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Reading Review for Grade 2 (2.1)

For Teachers 2nd
In this reading review for grade 2 (2.1) worksheet, 2nd graders answer 25 multiple choice questions in standardized test format about comprehension of 7 passages.
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Coin Collecting Boy Scout Merit Badge Workbook

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Boy Scout coin collecting merit badge worksheet, students complete 5 pages of short answer questions about coins; how they are made, what they are made of, and points about collecting them. They read a numismatic magazine or...
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Chinese New Year—ESL Lesson

For Students 9th - 12th
Language learners read a passage about Chinese New Year celebrations and then complete a series of reading comprehension and grammar exercises based on the passage.
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A “Commemorative” Bill of Rights

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
It's 1943, and Jewish people in Denmark are in hiding from the Nazis. What protection can the United States offer them? By examining the Constitution, specifically the Bill of Rights, scholars consider the protections afforded to those...
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Budgeting Your Financial Resources (The Mint)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students plan and maintain balanced budgets.
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Kansas Clues

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars examine the Kansas state quarter and the Buffalo nickel and look for clue to help them identify why the bison was so important to the Native American. They perform "freeze frames" depicting Native American use of the bison.
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Meet Molly An American Girl

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine concepts of personal finance. In this personal finance lesson, students use Valerie Tripp's, Meet Molly, An American Girl, to learn about saving and spending after World War II. They compare financial decisions after...
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A “Scientific” Approach to Buying a Car

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine what it takes to purchase a car and the resources out there to help find what you are looking for.  In this scientific method lesson students complete different problem solving situations.
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Tarantula Shoes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a book about Ryan O'Keefe, a young man who wants a pair of basketball shoes promoted by a basketball star. They explore about spending, saving, opportunity cost, and trade-offs as they study Ryan's decisions throughout the...
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Banking on the Future

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve problems involving interest. In this investing lesson, students investigate the pros and cons of investing in a bank account and stocks. They differentiate between aggressive and conservative investments.
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Walking the Talk

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars research production, consumptions, and disposal of everyday items and their ecological impacts. In this sustainable economics lesson, students discuss clothing and various items used everyday in groups. Young scholars then...
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Mini-Economy

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders perform jobs in order to sustain their classroom community. After completing a brief overview of how local economies are sustained, they complete job applications for classroom jobs. Students perform their jobs throughout...
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A Look At Osteoporosis

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders study osteoporosis and understand the relationship between calcium and bone mass.  In this investigative instructional activity students participate in an activity in which they graph and construct basic bone biology.
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Can You Find the Difference?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students create their own balance to determine a difference in the weight (and composition) of cents made in different years.
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Financial Planning for Catastrophe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the case of The Gulf Coast and relate it financial importance. In this financial planning lesson plan, students watch a video and then begin to analyze how to plan for the unexpected by reviewing the financial...
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Basic Needs of Living Things-Lesson One

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the basic needs of living things. They observe a variety of living things and identify the basic needs of each living item. Students create food balls of peanut butter and nuts to feed animals. They hang their food...
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Fractions: Add and Subtract

For Students 4th - 5th
In this fractions worksheet, students count the spare change they have at home and complete a chart, filling in coin values, number they have and total value for each. Students then represent the make a pie chart to represent fractions...
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You Can Bank on Me!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify reasons people choose to donate. In this donating instructional activity, students contrast the words spend, save, and donate. Students learn a song about donating, brainstorm reasons to give, and make sound choices...
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Be Your Own Cahncellor

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the funding strategies of a modern central government. Individuals or groups construct a plan for increasing spending and making cutbacks in various government programs. Students examine the importance of taxes on the...
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Grouping Dinosaurs

For Teachers K - 4th
Students investigate sets and subsets as they group coins and dinosaurs. Using scissors and provided sheet, they sort dinosaurs according to their commonalities. Their groupings are shared with the class.
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Graph Made Easy-Pre Test Questions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this graphing pre test worksheet, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions. Page is labeled as a pretest, an answer link is provided.
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Give Me Five, Cents That Is

For Teachers K
Students explore coins, especially the nickel, through a toy cash register, worksheet, and paper nickels.
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Balance the Budget

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students make their own decisions over how central government should spend the money they get from taxing the public. They discuss where they could get more money from and how does spending and taxation outlined in the budget affect kids.
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Present Perfect

For Students 8th - 9th
In this activity, students answer five short answer questions that require the proper use of present perfect tense. Next, they make required changes to fifteen sentences to place them present perfect tense. The next ten sentences require...

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