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Practical Money Skills

Visa: Practical Money Skills for Life

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Visa provides a resource that teachers, parents, and students will all enjoy using. There are lesson plans here for all ages, as well as information about spending decisions, budgeting, and money management. Print your own play money,...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Let's Find Out About Money

For Students K - 1st
In this multisensory lesson, students will learn the characteristics of each coin (penny, nickel, dime and quarter) and the value for each type of coin. Students will learn record observational data, learn a song, recite a poem, and play...
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Better Lesson: Want to Trade?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will write about what they would trade for gold and practice inventive spelling in the process. After reading "In 1492", students will discuss how Christopher Columbus traded with the natives and then write what they would trade...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Banking and the Expansion of the Money Supply

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson summary from Khan Academy is intended for students who are taking the AP Macroeconomics course. In this lesson summary will review key terms and calculations related to fractional reserve banking, required reserves, excess...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Agent Pincher: P Is for Penny or Where Did Money Come From?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What if we woke up tomorrow and found that there were no more pennies? Or what if we found that money had disappeared altogether -- not only from our pockets but from banks, stores and all the other places where we would expect to find...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: What Is Money? [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan is designed to help children understand the problems which arise from the bartering system so they appreciate the role money has in society.
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Better Lesson: Time and Money

For Teachers 2nd Standards
As the result of a Unit assessment, it was found that students showed some confusion with writing time and with adding sets of coins. These skills need to be reviewed to aid in mastery of the Common Core standards for time and money.
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Better Lesson: More Dimes and Dollars

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders need practice using coins and dollars and relating them to ones, tens and hundreds. Common Core standards include counting by 10s and 100s.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Public Policy and Economic Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and concepts related to how policymakers can influence economic growth. This resource is designed as a review for the AP Macroeconomics Test or a college-level...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Time, Money, and Temperature Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Money, time, and temperature are developed through several lessons. These topics of measurement are explained with suggested lessons, evaluations, instructional methods, and resources.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 1: Money Basics

For Teachers K - 1st
Why do we use money? Learn why we need money and to identify bills and coins.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Monetary Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from Khan Academy is intended for students who are taking the AP Chemistry course or a college chemistry class. This lesson summary reviews key terms and graphs related to money. Topics include the tools of monetary policy,...
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AAA Math

Aaa Math: Aaa Math Lessons

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
AAA Math's interactive tutorials and lessons assist students grades K-8 improve their understanding of a wide range of arithmetic topics. Students are provided with immediate feedback as they complete the "Learn," "Practice," and "Play"...
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Internal Revenue Service

Irs: How Taxes Influence Behavior Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan will help students understand how taxes may influence the way people spend and save their money.
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University of Missouri

University of Missouri: Wise Pockets: Four Dollars and Fifty Cents

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
This is a lesson geared towards elementary level students. Using the book Four Dollars and Fifty Cents by Eric Kimmel, the teacher instructs students about the terms creditor, debtor, collateral, credit, and credit report. Lesson...
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Better Lesson: Identifying Coins

For Teachers 2nd
Find a lesson here to help students learn more about money that is all around them! Give them the chance to review coin identification with the coin game and practice.
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University of Missouri

University of Missouri: Wise Pockets: Berenstain Bears' Trouble With Money

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Using a Berenstain Bears' book, students are introduced to concepts such as spending, goods, services, income, saving, and interest. Lesson is detailed and has good activities. Includes questions about the story that teach students about...
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Lesson Plans Math Vocabulary 1st Grade

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
This site includes two first grade math vocabulary lesson plans: one for measurement terms and time and money, and another for geometry terms
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Purple Math

Purplemath: "Coin" Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
This site demonstrates how to solve 'coin' word problems, given relationships between the types of coins.
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Better Lesson: Cheerful Shoppers

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders love to shop! Students will use their own shopping list to compose a word problem using addition and subtraction with and without regrouping, in order to help them better understand how to problem solve.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: An Interest Ing Math Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Eventually, everyone will need to borrow money for one reason or another. A good understanding of how interest works will go a long way when applying for a loan. In this lesson, young scholars will complete a KWL chart about the purchase...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How to Spot a Counterfeit Bill

For Students 9th - 10th
Authentic dollar bills are equipped with many security features to make them difficult to forge. But that doesn't stop counterfeiters from trying to fool people with fakes. Luckily, anyone can help catch a counterfeit; all you need are a...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Where Does the Money Come From?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
With very few exceptions, the U.S. federal government does not have an "income" to spend providing goods and services. The money used for federal spending programs must be collected as federal taxes, or it must be borrowed. This lesson...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Learn to Build a Rocket in 5 Days or Your Money Back

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students discover the entire process that goes into designing a rocket for any customer. In prior lessons, students learned how rockets work, but now they learn what real-world decisions engineers have to make when...

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