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Lesson: You Can BANK on This! (Part 1)
The Story of Jack and the Bank Stalk
Fairy tales have always been used to give lessons about life. The story of Jack and the Bean Stalk is a good lesson about the importance of knowing about money and banks. The story of Jack asks the question, "What is money?"
Clickety Clack, Let's Keep Track!
This lesson will show students the importance of keeping track of their savings.
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.
Related Publications
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Teaching Economics Using Children's Literature
This interdisciplinary curriculum guide helps teachers introduce their students to economics using popular children's stories.
6 out of 29 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.
Financial Fitness for Life: Grades 3-5 - Teacher Guide
This publication contains 15 lessons that complement the 3-5 Student Workbook. Specific to grades 3-5 are a variety of activities, including a guessing game using clues to identify various occupations; the story Urban Mouse and Rural Mouse which teaches students about entrepreneurs and opportunity recognition; and a role-playing activity in which students learn which method of payment is appropriate in a variety of situations.
5 out of 17 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.
Focus: Economics - Grades 3-5
This publication contains fourteen lessons that use a unique blend of games, simulations, and role playing to illustrate economics in a way elementary students will enjoy.
3 out of 16 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.