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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Banks, Bankers, Banking

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This activity is a simulation of opening a bank. Students are assigned various roles to play within the banking business. Students learn about the role banks play in a market economy.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Making Cents Out of Centimes: The Euro

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Use this intermediate lesson to teach your students about the European currency, the Euro. Interactive links take the learner to France where they learn about French money and French culture.
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Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: School Store

For Students 1st - 3rd
Students can practice subtraction with regrouping using decimals as they make change.
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Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Being Smart With Your Smartphone

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
The lesson is designed for teachers to use with 8-11 year olds to help them understand that it is possible to spend real money through their phones, recognize how this can happen and avoid it. The lesson will help young people to answer...
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US Mint

U.s. Mint: One Cent Program: Lincoln Al Fresco [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the meanings of the symbols on the back of the 2010 Lincoln penny.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Jack & the Giants: Jack Spends His Pay

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan, students will create and solve word problems involving money (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of decimals), and develop a script for a short scene and perform it using the elements of performance....
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Giving Credit

For Students 2nd - 8th
This life lesson will prepare students for the world of credit. "In this lesson, you will analyze the creditworthiness of people who want to borrow. You will also learn how to identify ways to establish your creditworthiness."
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Climbing the Savings Mountain

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Check out this lesson plan to learn how to develop a savings plan that is right for you.
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Nothing to Buy

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
This site is a printable lesson that compares the command economy of Soviet Russia with the market economy of present day Russia. Lesson provides tables with data comparing prices within the two systems. Discussion questions are also...
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University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Miser and His Gold"

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Read this illustrated fable "The Miser and His Gold" to learn about a man who valued his money for the wrong reasons. Then read the same tale with different illustrations for a new perspective.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Clickety Clack, Let's Keep Track!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson will show students the importance of keeping track of their savings.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Trade to the Tailor: Student Version

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students can use this site online in conjuction with the teacher's lesson plan, "Trade to the Tailor."
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Goodwill

Gcf Global: Introduction to Decimals

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Lesson provides an introduction to decimals.
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Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma State University: Ag in the Classroom: Hairy Heredity [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
A simulation where students flip coins to mimic how parents pass genetic traits to their offspring through heredity. This activity also illustrates the difference between dominant and recessive genes, and how they interact with each...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: You Can Bank on This! (Part 1)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is the first of four lessons on banking for elementary students. This lesson provides the students with information on banking; it also allows them to try out some procedures for thinking about money and banking. There is a link to...
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Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: That's Right

For Students 3rd - 5th
This web lesson teaches students how to estimate various measurements including money, distance, weight, and temperature.

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