Play Money Lesson Plan
A Money Venn Diagram
Purpose of Activity
This activity is designed so students can compare and contrast the different
denominations of currency. The students will have the opportunity to create a
venn diagram about currency features.
Concepts taught: creating a venn diagram, comparing and contrasting
currency features
Materials
Needed
• Printed play money
uscurrency.gov/playmoney
•
“My Money Venn Diagram”
worksheets
• 12x18 construction paper
• Scissors, glue, pencils
•
Poster of real money (optional) – you could
use Decoding Dollars: The $100 or Decoding
Dollars: The $20
Instructions
1 Print the play money and the “My Money Venn
Diagram” worksheet and create an example of
a completed “My Money Venn Diagram” for the
students to see such as the Decoding Dollars: The
$100 or Decoding Dollars: The $20. Using photos rather
than the play money may allow students to see the
fine details in the bills for comparison purposes.
2
3
Hand out a piece of construction paper, a pencil,
and the “My Money Venn Diagram” to each student.
Have each student choose two different
denominations from the play money.
4
5
Tell the students to turn their piece of construction
paper like a portrait and to glue their “My Money
Venn Diagram” worksheet halfway down the page.
Above the worksheet, the students will glue one
denomination above the left circle and the other
denomination above the right circle. In the center
where the two circles overlap, they will write the
words “The Same.”
In each circle, have the students write three things
that are unique to the denominations glued above.
In the center space, have the students write three
things that the two bills have in common.
Level of Learning
Level One:
Gather
the
students
in
a
small
group
and
brainstorm ways that the bills could be alike or different.
Reduce the amount of responses in each space to two.
Level Two: Follow the activity as written above.
Level Three:
Encourage the students to research the
denominations
and
come
up
with
five
unique
responses
for each area.
