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Lessons Money
Identification
1. Title: "Whose Fine Face is on a Penny?"
Authors: Sharon Bailey, Sharon Salmons, Kindergarten, Shepard Elementary
Lesson Summary: Students will be able to
recognize the penny
as a copper coin worth one cent and will learn that there is interesting
information found on the penny including President Lincoln's face, Lincoln
Memorial, date and location of minting. ( Students will be provided with
similar information on other coins - nickel, dime and quarter. )
Supporting Online Materials: Economic Glossary
, The Mystery of the Dirty Penny, That
Makes Cents, Flipping Over Pennies
Wants and Needs
1. Title: "Do You Need It ... or Just Want
It?"
Authors: Sharon Bailey, Sharon Salmons, Kindergarten, Shepard Elementary
Lesson Summary: Students will learn to
distinguish between "wants" and "needs" using a "mystery"
gift box, and by creating their own "wants" and "needs" collages.
Supporting Online Materials: Economic Glossary
2. Title: "Going Camping!"
Authors: Sharon Bailey, Sharon Salmons, Kindergarten, Shepard Elementary
Lesson Summary: Students reveiw the
differences between "wants" and "needs"
and apply this new knowledge to prepare for a pretend camping trip!
Supporting Online Materials: Economic Glossary
Producers and Consumers
1. Title: "The Grocery Store"
Authors: Sharon Bailey, Sharon Salmons, Kindergarten, Shepard Elementary
Lesson Summary: Pat Hutchin's book Don't
Forget the Bacon stimulates the discussion of grocery shopping and all it entails.
Students then design their own grocery store, stock the shelves and play-act the roles of
producer and consumer.
2. Title: "Working in a Hat Factory"
Authors: Sharon Bailey, Sharon Salmons, Kindergarten, Shepard Elementary
Lesson Summary: Each
student will understand what a producer is, will distinguish betweenproducers and
consumers, and will produce a hat of his/her own.
Supporting Online Materials: Economic Glossary
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