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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Simple Interest

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson, students solve real-world problems involving simple interest by using problem-solving strategies. Students examine guided notes, review guided...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Simple Interest

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students use simple interest to solve real-world problems. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Simple and Compound Interest

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students solve real-world problems involving simple and compound interest. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
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Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Amortization Tables

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students carry out financial computations, involving amortization. Students will prepare amortization tables indicating principal payments, interest payments, and the balance on a loan for each time interval.
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Activity
Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Is Paying Over Time a Smart Move?

For Students 9th - 10th
At T.V. 411 you can explore the concept of paying over time with situations involving credit cards, rent to own items, and more. This interactive lesson gives the learner an opportunity to make decisions about money management.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: You Can Bank on This! (Part 3)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Building on the first two lessons in the series, this lesson deals with savings and interest. This is the Teacher Version. There is also a link to the Student Version.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: What's My Interest?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of interest by means of two activities. The first, a simple activity with jellybeans, introduces the concept of interest accruement, and the second, a practical, "real world" activity, reinforces the concept...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: You're Going to College

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The students will explore the costs and the benefits of going to college. They participate in a three-part game designed to help them understand the decisions associated with attending college and the benefits available to college...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Work, Earnings and Economics: Using Lyddie by Katherine Paterson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In reading and discussing Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson, students examine basic economic concepts and explore the growth of labor unions and the role of government in a market economy.
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Website
Purple Math

Purplemath: "Investment" Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Demonstrates in a systematic way how to set up and solve 'investment' word problems.
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Website
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Compound Interest

For Students 9th - 10th
Video [2:52] and quiz on the concept of compound interest.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Big Banks, Piggy Banks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Use this informative economics lesson plan. Find out how to save your money. "You will read about safe places for keeping money; you also will learn about places where money can earn money."
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Big Banks, Piggy Banks

For Teachers K - 1st
When choosing a place to put their money, people consider how safe there money will be, how easy it is to access, and whether it will earn more money. Students explore how well different savings places achieve these objectives. This...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Calculating Simple Interest

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How do banks calculate the amount of interest paid on a loan? In this lesson, students will view a Livescribe Pencast to learn how to find the dollar amount in interest that is due at maturity. This lesson uses different time periods...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: You Can Bank on This! (Part 4)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This instructional activity deals with credit, and wraps up this unit on finance.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Banking Is Interest Ing!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Banks are important to Americans. We use banks to save money and earn interest, or borrow money and pay interest. This lesson introduces the concepts of banking to children.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Benefits of Investing Early

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The students will see how compounding returns make investing at a young age pay off.
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Website
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Compound Interest Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
The activity investigates compound interest, principal, and interest. Students can calculate different savings over time by inputting the monthly savings, starting age, and interest rate. The learning tool includes a graph that shows the...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Opportunity Cost

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Consumers are faced with tough choices because so many innovative and exciting products and services are available. Therefore, engraining a decision-making process that includes considering of opportunity cost is necessary to shape...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Should I Use Cash or Credit?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a lesson presented by EconEdLink that delivers the dilemma of cash or credit. Includes background information, a problem-solving grid, and great questions.
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Handout
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Banking Options

For Students 9th - 10th
Tutorial explores numerous banking options to help you can make the right choice.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Interesting Interest Rates

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this task, students work with simple and compound interest rates to determine which bank offers the best return on a deposit. Aligns with F-LE.A.1.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Timing Is Everything

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In the first part of the lesson, students examine the incentives and opportunity costs of spending and saving in a teacher directed lesson. The remainder of the lesson is an interactive website. Students work through problems that...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: A Penny Saved Is a Penny at 4.7% Earned

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This is a lesson from EconEdLink where students learn about saving money. Includes activities and materials.