1. Paper Preparation solo
Pick up a “Kids’ Coin” paper from the back of the room.
Do not write your name where it says name!
On blank side,
head your paper.

2. Money on Trees (SS.7.C.3.8)
- by the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
model the legislative process by voting for a "bill" authorizing a new coin
act out executive approval by accepting or vetoing the bill
participate in the new law’s "execution" by designing a coin

3. Coin Observations
Choose a coin. On the blank side of your paper, write as many details as you can about that coin’s obverse and reverse. You have three minutes.

4. We need a President!
We need up to three volunteer candidates for President. Volunteers, go stand in the back of the room. It is up to the students to run the election, but if the voting takes more than three minutes, I will choose your president.

5. Step 1: The President Gets an Idea!
Hooray! Hail to the Chief! As you first important decision, please come get a worksheet from the teacher. While our President reads that, I would like to announce that everyone else has just been elected to Congress. Congratulations! Please listen closely to the President’s speech to Congress. Our president will be asking some questions to make sure you were listening.

6. Step 2: Congress Makes a Bill
Congress will now choose which coin will become the Kids’ Coin.
You may discuss replacing the quarter, dime, nickel, or penny for two minutes, but then we will call for a vote.
We also need someone in Congress to read the bill to the class before a final vote.

7. Step 2: Congress Makes a Bill
Congress will now choose which coin will become the Kids’ Coin.
You may discuss replacing the quarter, dime, nickel, or penny for two minutes, but then we will call for a vote.
We also need someone in Congress to read the bill to the class before a final vote.
Time to vote!

8. Step 3: Congress Announces the Bill
Whereas pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters are in everyday use by millions of Americans;
Whereas the President has called for coins that show the great things kids do in our country;
Resolved, that Congress—
1)Chooses the _(say what coin you picked here)_ to be updated by kids; and
2) Calls on the U.S. Mint to gather input from kids for the new design; and
3) Names the new coin the “Kids’ Coin”.

9. Step 4: President’s Approval
Does the bill meet the President’s requirements, or will it get vetoed?
A President can veto any bill he or she doesn’t like, but if the Congress passes it again with a 2/3 majority, they can override the veto (meaning the bill happens and all the President can do is cry about it).

10. Step 5: Execution at the U.S. Mint
(Execution, as in the executive branch)
It’s time to carry out the law!
The U.S. Mint is proud to announce the Kids’ Coin Contest!

11. Step 5: The Kids’ Coin Contest Rules
(write these on your paper)
1. The new coin must show things that are important to kids.
2. The new coin must include the 4 phrases already required by law:
* e pluribus unum * In God We Trust
* Liberty * United States of America
3. The new coin must have a picture on the front and back.

12. Final Touches
三 Play by the Rules
You have the last eight minutes (or fewer) of class to complete the back of your coin design.
This is a SOLO assignment, so there should not be any more talking during this class.

13. Final Touches, Last Minutes 三 Play by the Rules
When you leave the room, please place your completed worksheet in the bin.
Make sure your name was on the blank side and not the coin side. The top five designers from each class will get extra credit added to their worksheet grade (but only if each designer does not write his or her name on the coin side).