Moneypalooza! Board Game: Where Are We Going?
Moneypalooza! Board Game: Where Are We Going?
Moneypalooza! Board Game: Where Are We Going?
Board Game
Have fun figuring out how to be smart about how you earn, spend, save, and share with this board game.
Get Ready!
Time required for lesson: 30 min.
Materials/Resources:
1 printable Moneypalooza! Board per group
Moneypalooza! Board Game Rules
1 printable set of Earn cards per group
1 printable set of Spend cards per group
Printable money, 60 bills of each denomination
1 printable Budget Board per player
1 dice per group (available at teacher supply stores and dollar stores)
1 coin per player to use as a marker
Get Set!
1. Say: Let’s play a game to build our smarts about how to earn, spend, save, and share.
2. Review the rules of the game.
3. Ask if anyone has questions about how to play.
Go!
Let students play the game one or more times.
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Got It?
Assess student learning by having students reflect verbally or in writing on what they learned about
earning, spending, saving, and sharing.
First Grade
Competency Goal 6: The learner will apply basic economic concepts to home, school, and the
community.
Objectives
6.06 Identify the uses of money by individuals which include saving and spending.
Second Grade
Competency Goal 7: The learner will apply basic economic concepts and evaluate the use of
economic resources within communities.
Objectives
7.03 Describe different types of employment and ways people earn an income.
Fourth Grade
Competency Goal 6: The learner will evaluate how North Carolinians apply basic economic principles
within the community, state, and nation.
Objectives
6.02 Analyze the choices and opportunity cost involved in economic decisions.
6.05 Recognize that money can be used for spending, saving, and paying taxes.
Marbles Kids Museum Lesson Plans are provided for non-commercial educational purposes only. For more of our great play-based learning resources,
visit www.marbleskidsmuseum.org
PLAY MONEY - $10 Bills
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