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Your Food Dollar (and Cents)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine where their food dollars go while recognizing coins and making change. They identify their favorite foods, receive one dollar, and take away amounts for each person involved in the production of their food dollar.
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Money Talks

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students examine paper money from the time of the American Revolution. They use the issue dates of the bills to construct a chronology of political changes during the Revolution.
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Making Money

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore the value of money and how to manage it, as well as ways to make money. They define wants and needs and set goals to help achieve a want.
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Counting Coins

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students practice counting and adding or subtracting coins. The lesson plan includes many different selections of coin types and number of coins that you may configure and select. Pennies, Nickels, Dimes, Quarters are the coins used.
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Incentives Matter

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils identify what motive people. They will learn about both positive, and negative incentives. They will use this knowledge to make predictions about how people will behave. They will apply this knowledge to economics.
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How Much for Your Name?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create different coin combinations for a single amount, practice counting, demonstrate their knowledge of the value of coins and demonstrate their knowledge of coin combinations.
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Word Problems: Subtraction

For Students 4th
In this subtraction worksheet, 4th graders complete subtraction word problems about money, measurement, and more. Students complete 15 word problems.
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Money

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete online activities to identify coins and their given values. In this coin values lesson, students identify pictures of various coins and write their values. Students may then complete other activities based on a varying...
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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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Working with Money

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this money math worksheet, learners subtract the decimal numbers to solve the equation. The objective is to enhance students' understanding of monetary subtraction.
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Skip-Counting Change

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this math learning exercise, students develop the skill of skip counting change using coins for currency. The sheet is intended as a teacher's guide.
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Advanced Coin Counting

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
In this math instructional activity, students practice solving the problems for counting the coins in the advanced stage. The sheet is intended as a teacher's guide.
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Money Problem Cards

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this math worksheet, students find the values of various types of menu items and solve the one word problem that is on each page.
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Money Toy Sheets

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, students cut out the flashcards and sort them according to prices or other types of categories as invented.
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Canadian Money Chart

For Students 5th
In this math worksheet, 5th graders find the conversions for various Canadian coins through studying the charts and then applying the information to practice problems.
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How to Protect Your Money

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Young scholars review the basics of investing. They discuss saving strategies and investing fundamentals. Afterward, they consider a scenario from different investment perspectives.
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The Fed is Protecting Your Money

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students are introduced to the role of the Federal Reserve. In groups, they discover the three functions of money and discuss the most common forms of payment used in society today. They develop a survery to give to the local community...
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Over, Under, In, and Out

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate the concept of coin design. They look at the inscriptions found on coins by handling them in class. The design is found in the state of West Virginia. The objects pictured on the coin are described by students and...
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Poetry To My Ears

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils investigate the 50 States Quarters Program. They use the state of Idaho as a basis for creating context for the lesson. The image on the coin becomes the subject. They differentiate between the reverse and obverse side of the...
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Gazillions!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders determine the total value of a collection of coins. They convert money and make money exchanges. Students create and solve money-story problems. They demonstrate the ability to summarize conversations and discussions.
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The Power of Compounding

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the concept of compounding interest on invested money. They explore how much interest their money would earn through compounded interest. Students conclude that they should invest early and often.
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Shopping

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders simulate a shopping experience. Students are given a specified amount of money and they must spend it. Students choose five items they wish to purchase and determine if they can afford the items.
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Acquiring Additional Capital Stock

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students become involved in the practice of learning about finance. The emphasis is on how one uses the stock market. One can also learn how to use personal finance and become acquainted with debt management.
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Buying Without Money

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students describe life in the Virginia colony. They explain how money, barter, and credit were used. Students simulate trading items among classmates. Students compare/contrast credit and trade.