The 50 State Quarters Program Lesson Plans

There is a super set of free lesson plans available online for grades K-6 provided by the U.S. Mint. They are in conjunction with the 50 State Quarters Program which has inspired kids everywhere to start coin collections. Here is a partial list of the lessons they offer. (New ones have been added for 2004.) If something catches your eye, simply click here for more!
Source: U.S. Mint


2003   50 State Quarters Lesson Plans  
 
Grades K-1  

 Lesson 1 - Coin Connections (Illinois)

 Lesson 2 - Using Your Senses (Alabama)

 Lesson 3 - Quarters from the Coast (Maine)

 Lesson 4 - Sorting by Site (Missouri)

 Lesson 5 - The Nature of Coins (Arkansas)

 Lesson 6 - Coin Motion

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Grades 2-3  

 Lesson 1 - Places We Live (Illinois)

 Lesson 2 - Special Traits (Alabama)

 Lesson 3 - Follow the Lights (Maine)

 Lesson 4 - A Trip Back in Time (Missouri)

 Lesson 5 - The Natural State (Arkansas)

 Lesson 6 - A Fraction of the Cost

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Grades 4-6  

 Lesson 1 - The Life of Lincoln (Illinois)

 Lesson 2 - Talk To Me (Alabama)

 Lesson 3 - Hardships on the Maine-land (Maine)

 Lesson 4 - Discovering Descriptions (Missouri)

 Lesson 5 - A Biome To Call Home (Arkansas)

 Lesson 6 - Quarter, Nickel, Dime...

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2002   50 State Quarters Lesson Plans  
 
Grades K-1  

 Lesson 1 - Sing a Song of Coinage (Tennessee)

 Lesson 2 - Pioneers in Space (Ohio)

 Lesson 3 - Our States, My State (Louisiana)

 Lesson 4 - Coin Crossroads (Indiana)

 Lesson 5 - Sounding Out the Symbols (Mississippi)

 Lesson 6 - Pennies and Nickels and Dimes . . . Oh, My!

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Grades 2-3  

 Lesson 1 - Musical Change (Tennessee)

 Lesson 2 - Flying High in Ohio (Ohio)

 Lesson 3 - Mapping America (Louisiana)

 Lesson 4 - The Great States Race (Indiana)

 Lesson 5 - 2002 State Flower Show (Mississippi)

 Lesson 6 - Great Graph!

   
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Grades 4-6  
   
 Lesson 1 - Sing for Your State (Tennessee)

 Lesson 2 - A Life Without Flight (Ohio)

 Lesson 3 - Fast Facts (Louisiana)

 Lesson 4 - A Race through the States (Indiana)

 Lesson 5 - A Financial Flower Garden (Mississippi)

 Lesson 6 - What’s the Story?
 
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2001   50 State Quarters Lesson Plans  
 
Grades K-1  

 Lesson 1 - Mural Mania

 Lesson 2 - We Flip for Quarters!

 Lesson 3 - Quarter Sorter

 Lesson 4 - Money Match

 Lesson 5 - Quarter Combos

 Lesson 6 - Tip the Scales

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Grades 2-3  

 Lesson 1 - Trading Faces

 Lesson 2 - A Tale of Two Quarters

 Lesson 3 - Unite These States

 Lesson 4 - Colonial Discovery

 Lesson 5 - Riddle Me Cents!

 Lesson 6 - George's Place

   
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Grades 4-6  

 Lesson 1 - Double Cents

 Lesson 2 - How Much?

 Lesson 3 - This Great State!

 Lesson 4 - Colonial Vacation

 Lesson 5 - ABCs of Statehood

 Lesson 6 - Nifty Fifty State Trivia