Lesson Plans

Students will use pennies to illustrate how our states are represented in Congress. This lesson is to be implemented during a unit covering the branches of United States government.

Students will define what a symbol is and identify symbols associated with pre-selected states.

After briefly discussing coin collecting, the class takes a poll to see how many students collect coins. Then students create a graph showing all responses and discuss the survey results.

Students will examine the life of Sacagawea, the exceptional woman chosen to appear on the Golden Dollar, and will write journal entries based on their research.

Students will observe and make rubbings of circulating U.S. coins.

Students will use online resources (including the U.S. Mint's H.I.P. Pocket Change website to investigate the role veterans and POWs played in our nation's history. This activity is related directly to the U.S. POW Commemorative Coin.

The student will determine the probability of a given event using concreteexamples. Students will describe events using terms such as likely, unlikely, certain, and impossible. The student will convert fractions to decimals, decimals to percents, and percents to fractions.

Students will recognize a cent, nickel, dime, quarter, half-dollar, and Sacagawea Golden Dollar, and identify the value of each coin.

Students will explore the 50 State Quarters to learn about each state.

Students will research U.S. coins and historical figures, and will write informational text to create trading cards based on their research.