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=**Text: **= Armentrout, Patricia. (1996). //How Money is Made.// Vero Beach, Florida: The Rourke Press. This book briefly describes the process by which American coins and paper money are made. This book goes into detail about how money is made by using machines and what materials they are made out of. It explains how coins are stamped and what types of metal coins are made out of.
 * 1. How Money is Made **
 * 2. From Seashells to Smart Cards **

Giesecke, Ernestine. (2003). //From Seashells to Smart Cards.// Chicago, Illinois: Reed Educational & Professional Publishing. “From Seashells to Smart Cards” explains how money has transformed through time. Money originated from bartering objects. It also explains other aspects of money like commemorative coins and how bartering is still used today through selling gold. This book also introduces how money is traded and how banks work.


 * 3. Roy Makes a Car **

Mary E. Lyons. (2005). //Roy Makes a Car.// New York, New York: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. “Roy Makes a Car” is a book about a young man who creates the best car that can’t get into a collision. He creates this car and then sells it for much more money than he used to build it. The he produces flying cars so that people will never get into car crashes and produces and sells many of those cars. This is a good book to introduce the topic of using money to buy things.


 * 4. Using and Understanding MAPS- The Economy of the World **

Morris, Scott E. (1993). //Using and Understanding MAPS- The Economy of the World.// Oxon, England: Lovell Johns Limited This book shows many different countries currency. It gives pictures of the money and what it is called. It also gives what the equivalents would be for other currency. The book is filled with interesting facts about money, how it was used, how is was created, and why it looks the way it does.


 * 5. If You Made a Million **

Schwartz, David M. (1989). //If You Made a Million.// New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books This books is about a magician that gives a young boy money. He shows him that if you keep the money in the bank it will grow interest. He also shows him how to write checks. The magician shows that a five dollar bill has the same value as five one dollar bills. This book is good to explain the concept of money and how you can save and use money.

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Websites:**

1. www.loc.gov
The librbay of Congress is a great resource for a new teacher like myself because I do not have many artifacts that we have collected and this website allows the students to see artifacts.

[|2.//(Day 1)// http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/personalfinance/savingspending/saving/option.php]
This site explains to students how to use their money and smart ways to save it. It shows how to spend money practically and how to use a bank.

[|www.cbssports.com/mlb/salaries/avgsalaries]
This wesite shows growth in salaries of baseballs players. Students can see the change in pay through the years of baseball players.

www.easycalculation.com/statistics/correlation.php
This calculator will get students interested in seeing how much baseball players make. They will get to compare salaries.