Study the history of money, the barter system, the Canadian mint, budgeting, banks and ATM machines, cheques/credit cards plus piggy banks, purses and wallets. Research metals, alloy symbols, currency in other countries, and famous rich people.
Focusing on financial literacy and the understanding of money concepts. It includes 45 activities, definitions, and suggestions for teachers to engage students in learning about money. 

Two versions of worksheets are included where needed. 

Teacher Notes Include:

• List of Skills
• Teacher Input Suggestions: two versions Canadian and American
• List of Vocabulary and Glossary: two versions Canadian and American
• Student Activity Checklist
• Money Illustrations
• Stationary
• Answer Keys are included where needed 

Reading Activities

Each includes one page of reading information and worksheet.

#1 History of Money

#2 Barter System

#3 The Royal Canadian Mint

#3 The Philadelphia Mint

#4 How Coins are Made

#5 Budgeting Your Money

#6 Banks

#7 Checks

#7 Cheques

#8 Credit Cards

#9 Bank Machines – ATM’s

#10 CDN The Toonie – CDN

#10 Piggy Banks, Purses and Wallets

#11 CDN Piggy Banks, Purses and Wallets 

Math Activity Cards

Worksheets on these topics:

#1 Skip Counting Forward

#2 Skip Counting Backward

#3 Lunch Menu – two worksheets (CDN and US)

#4 Money Matching – two worksheets (CDN and US)

#5 Timeline – History of Money (CDN and US)

#6 Money Bags

#7 Survey

#8 Passbook Recordkeeping

#9 Money Word Problems

#10 Shopping Spree 

Research Activity Cards

There are 6 half page cards for researching these topics:

#1 Metals and Alloys to Make Coins – CDN and US Activity

#2 Symbols on Money – CDN and US Activity

#3 Famous Rich People

#4 Foreign Currency

#5 Money in the Past

#6 Coin Collecting 

Word Study Cards

Worksheets for each skill – CDN and US Activity

#1 Crossword Puzzle

#2 Word Search

#3 Classification

#4 Suffixes

#5 Antonyms

#6 Synonyms

#7 Compounds 

Shoebox Activity Cards

Decorate a shoebox (6" X 12") using tissue paper, construction paper, mactac, money, stationery, etc.

Using funtac, put various coins all over the box. Use gold and/or silver letters to write the title "Shoebox Activities” 

#1 Money Rap

#2 Collecting Coins

#3 Penny

#4 Food

#5 Allowance

#6 Tipping

#7 Should Athletes make over $100 Million

#8 Advertising Comparison

#9 Lottory Numbers

#10 Money Slang

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