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       TOPIC:   Money

 Lesson 1     Everyone wants it...

objectives-
    students will be able to orally state the definition of money.

Lesson 2      The History of Money

objectives-
    students will be able to draw and label a timeline of the history of money using at least ten dates with 100% accuracy.
    students will be able to state the definition of barter and various other forms of exchange used for money throughout history.
    students will be able to state the reasons the United States government began to issue money and the changes that took place over the years.

Lesson 3       The Buck Stops Here

objectives-
    students will be able to state orally where all bills in the U.S. are manufactured.
    students will be able to state the differences in production of bills over time.
    students will be able to mark the answers on a short on-line quiz with 80% accuracy.
 

Lesson 4       Faces and Places

objectives-
    students will be able to identify the people on the one, five,ten, twenty, fifty and one hundred dollar bill and their historical significance with 80% accuracy when shown bills of the various denominations.
    students will be able to state orally what the definition of counterfeiting is and what measures the U.S. government takes to prevent its occurrence and consequences of such actions.
    students will be able to design and draw their own dollar bill and state orally the importance and reasons for their particular design and the symbols they chose.
 

Lesson 5       Pocket Change

objectives-
    students will be able to state orally where and how coins in the United States are produced.
    students will be able to identify the value of all given coins when shown, with 100% accuracy.
    students will be able to calculate the amount of coins when given a written test of various denominations of coins.
    students will be able to solve word problems involving money with 85% accuracy.
    students will be able to design and draw their own coin on-line.
    students will be able to tell what the significance of the new quarters are.
 

Lesson  6       Earning Money

objectives-
    students will be able to state the reasons people work and the factors that influence business.
    students will be able to make a computer-generated spreadsheet and chart using information they obtained from playing the Lemonade Stand on-line.
    students will be able to state orally the services the government provides with the income derived from taxes.
    students will be able to orally define taxes and social security.
 

Lesson 7       Saving for a Rainy Day

objectives-
    students will be able to tell what the functions of a bank are, including interest, loans and checking account.
    students will be able to state orally the purpose and benefits of and give examples of the reasons for saving money.
 

Lesson 8        Currency from Other Countries

objectives-
    students will be able to compare what other countries use for money and be able to state orally what at least two other countries use for currency.
    students will be able to solve a word problem involving currency from a foreign country.
 

Lesson 9         Assessment

objectives-
    students will be able to correctly mark the answers to an on-line quiz with 80% accuracy.
    students will be able to state orally at least seven new things they learned about money and share it with their classmates.

Additional on-line lessons and activities.

Cash register game. Students can practice money skills.

Games. Students play a variety of money-related games.

Math Money Word Problems. Practice in solving money-related word problems.