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Grocery Store Math- Home/School Activity

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this home/school consumer math activity, students examine ways to save money at the grocery store. They work with a family partner to write a menu and write a shopping list. They shop for the items noting the prices and using a...
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Multistep Ratio and Percent Word Problems - Matching Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Increasing and decreasing values happen every day and your learners will be prepared after practicing this worksheet. Show them how ratios are a convenient method to convert between values to get the answer they need. Resource also comes...
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Vocabulary Lesson: Money

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this mathematical vocabulary worksheet, students read the definitions of 15 monetary terms. There are no questions included on this worksheet.
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Teaching Economics Using LUNCH MONEY

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students, after reading the book "Lunch Money" by Andrew Clements, explore money and different saving places. They research different ways in which productivity has increased over the years, they examine products to determine if the...
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We Don't Waste Money, So Where Does It All Go?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of financial planning. In this financial planning lesson, students read an article about different families' financial plans. Students select 10 stocks to monitor over the next four weeks.
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Saving, Investing and the Invisible Hand

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers determine how the financial institutions of a market economy help channel savings to economic investment. They complete worksheets based on a teacher-led demonstration.
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George and Sam Save for a Present

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders develop their algebraic thinking by recognizing a variety of patterns using concrete objects, numbers, tables, and pictures. In this George and Sam Save for a present lesson, 3rd graders communicate their mathematical...
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Technology: Money Equivalency

For Teachers 1st
First graders,working on computers, drag coins into boxes to equal amounts pictured. Following a demonstration, they demonstrate how to type number sentences. As an extension, 1st graders create equivalent amounts using specific numbers...
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Stretching Your Money with Coupons

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students examine ways to extend their budget with coupons. In this budgeting lesson, students read information about using coupons at the given website. Students make a list of 30-50 products they use in their homes and use online...
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The Lesson: Crises

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students take a closer look at world issues. In this current events activity, students visit selected websites to study financial awareness. Students examine the credit crunch and the global food crisis.
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Math and Money

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore financial literacy.  In this middle school mathematics lesson plan, students investigate income, taxes, and costs of living.  Students investigate banking and use straightforward computation to learn about...
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We Need More Than Money

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify examples of private resources. In this philanthropy lesson, students read the book A Chair for My Mother and identify the private resources the characters used in the text. Students name private resources that can help...
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Term Deposits: Worth the Wait?

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students study term deposits and the attributes of long and short-term savings. They examine their spending habits while looking at how different types of accounts meet different economic goals. They complete worksheets that are provided...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Time and Money

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, while daily reviewing an extensive vocabulary list of terms on the board, explore/identify what checking/saving accounts are used for as well as the process of writing a check.
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Under the Bed or in the Bank?

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students explore personal finance.  In this consumer /financial mathematics lesson, students compare interest rates as they explore savings. 
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ESL Holiday Lessons: Plan on Buy Nothing Day

For Students 4th - 5th
In this ESL holiday lesson worksheet, learners read a passage about Buy Nothing Day, then complete a variety of comprehension and vocabulary activities. 
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How Does the Stock Market Really Work?

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Investigate the stock market as it relates to the business world. Young scholars investigate ways to invest their money for the future. They make a presentation and discuss their findings with the class.
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May the Best Character Win

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Running an election campaign takes money. Class groups must effectively budget money in order to design and purchase sufficient advertising aimed at procuring classmates' votes. After completing an online tutorial, they also write and...
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Cotton in My Sack

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
As part of a study of saving choices and opportunity costs, class members listen to a reading of Lois Lenski's Cotton in My Sack, and then evaluate the spending choices made by the Hutley family.  
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Hurricane Research

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the factors that influence hurricanes to develop.  In this hurricane activity students research atmospheric trends that affect hurricanes and create a summary.
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Charitable Giving

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Charitable organizations and monetary donations to these organizations are the focus of the financial literacy lesson plan presented here. Learners explore how donations benefit both the organization and the people it serves. Each pupil...
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Money Management

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners role play buying and selling items. For this economics lesson, students are given play money with which to purchase items, as well as value their own items for others to buy. Each student in the group works together to decide...
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A Rooster and a Bean Seed

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students hear a folk tale and participate in a simulation that helps them recognize problems with barter and benefits of monetary exchange.
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Comparison Shopping

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students practice developing budgets. In this financial awareness lesson, students read The Monster Money Book and list ways the characters saved money in the story. Students plan a budget and demonstrate how to look for bargains when...