Money: A Complete IB PYP Unit of Inquiry

How does money affect everyday life? The struggle becomes real for the kids with many critical thinking activities. Through all of the curricular areas, the children learn about the origins of money, the difference between wants and needs, banking and budgeting and they explore the myriad of ways decisions about money can affect our lives. The culmination dives into careers and how our choice of career will ultimately shape our lifestyle. Lots of hands on inquiry into social studies, math and literacy. With over 90 pages, this interactive complete unit of inquiry, with the IB PYP theme of How We Organise Ourselves is full of engaging inquiry based learning. Both U.K & USA spelling. Most money activities have no denomination to make it more international. 

Central idea: Decisions about money shape everyday life.

Lines of inquiry:

• Origins of money
• Goods vs Services
• Money shapes daily life

You will find:

Web quests

Math- decimal fractions

Multi step problem solving

Math- shopping activities, critical thinking

Homes around the world: scarcity and abundance

Close reading: the effect of the Gold Rush on America, the story of the Bank of England

Literacy: Excerpts from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Cool websites and movies

And much more

You may also be interested in the many other products that I have created specifically for the IB PYP. You can find classroom materials, hands on, inquiry based activities for math and literacy as well as Approaches to Learning Skills and complete units of inquiry for all of the themes. Check out my blog for ideas too.

Enjoy!

Susan Powers

PYPteachingtools.com