this investing lesson, students identify their own financial goals and hurdles to success, calculate interest, and simulate banking and investing transactions. Incentive certificates, a quiz,...
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Curated OER

How Much Will That House Cost?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What is a mortgage and how do you use it to pay for a house? Young financiers determine how much money is actually spent paying a mortgage payment on a home. They use their math skills to calculate monthly payments on a home given a 30...
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Curated OER

Completing Simple Tax Forms

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders practice filling out IRS 1040 EZ forms. They discuss various ways people pay taxes. They assess the importance of W-2 forms and apply skills using the IRS tax table to compute how much money is owed or returned.
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Curated OER

The Stock Market

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the loss and gain made in the stock market as they invest a sum of money and report the results as percentages instead of points.
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Curated OER

Problem Solving with the Wilderness Classroom

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students complete 45 multiple choice math word problems. In this math word problems lesson plan, students solve word problems on time, graphing, all four operations, money, and more.
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Curated OER

Money Values Worksheet Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars determine how many dollars, quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies equals a given dollar amount.
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Curated OER

Math Lesson: Just How Many is a "Million Dead"?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to convert large numbers into meaningful ratios. They are able to conceptualize 1 million. Students grapple with the concept of a million. They use this activity to convey the idea of millions by converting war death...
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Curated OER

Compounding with 100% Interest Rates

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your young economists will be amazed at the effect of compounding interest more frequently in this collaborative task about making sound financial choices. Learners are walked through the calculations of a couple of examples and then...
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Curated OER

Lemonade Stand: Making Money the Old-Fashioned Way

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners run their own lemonade stand and are to figure out what to sell the lemonade at to gain the maximum profit.
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Curated OER

Money Madness

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review coins and their values. For this coin recognition lesson, 2nd graders review the coin values as they read 'Smart' by Shel Silverstein. Students use class computer demonstrations to identify the coin's names, worth,...
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Curated OER

Money

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders show combinations for $1.00. In this dollar combinations lesson plan, 2nd graders use nickels, dimes, and quarters to model and count combinations equaling $1.00.
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Curated OER

Money Matters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore the concept of money. In this money lesson, students role play an economy. Young scholars are divided into three categories- the money factory, construction workers, and the grocery store. Students work...
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Curated OER

Two Ways to Write Money

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete activities to learn about money and how to write money. In this money lesson, 2nd graders watch a video about ways to write money. Students work in groups with play money and come up with two ways to write money....
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Curated OER

LCR Math Dice Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students play a dice game with play money. In this dice game lesson, students use play money and move poker chips back and forth. Students practice their money math using collaborative skills. Students also roll dice to see how far they...
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Curated OER

Money Talks

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students move from fact finding to interpretation as they examine paper money from the time of the American Revolution. In the final exercise, they use the issue dates of the bills to construct a chronology of political changes during...
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Curated OER

Next Year's Seeds

For Teachers K - 2nd
Reading, a math game, and a simulation activity provide the engagement on a lesson about seeds and crops. Learners in grades two through four read an informational passage about crops, seeds, and farming. They highlight important...

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