Interactive Notebook: Economics and Money is designed to allow students in grades five through eight to become active participants in their own learning by creating an interactive notebook. The instructions given in the book lay out an easy-to-follow plan for setting up, creating, and maintaining an interactive notebook for the study of the economic and monetary systems of the United States. Once completed, the notebook becomes a great resource for reviewing and studying for tests. The 19 lessons contained in Interactive Notebook: Economics and Money cover six units of study: The Beginning of Money, Money in the United States, Making Economic Decisions, The Economy, Taxes, and Money Management. This interactive approach to diagraming economic concepts gives students many opportunities to utilize models and demonstrate their knowledge through artistic creation, labeling, and verbal explanation. Students are encouraged to be creative, use color, and work with manipulatives to gain a greater understanding of the topics covered. -Helps students record, store, and organize essential information -Serves as a resource for review and test prep -Involves both right-brain and left-brain activities for processing new information -Correlated to current national and state standards