Lesson Plans

Students will explore U.S. history, values and founding principles. Through observation, discussion, and creative application, students learn how coins tell stories and commemorate memorable events

Students will collect and sort coins, and research key events in history. 

Students will learn about living conditions and money exchange of the original thirteen colonies.

Students will learn about the Federal Reserve System and its relationship with the United States Department of the Treasury.

Students will compare sets of coins and determine which group is greater than, less than, or equal to the other according to the number and value of each set. Students will read and interpret a simple bar graph to answer questions.

Students will observe the physical attributes, such as size, height, weight, and length, of coins. Students will play a game to compare coins to one another.

Using coins as the standard of measure, students will estimate and check weights of classroom objects.

Students will play a game to practice matching each coin denomination to its value. Then students will identify the name and value of each coin.

Using real or paper coins, students will discuss what they know about coins, coin values, and place their coins in value order.

Students will play a game in which they create monetary amounts using different coin combinations.