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Lesson: The Changing Face of Money
No Funny Money, Honey....I Want the Real Thing!
Do you know what funny money is? It's NOT the real thing! Find out how our government tries to make our money hard to copy in this lesson about real and fake money.
We are Consumers and Producers
Students are consumers and producers. So are their families. In this lesson students learn how they and family members fulfill these roles at home and in their community. They begin by exploring the goods and services that people use and they identify those that require the payment of money. To help show they can be producers, students sequence the steps in washing dishes. They discuss the fact that family members are often not paid for the work they do at home and as volunteers, taking account of the possibility that the benefits may outweigh the lack of pay. This lesson works well as a follow-up to Simple Simon Meets a Producer.
Norman Rockwell's 'Curiosity Shop'
Students will look at a picture that Norman Rockwell painted about a Curiosity Shop. A little girl looks like she is about to purchase a doll. Her purse on her arm indicates that she might "exchange" money for the doll. This lesson teaches that trading goods and services with people for other goods and services or for money is called exchange.
Related Publications
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Financial Fitness for Life: K-2 - Teacher Guide
This publication contains 16 stories that complement the K-2 Student Storybook. Specific to grades K-2 are a variety of activities, including making coins out of salt dough or cookie dough; a song that teaches students about opportunity cost and decisions; and a game in which students learn the importance of savings.
18 out of 18 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.
Playful Economics
Designed primarily for elementary and middle school students, each of the 15 lessons in this guide introduces an economics concept through activities with modeling clay.
17 out of 17 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.
Financial Fitness for Life: K-2 - Student Storybook
This publication contains 16 stories that complement the K-2 Teacher Resource Manual. Specific to grades K-2 are a variety of activities, including making coins out of salt dough or cookie dough; a song that teaches students about opportunity cost and decisions; and a game in which students learn the importance of savings.
17 out of 17 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.