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**LESSON PLAN - U.S. MONEY**



This lesson was designed by Victoria Bolton to introduce students to U.S. money and help develop their comfort level with using and making change. Working with our adult students at the American Language Institute, we found that even students who had been in the country for more than six months, were often still uncomfortable with U.S. change. In fact, many admitted to just trusting the cashiers who gave them change, and then stowing the change away to avoid the confusion of using it!

US Money Presentaton

In addition to this PPT presentation, it is helpful to bring a "bucket of change" to allow students to get comfortable with the coins, as well as practice equivalency.

I have encouraged students to bring their own change to class, and had them make a chart by taping on each coin, writing its name, writing its value, and then determining the number of coins to equal a dollar.

All about US money: []  [|Here is an interesting timeline about US money.]