Resource Type: Earning
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Playing career charades
Students play a game of charades to explore different careers. Topic Earn (Learning about careers, Making money) Subject Fine arts and performing arts, Social studies or history Grade Level Elementary school (2-3) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Aug 11, 2022 Big idea There are many different careers you can think about for…
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Matching interests and talents to careers
Students match two people’s interests and talents to ideal careers and then write about their own interests, talents, and possible career choices. Topic Earn (Learning about careers, Making money) Subject English or language arts, Social studies or history Grade Level Elementary school (4-5) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Aug 11, 2022 Big…
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Meeting your future self
Students imagine their lives in 10 years and write a fill-in-the-blank letter from their future selves to their current selves. Topic Earn (Learning about careers, Making money), Save and invest (Saving for long-term goals) Subject English or language arts, Social studies or history Grade Level Elementary school (4-5), Middle school (6-8) Duration 45-60 minutes Back…
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Exploring types of pay
Students play a game to learn about wages, salaries, tips, and commissions. Topic Earn (Getting paid) Subject English or language arts, Social studies or history Grade Level Elementary school (4-5) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Aug 11, 2022 Big idea Workers are paid in different ways such as wages, salaries, tips, or…
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Earning money
Students listen to a story about earning money and color pictures showing jobs that kids could do to earn money. Topic Earn (Becoming an entrepreneur, Making money) Subject English or language arts, Fine arts and performing arts Grade Level Elementary school (K-1) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Aug 11, 2022 Big idea…
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Creating a vision board for a career
Students read about careers in different fields and create a vision board showing themselves in a career. Topic Earn (Learning about careers, Making money) Subject English or language arts, Fine arts and performing arts, Social studies or history Grade Level Elementary school (4-5) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Aug 11, 2022 Big…
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Charting types of pay
Students interview family members, friends, or other trusted adults about ways they get paid (wages, salaries, tips, or commissions) and then track the pay types on a graph. Topic Earn (Getting paid, Making money) Subject Math, Social studies or history Grade Level Elementary school (2-3), Elementary school (4-5) Duration 75-90 minutes Back to All Activities…
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Understanding the value of money
Students play a chanting game to learn how different combinations of money can have the same value. Topic Earn (Getting paid), Spend (Buying things) Subject Math, Physical education or health Grade Level Elementary school (K-1), Elementary school (2-3) Duration 15-20 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Aug 25, 2022 Big idea Different combinations of money…
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Learning about coins
Students learn to identify the penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and their values. Topic Earn (Becoming an entrepreneur, Getting paid), Save and invest (Banking options), Spend (Buying things) Subject Math, Physical education or health Grade Level Elementary school (K-1) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Aug 25, 2022 Big idea Pennies, nickels, dimes, and…
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Mapping your money journey (elementary school)
Students complete a short survey to find out about their current money skills and explore things they can do to manage money better. Topic Earn, Save and invest, Protect, Spend, Borrow Subject CTE (Career and technical education), English or language arts, Social studies or history Grade Level Elementary school (4-5) Duration 75-90 minutes Back to…