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- The
Topic:
- Money
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- Easier - Money is
the coins and paper bills that people use to buy
things.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Moneyopolis
- http://www.moneyopolis.com/
- This place was designed for sixth to eighth
graders to develop their math and financial
planning skills.
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- 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.
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- After exploring several of the money
sites below, complete one or more of the
following activities:
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- Improve Your Money Skills.
Visit Money
Flashcards and practice adding up
different coins and bills.
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- Play a Money Game. Visit
Big
Money Adventure and make a choice from
the following game levels:
- 'Rainbow Castle' (age 2-6) -
Counting money
- 'Storybook Adventure' (age 6-10) -
Investing
- 'Startraders' (ages 10-adult) -
Pick stocks
- Or visit Escape
From Knab and take off on an adventure
to the strange and slimy planet of Knab
(ka-nab). Make the right money choices;
find out if you know enough about money
and investing to earn your way back
home.
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- Design and Create Your Own
Money. Pretend that you are starting
up a new country and your job is to design
and make a new, unique money system. What
materials would you use; paper, plastic,
or what? What images and symbols would you
use? How would you prevent counterfeiting?
For additional help visit Counterfeit
Currency.
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- Complete a Money Webquest. Take
your pick completing one or more of the
following webquests:
- 1) Buehler WebQuest (Stockmarket,
Grade 9-12) http://www.west-bend.k12.wi.us/webquest/stockmkt/stocks.htm
- 2) Investing for the Future
http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/Lengel/index.htm
- 3) Learning about the Stock
Market
http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/Reiner/index.htm
- 4) Money, Money, Money (Currency
conversion)
http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/Bean/index.htm
- 5) Mutual Funds Making Your
Millions http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/Lorchak/index.htm
- 6) Show Me the Money (Investing
money wisely) http://www.biopoint.com/WebQuests/DGN2/Welcome.html
- 7) Show Me the Money (Grade 12)
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/showmoney/#notes
- 8) You Can Buy Anything You Want!!
(Economics, high school) http://www.wallowa.k12.or.us/students/Page/EconomyWebquest.html
- 9) Your First Paycheck Has Finally
Arrived! Decisions.. (High School)
http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/cg2ucs.htm
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- Personal Earnings and Investment
Plan. After visiting sites like
Kid's
Consumer Corner, Kid's
Money, and Moneyopolis,
put together a realistic plan of your
income and how you will spend and invest
for the next five years. Consider all
aspects such as your allowance, part-time
jobs, and all other sources of income.
Make good decisions for your spending,
savings, and investment. Save your plan.
Evaluate and revise your plan in 6
months.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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
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- Moneyopolis
- http://www.moneyopolis.com/
- This place was designed for sixth to eighth
graders to develop their math and financial
planning skills.
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- Money
Theme
- http://teachers.teach-nology.com/themes/math/money/
- This website contains a number of different
types of money activities for kids.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Universal
Currency Converter
- http://www.xe.net/ucc/full.shtml
- This site contains currency information for 180
currencies in over 250 geographical locations.
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- 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.
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- 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!
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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. .
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- Money
Units
- http://www.theteacherscorner.net/thematicunits/money.htm
- Here is a number of lesson plans on money.
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- 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.
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half-dollar
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currency
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coinage
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investing
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monetary system
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wage
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savings
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exchange
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money
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coin
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paper money
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dollar bill
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silver dollar
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Susan B. Anthony dollar
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stock
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mint
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tax
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currency conversion
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coin collecting
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'moolah'
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cash
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'pocket change'
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money clip
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wallet
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purse
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billfold
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money belt
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bank
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banking account
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safe
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miser
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budget
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purchase
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check
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copper
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gold
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silver
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printing
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goods & services
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buy
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value
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government
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counterfeit
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- Created by
Annette
Lamb and
Larry
Johnson,
1/99, % Updated, 4/00.
Updated by Nancy
Smith,
4/02
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