Coin-Shaped Books

Summary

After reviewing United States coins throughout history, students create shape books for their favorite coins. Each book contains text and illustrations created by the students.

Objectives

Students will use writing and art skills to create a book in the shape of a coin.

Subject Area Connections

  • History & Government

Grades

  • K
  • 1st
  • 2nd

Class Time

  • Sessions: One
  • Session Length: 20-30 minutes
  • Total Time: 0-45 minutes

Materials

  • Internet access
  • The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change website at www.usmint.gov/kids
  • Coins or coin images
  • Circle templates
  • Pens
  • Pencils
  • Crayons or colored pencils
  • Construction paper for the book covers
  • Plain paper for the book pages
  • Staples, yarn, or other book-binding supplies

Lesson Steps

  1. Show the students coins or images using the H.I.P. Pocket Change website as a reference and discuss the coins. Have each student select a favorite or interesting coin. Help each download a front and a back image of the coin.
  2. Hand out the templates, and tell students they are each going to make a coin-shaped book about the coin they selected. Have them start by creating an original cover.
  3. Ask each student to first pick how many pages long they want the book to be. Then have them write a sentence about the coin on each page.
  4. Assemble the books using yarn, staples, or some other creative binding technique.

Differentiated Learning Options

Have students use a scribe.

Assess

Use a standard writing rubric that includes any criteria set by you or the students to judge the merits of the coin-shaped books.

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Common Core Standards

This lesson plan is not associated with any Common Core Standards.

National Standards

This lesson plan is not associated with any National Standards.