Customize Your Visit to the Museum

Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday Activity
In this activity, students will read the story Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst, which will teach them about the concepts of saving and spending.

Bartering Activity
In this activity, students will participate in a bartering simulation to learn how goods and services are exchanged without the use of money. Students will also compare trading or paying for goods and services to learn why economic systems use money.

Budget Reality
In this lesson, students will practice building a budget based off a hypothetical income in order to learn the trade offs involved in making financial decisions.

Budget Reality Activity
In this lesson, students will practice building a budget based off a hypothetical income in order to learn the trade offs involved in making financial decisions.

Characteristics of Money Activity
In this activity, students will learn about the five characteristic that make an item a good form of money. Students will also learn how to evaluate these characteristics by examining historic forms of money.

Counting with Common Cents
In this lesson, as the book Counting with Common Cents: Penny’s Journey by Deirdre McCarthy and Angela Rizza is read aloud, students will practice counting from 1 – 10 with pennies, nickels, and dimes. Students will also learn the monetary value of a penny, nickel, and dime by completing a counting exercise.

Credit Score
In this lesson, students will learn about the three main types of credit and will be asked to identify examples of each. They will explore the relationship between a lender and a credit bureau by examining the information included on a credit report. They will then learn how a credit score is calculated by drawing a pie chart and answering discussion questions

Curious George Saves his Pennies
While listening to the story of Curious George Saves His Pennies by H.A. Rey, students will learn about the concept of income and different ways income can be earned. Students will then set a savings goal and identify different ways they can earn income in order to reach that goal.

Design Your Own Dollar
In this activity, students will learn about the symbols and security features on US currency by examining US dollar bills. Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of the symbols and security features by designing their own dollar bill.

Great Minds Think – Budgeting
In this activity, students will learn about budgeting by creating a practice budget for a character from Great Minds Think. Students will then have the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of budgeting by creating their own budget.

Great Minds Think – Choices
In this activity, students will learn about making decisions and the cost, consequence, and benefit of each decision.

Great Minds Think – Spending
In this activity, students will learn about various payment methods, the difference between a need and a want, and the concept of opportunity cost.

Great Minds Think I – Choices
In this activity, students will learn about making decisions and the cost, consequence, and benefit of each decision.

Great Minds Think II – Earning
In this activity, students will identify ways to earn an income, learn how to create a savings goal, and develop a plan for how to reach their savings goal. Students will also be introduced to the basics of banking.

Great Minds Think III – Spending
In this activity, students will learn about various payment methods, the difference between a need and a want, and the concept of opportunity cost.

Great Minds Think IV – Budgeting
In this activity, students will learn about budgeting by creating a practice budget for a character from Great Minds Think. Students will then have the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of budgeting by creating their own budget.

Great Minds Think– Earning
In this activity, students will identify ways to earn an income, learn how to create a savings goal, and develop a plan for how to reach their savings goal. Students will also be introduced to the basics of banking.

Investing
In this activity, students will learn about the concept of investing by completing an investment simulation and follow-up discussion.

Investing Activity
In this activity, students will learn about the concept of investing by completing an investment simulation and follow-up discussion.

Recognizing Money
In this activity, students will learn to recognize money by matching images of US bills and coins with the correct descriptions.

Request Speaker
Request a Fed employee to speak to your students about a course related topic.

Road to the Fed
In this presentation students will learn about the history of central banking and the structure and functions of the Federal Reserve.

Road to the Fed Presentation
In this presentation students will learn about the history of central banking and the structure and functions of the Federal Reserve.

Save or Spend Challenge
In this activity students will build a budget for a character and then analyze that character’s financial choices to discover how their saving, spending, and budgeting habits can affect their financial outcomes.

Save or Spend Challenge – 4th and 5th Grade
In this activity students will build a budget for a character and then analyze that character’s financial choices to discover how their saving, spending, and budgeting habits can affect their financial outcomes.

Wants vs. Needs
In this activity, students will sort different objects as “wants” or “needs” to learn how to differentiate between the two.

Ways to Pay
In this activity, students will learn about forms of payment, including cash, debit cards, mobile payment apps, checks, prepaid cards, and credit cards. They will also learn how to make smart choices about which form of payment to use by analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of each and applying that knowledge to real-life scenarios.

Ways to Pay Activity
In this activity, students will learn about forms of payment, including cash, debit cards, mobile payment apps, checks, prepaid cards, and credit cards. They will also learn how to make smart choices about which form of payment to use by analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of each and applying that knowledge to real-life scenarios.