The Topic:  Money

Easier - Money is the coins and paper bills that people use to buy things.

 

Harder - Governments of a country mint and print different coins and bills as forms of money. This money can then be used to purchase goods and services.

 

Historically seashells, iron, gold, and silver have all been used for money. Today checks are often used. Anything of value that can be made in a form for exchange can be used as money.

 

 

Department of the Treasury

http://www.ustreas.gov

Learn about the U.S. money system, who controls it, how money is made, and how the U.S. Treasury works. Note:

This site is hard to access, keep trying. Or go directly to these other sections:

2) http://www.ustreas.gov/education.html

This area is the Treasury educational links page. It connects you to several different kids sections.

 

Kid's Money

http://www.kidsmoney.org/topten.htm

Site lists the top-ten money principles for kids, and includes resources,surveys, and links to other money sites.

 

Moneyopolis

http://www.moneyopolis.com/

This place was designed for sixth to eighth graders to develop their math and financial planning skills.

 

Secrets of Making Money (Nova Online)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/moolah/

Learn and test your knowledge about the U.S. dollar. Find a bogus bill in the counterfeit bill game.

Website By Kids For Kids

Kid's Consumer Corner 

http://tqjunior.advanced.org/3643/

Explore this 1998 ThinkQuest Junior award-winning site. Learn how to save successfully, pick out smart buys from the bad ones, and how to earn money.

 

More Money Sites

Dollars and Cents: Fundamental Facts About Money 

http://www.atl.frb.org/publica/brochure/fundfac/html/home.html

This website has basic information about U.S. currency and coin; how they are made, their design and features, how they are circulated, and how to spot counterfeit bills.

 

History of Money from Ancient Times to Present Day 

http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/llyfr.html

Here you can study the history of money. Site includes a timeline and several essays.

Related Websites:

2) American Currency Exhibit http://www.frbsf.org/currency/index.html

3) Brief History of Our Nation's Paper Money http://www.frbsf.org/publications/federalreserve/annual/1995/history.html

 

Moneyopolis 

http://www.moneyopolis.com/

This place was designed for sixth to eighth graders to develop their math and financial planning skills.

 

Money Theme

http://teachers.teach-nology.com/themes/math/money/

This website contains a number of different types of money activities for kids.

 

Our Money at Woodrow Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis 

http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/econed/curric/money.html

Here you can investigate the faces of U.S. currency, counterfeit protection, new designs, and the history of money.

 

United States Mint 

http://www.usmint.gov/

Find out what's going on at the mint, where coins are made. Visit H.I.P. Pocket Change to learn about coin collecting, the history of money, and play money games.

 

Universal Currency Converter 

http://www.xe.net/ucc/full.shtml

This site contains currency information for 180 currencies in over 250 geographical locations.

 

Which Pennies Are Still in Circulation? (Grade 2-4) 

http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow3/jan99/coinproject/home.htm

In this activity, individuals or small groups gather and analyze samples of 100 pennies that are presently in circulation around the United States.

 

Young Investor 

http://www.younginvestor.com

Here is a place to learn about money and maybe even earn some too; pick a button, choose a guide, and go to it!

 

Websites For Teachers

Bank at School Lesson Plans from the Illinois State Treasuer's Office 

http://state.il.us/treas/Education/BASplans.htm

This is a collection of ten lesson plans about money and finance.

 

Change for a Dollar? 

http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/math/293changedollar.html

Did you know that there are 293 different ways to make change for a dollar? The answers are all on this page. This is a fun (if somewhat time consuming) exercise for counting money - - maybe as a group problem solving assignment.

 

Currency Exchange and the Gang of Fifteen by Eric Enholm (Grade 4-10) 

http://www.iupui.edu/~geni/currexch.html

One of the many challenges of traveling in foreign countries is trying to determine how much things actually cost in U.S. dollars, even though we are using local currency.

 

Exact Change Please (Grade 2-3) at Electronic Learning MarketPlace 

http://www.elm.maine.edu/assessments/change8/index.stm

A cash register, a drawer full of money, and lots of empty food boxes engage second grade learners in adding two-digit numbers and counting money.

 

Fun With Estimation (Grade 3-5) by Mark Whitener 

http://youth.net/cec/cecmath/cecmath.24.txt

Using empty packaging from the grocery store, play this simulation game with your students to sharpen estimation skills with or without decimal numbers.

 

Goods and Services at YEA 

http://yea1.org/curriculum.html

This is a A lesson plan about spending money that uses a game as a simulation; a game involving how we spend our money. .

 

Money Units  

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/thematicunits/money.htm

Here is a number of lesson plans on money.

 

Multicultural Money Systems 

http://uresearchws-8.lse.okstate.edu/gradcoll/projects/eisenhower/cultures/aa/e_aa_math001.htm

The objective of this lesson is to compare money systems with wampum, pieces of eight and beads in Africa.