MORE LESSONS FOR TEACHING ABOUT MONEY
If you’ve come to this page, you probably are still looking for lessons to help you teach about money and its value. Below you will find a dozen lessons from the Education World archive. You will also find links to a couple of dozen more lesson plans we discovered as we searched the Web for resources for this week’s Lesson Planning article. Click each headline below for an additional teaching resource.
Return to this week’s Lesson Planning article, We're In the Money: Lessons for Teaching About Money.
MORE LESSONS FROM THE EDUCATION WORLD ARCHIVE
And You Thought Gasoline Was Expensive
Create a chart to compare the cost of a gallon of gasoline to a gallon of mouthwash, house paint, other liquids. (Grades 3-12)
Rewards Systems That Work
Discover classroom management strategies that teach the value of money. (All grades)
Cutting Costs With Coupons
Clip coupons, create a menu, and add up the total savings. (Grades 3-8)
Coin Poems
Learn to recognize coins by reciting a fun poem. (Grades K-2)
It’s My Business
Develop a plan for a summer business. Great end-of-year project. (Grades 9-12)
Who Am I?
This game of charades teaches about producers and consumers. (Grades K-5)
Charge!?
Compare the features of three different types of credit cards. (Grades 9-12)
Where Does the Money Go?
Create your own personal budget. (Grades 6-12)
Shopping Spree
Compute discounts and sales tax on shopping-spree items. (Grades 6-12)
Estimation
Estimate the cost of a typical grocery list. (Grades 3-5)
CAUGHT ON THE WEB: MORE LESSONS FOR TEACHING ABOUT MONEY
- Robert McCloskey’s Homer Price -- An Economics and Literature Lesson (Grades 4-6)
- Money Unit (Grades 2-4)
- New York Times Crossword Puzzle for Students: Currency Around the World (Grades 6-12)
- New York Times Crossword Puzzle for Students: Money (Grades 6-12)
- New York Times Crossword Puzzle for Students: The Stock Market (Grades 6-12)
- Cameron Balloons Virtual Factory (Grades 10-12)
- What Is Currency?: Lessons from Historic Africa (Grades 3-8)
- Resources for Teaching K-12 Economics (K-12)
- Foundation for Teaching Economics Lesson Plan Page (Grades 8-12)
- A Penny Saved (Grades 2-6)
- Practical Money Skills Lessons (Grades K-12)
- The Story of Jack and the Bank Stalk (Grades 2-8)
- Zooconomy Interactive Online Lesson (Grades 4-8)
- Cereally Speaking: A Unit About Cereal and Advertising (Grades 3-8)
- 50 State Quarter Lessons from the U.S. Mint (Grades K-6)
- More Money Lessons from the U.S. Mint (Grades K-6)
- Interactive Games from the U.S. Mint (Grades K-6)
- Economics Lessons from Discovery School (Grades K-12)
- The Merchants of Cool: The Creators and Marketers of Pop Culture for Teens (Grades 8-12)
- Income Levels and Social Class: Is It All About Cash? (Grades 5-8)
- Teaching Economics With Rock and Roll: Unemployment (Grades 10-12)
- Lemonade Stand Interactive Activity (Grades 4-12)
- ”The Lunch Money Jingle” -- A Song for Counting Money (Grades 2-5)
- Mathematics in Asia: The Abacus (Grades 4-6)
- I.O.U. -- An Introduction to the National Debt (Grades 3-6)
- Worth a Thousand Words: Depression-Era Photographs (Grades 9-12)
- Economics and Geography Lessons for 32 Children’s Books (Grades K-6)
Return to this week’s Lesson Planning article, We’re In the Money: Lessons for Teaching About Money.
Originally published 02/07/2003
Last updated 01/18/2010