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Earth Day Poster

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students promote Earth Day. In this Earth Day lesson, students create an Earth Day catch phrase and use graphic art design principles to make an Earth Day poster.
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The Art of Budgeting

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students create a plan to achieve personal and financial goals. In this budgeting goals lesson, students identify their sources of income and discuss being financially independent. Students record their monthly expenditures and present a...
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The Berenstain Bears' Mad, Mad, Mad Toy Craze

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners explore personal finances. In this money management lesson plan, students read The Berenstain Bears' Mad, Mad, Mad Toy Craze. Learners examine the spending habits of Brother Bear and Sister Bear. Students analyze opportunity...
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You're in the Money

For Students 4th - 6th
In this unique money scenario activity, students are told they are moving into a brand new four bedroom detached house and can spend as much as they like furnishing the house. Students make a list of the items and their cost of what they...
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Shopping With a Circle Graph

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this shopping with a circle graph instructional activity, students use the data in the graph to answer 8 questions about the money they have and how they can spend it.
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Idioms

For Students Higher Ed
In this idiom worksheet, students study 23 English idioms.  Students match each given idiom with its literal definition and meaning.
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Order of Operations

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders perform the Order of Operations. Given various story problems, groups of students solve equations requiring division, multiplication, parenthesis, exponents and other mathematical processes. They discuss the order of...
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Money

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students study US currency.  Students respond to 20 questions orally and complete 4 various role play scenarios.
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Agree or Disagree?

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
In this language arts worksheet, students practice oral speaking by agreeing or disagreeing with a controversial sentence. Students read the sentence on each card in front of the group and tell how they feel about the statement made. The...
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Idioms Quiz: Money 1

For Students 6th - 8th
In this idioms about money worksheet, students complete sentences in which idioms about money and payment are used.
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One Year Later: Every Story Counts

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students read different sections on a website about September 11th. They are to write down their feelings as they read the articles and stories. They also focus on saving and preserving family treasures.
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Your First Job

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine that they are responsible for paying income taxes through withholdings on earned income. They examine the Form W-4.
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Banking on the Future: Penny Drive

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners study why philanthropy is needed and learn to complete a penny drive. In this philanthropy lesson, students learn the need to invest money for future purposes and identify a cause in the community to hold a penny drive for.
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Give It Back From a Snack Lesson 1: Kids' Kompany

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the ways to earn money and discover the different uses for money. They read children's literature and draw pictures of uses for money that benefit the common good.
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ESL Holiday Lessons: Plan on Buy Nothing Day

For Students 4th - 5th
In this ESL holiday lesson activity, students read a passage about Buy Nothing Day, then complete a variety of comprehension and vocabulary activities. 
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Directions for Making an Advent Calendar

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Advent calendar craft learning exercise, students use the patterns and follow the directions to make a decorated Advent calendar.
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Government Lesson Plan 19

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define vocabulary terms related to monetary policies, and apply monetary tools to solve economic scenarios.
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Made for the Movies

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars create a movie flyer to advertise the novel that the class has just finished reading in small groups. They search the Internet, format their flyer, select a slogan for their film, write a brief plot summary, without giving...
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Three for the Money: The Degree/Diameter Problem

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concept of vertex-edge graphs.  For this vertex-edge graphs lesson, students try to construct a graph with a given diameter, number of vertices, size, and planarity.  Students construct various vertex-edge...
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Lesson 3: Making a Living

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, in groups, create hypothetical financial plans for a colonial Maine family living on the frontier.
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Budgeting

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students establish budgeting techniques.  In this Economics lesson, students work in small groups to prepare a budget for a simulation activity, purchasing new playground equipment.
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Back-to-School Night Basics

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Ease your fears about Back-to-School Night with practical planning ideas that are sure to make your event a success.
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Disaster Relief - You Can Count On Me!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice stewardship. In this service learning activity, students respond to those in need after a natural disaster as they investigate philanthropy.
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Hurricane Katrina Relief

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners create a song about philanthropy. They work together to develop a list of ways to donate money. They choose an aid organization which helped victims of Hurricane Katrina to receive their donation. They reflect on their...