Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Absolute Value and Stocks
Sixth graders learn about the stock market and start a project involving tracking investments.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Saving and Investing
Explains the Rule of 72 with examples of compound interest and its power to help grow students' money.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Setting a Smart Savings Goal
Students discuss short-term and long-term goals and what makes a goal SMART. They then create their own short-term savings goal and make an action plan to meet that goal.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:discovering the Benefits of Investing Early
Students use an online calculator and answer questions to learn about the value of investing early.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Compound Interest
A comprehensive guide for learning all about compound interest with definitions, formulas, solved examples, and practice questions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Your 401(k): 10 Things to Find Out
Understand ten important things to find out about 401K investments.
PBS
Pbs: How Your Money Grows
Investigate how your money can grow on its own through compound interest.
Other
Employee Benefits Legal Site: 403(b) Plan Audit Issues
Talks of the recent involvement of the IRS regarding 403 (B) Plans. Gives guidelines for the employer to follow.
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills at Home: Saving and Investing
This collection of activities offers practical strategies to help parents teach teens the basics of saving and investing. Using the suggested activities, parents can share facts about direct investing, mutual funds, and investment clubs...
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Money
An interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Money.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: The Stock Market
An interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is The Stock Market.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Savings and Investing
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides a matching activity and Activote questions to examine saving and investing.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Stock Market Game
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is a basic introduction to the stock market and investment strategy. After presentation of the lesson, the lesson links to a website to play the stock market game.
A to Z Home's Cool
A to Z Home's School: Money Matters
This homeschooling resource contains useful links to lessons for children about money and economics.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Outlook on Money: Stocks 101
Meet a group of investors who gather to discuss how to keep their investments safe and growing. Learn how investment club members use research to determine wise investment choices. Includes a classroom guide.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Outlook on Money: Saving and Investing
Learn how to get in the habit of saving for the short and long term while maintaining a comfortable quality of life. Explore the reasons for saving and investing and the difference between the two. Includes a classroom guide.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Rule of 72 Calculator
Use the Rule of 72 to estimate how long it will take to double an investment at a given interest rate. Divide 72 by the interest rate to see how long it will take to double your money on an investment.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Investment Calculator
Use the calculator to calculate the future value of an investment or the required variables necessary to meet your target future value. Required values you can calculate are initial investment amount, interest rate, number of years or...
Other
Investor words.com: Liability Definition
A very short definition for what liability is in terms of investing. Also lists some related terms.