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Teaching Resources

Keep your eyes open for all the terrific H.I.P. Pocket Change features developed with you in mind!

• Teacher Feature Stockroom: Teacher Features are a fun way to extend the learning of your students by simply building on what they have already read!   The Stockroom holds all the site's Teacher Features, listed by subject area and title so you can find them easily.
• Coin Curricula Center: These educational resources relate to circulating coins.   Here you will find Teacher Features, lesson plans, worksheets, and more! It's your one-stop materials spot for everyday coins!
• State Quarter Day in the Classroom: Each state has its own page of activities relating to its quarter.   You'll find information there that will help you learn about the coin’s design, plus links to activities, lessons, informational pages, and even games to use with your students!
• Presidential $1 Coin Lesson Plan Resource Center: Here you'll find images of the coins suitable for display and coloring, links to government sites about the presidents, links to the lesson plans, and overviews of the Mint Education Initiative, the Presidential $1 Coin Program, and the Presidential $1 Coin Lesson Plans.
• Teacher Feature of the Month: This monthly feature turns the spotlight on a new or historic coin covered in the kids' feature "Coin of the Month".
• Teachers' Guide to the site: This electronic guide walks you through all the major resources you can find on the United States Mint Teachers site.
• Library: Here you’ll find stacks of numismatic resources for you and your students.
• Coin Glossary: Also available through the Library, our glossary can definitely come in handy when reading about coins and their use, manufacture, and history.

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