Carolina K-12
Barter and Money
You want five pigs, but you only have four bails of hay. How will you manage to get what you want? A great simulation begins this lesson with why the use of money has replaced the process of bartering. Then, after indulging in a comic...
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Building a Better Home for the Three Little Pigs
Fourth graders draw a set of blueprints and record measurements on them. They add, subtract and multiply to work within their house-building budget.
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Construction Ahead!
Students work together to develop a new design for the three little pigs house. They create a floor plan and work with a fictionious budget. They present their new design to the the class.
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Story Hour with Lincoln
Students explore the life of Abraham Lincoln. In this Abraham Lincoln lesson plan, students create a Lincoln beard and hat to wear. Students view the penny and discuss why he was chosen to be pictured on the penny. Students create...
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Coupon Clippers: Understanding Comparative Shopping
Third graders participate in a shopping spree after listening to Pigs Go to Market: Fun with Math and Shopping. After the story is read aloud, 3rd graders answer discussion questions and review key vocabulary. Students complete provided...
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What Shape Is Money? Money Doesn't Have to Be Round or Rectangular
Middle schoolers explain that many kinds of objects have been used as money. After identifying qualities that make a good currency, they design a nontraditional currency and decide on its value.
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Whole Language Approach in Solving Word Problems
Students explore the concept of word problems. In this word problems lesson, students read a version of the Three Little Pigs. Students discuss what math vocabulary words such as 'in all' and 'many more' meant in the story.
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I Want It All!
Third graders understand the economics of choices in buying. In this goods and services activity, 3rd graders participate in activities to make choices about purchases. Students write stories, answer questions, and complete worksheets to...
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Ag in My Classroom
Students explore the definition of agriculture. In this Language Arts and Social Studies lesson, students read an article on products that are produced in agriculture, then they complete a vocabulary assignment and write an essay...
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Political Cartoons: Introduction to Symbols
Learners make a list of every day symbols they know of and write down what each symbol stands for. Then they are asked to help their knowledge further by considering all the meanings various symbols might have.
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Ag in my classroom
Learners fill out worksheets and create a poster based on items in their classroom that came from agriculture. In this agriculture lesson plan, students discuss different classroom items and how they were or were not made from agriculture.