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Managing My Money

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use The Berenstain Bears' to learn about money management. In this money management instructional activity, 2nd graders read The Berenstain Bears' Dollars and Sense book and complete the 'Rainy Day' worksheet. Students...
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Keeping Track of Our Money

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete activities to learn how to manage money. In this managing money lesson, 2nd graders read the book How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty and complete two related worksheets.
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Consumerism Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore consumerism. In this economics instructional activity, students work with a partner to complete an Internet Research consumer scavenger hunt. Students discuss information collected and conflicting answers to various...
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A Gift for Mama

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars read a novel about savings and complete activities to define short and long term saving goals. In this income and savings activity, students read A Gift for Mama and answer discussion questions for it. Young scholars...
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There's No Business Like Bank Business

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a role play where they see how a bank works and how interest is paid by having money in the bank. In this bank lesson plan, students operate a bank and learn about saving, accounts, deposits, withdrawals,...
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The Berenstain Bears' Mad, Mad, Mad Toy Craze

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars use the book, The Berenstain Bears' Mad, Mad, Mad Toy Craze, to explore spending, collecting, opportunity cost, saving, and speculating.
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Personal Savings: Saving Money for Those Items you Really Want

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how to save money to buy the things they want.
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Saving and Spending

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the reasons why they believe people save money. After this list, they discuss what they spend their money on and determine if the reasons for saving money change over time. In groups, they use the story of "Uncle Jed's...
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Stone Fox and Economics

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students read the novel Stone Fox and review economic concepts including income, goods, and services. They define the following terms: capital, credit, credit risk and summarize their reading by reading several chapters at a time. They...
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Describe How Money Barter, and Credit Were Used in Colonial Virginia

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders listen as the teacher lectures about bartering. They work in small groups to define and create a skit about one term related to bartering. Students create an Economic Terms booklet. They review that tobacco was a cash crop...
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PAY CREDIT WHEN CREDIT IS DUE

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students learn about credit cards and scores and how to and not to use them. In this financial concept activity, students are given hypothetical scenarios where they are able to apply learning's to given situations as they figure rates,...
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Shopping!!!

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners explore money management. In this financial awareness lesson, students are given an amount of money and a sheet of objects to choose from to buy. Learners choose only five objects they can afford to "buy."
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Food Shopping Tips

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore different ways of shopping to try to save money.  For this economics lesson, 12th graders participate in a game that explains various shopping tips.  Students generate other shopping tips as a group to...
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Money, Money, Honey Bunny!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars determine the differences between goods and services, and saving and spending. In this economics lesson, students listen to a rhyming story about a bunny with money. They play a matching game with the associated cards and...
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Scoring a Financial Education

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concept of money management. In this money management lesson, students read an article about students taking a finance course in high school and college. Students discuss the importance of money management. Students...
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Spending

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars participate in a lesson that illustrates the concept of spending and how it effects the economy. Technology is integrated in this study with the use of a computer simulation of a pinball game that shows how fast money can...
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Why Plan Meals?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate methods that families use for planning meals. In this nutrition activity, students play a game that requires them to plan and pay for nutritious meals
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Mr. Popper's Penguin's

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders locate Antarctica and recognize it as the setting of Mr. Popper's Penguins. In this Mr. Popper's Penguins lesson plan, 4th graders understand the financial decisions made by Mr. Popper. Students discuss wise spending....
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Hypothetical Heights

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in an interdisciplinary lesson to discuss improvements that would make them want to return to a previously poor neighborhood.  In this civics lesson, students work in a budget to make a plan to better their...
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Government Games

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars, with a small group of other classmates, research information about their country's government including voting process, budget setting or the process needed to pass new laws. They design and make a game board that...
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Political Debates

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils defend their political views, plan and participate in a political debate, and choose a candidate based upon political views.
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Will the Leaning Tower Fall?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the Tower of Pisa and write a report about its history. They examine the physics of why it leans and whether it might fall. Students plan a trip to Italy to view the Tower. They develop an itinerary and budget for the...
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Utah Pioneers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will understand the hardships that were faced by the Utah pioneers.
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Doctor, Doctor, Give Me the News, I've Got a Bad Case of Loving Math

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Solve a real-world problem of discovering how many doctors and nurses can be hired within budget and building constraints. Using different colored pencils to shade each graph, they then find the intersection points and use these to solve...