Students follow the food pyramid to create a daily food budget. They research food prices online or in newspapers. They graph the amount of each food group included in their menus. They can also create a weekly food menu based on a fixed...

Students examine several examples of budgets to develop a facility with the components of its formation. Income, expenses, and expenditures are considered and itemized for this lesson.

Young scholars plan a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. For this Thanksgiving lesson, students compare and contrast the first Thanksgiving to Thanksgiving celebrations today. Young scholars plan a traditional Thanksgiving dinner and...

Students listen to the book, Arthur's Funny Money, then play The Price is Right game to estimate and to chart the price of items to the nearest $1.00 and $10.00. They check their estimates by counting out the actual amount in play money.