PricewaterhouseCoopers
Buying a Home: Mortgage Decisions
High schoolers don't think they need to know about mortgages, but with college and renting soon approaching, fiscal responsibility is necessary. Pupils learn the vocabulary of a mortgage and calculate different home values to determine...
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Buying a Home: Income vs. Monthly Payments
Purchasing a house takes more plan than elementary schoolers realize. Each buyer will look at monthly income to determine what they can afford for a mortgage and other expenses.
PwC Financial Literacy
Buying a Home: Terms of a Mortgage
Buying a home, dealing with a lender, securing a mortgage; these are daunting tasks for many adults. Why not teach middle schoolers about this area of adulthood so they are better-prepared to make the leap into home ownership when they...
Beyond Benign
Green House?
A solid foundation is important for all things—especially houses. Learners research different materials for foundations based on environmental impact and cost. They decide whether concrete, insulated concrete, or wood would be best for...
New York City Department of Education
The Game of Life
Academics use their research skills to create a financial guidebook for young adults. They also learn about the skills needed to be successful as an adult, including how to use credit cards and how to buy a car. Hands-on activities and...
Inside Mathematics
House Prices
Mortgages, payments, and wages correlate with each other. The short assessment presents scatter plots for young mathematicians to interpret. Class members interpret the scatter plots of price versus payment and wage versus payment for...
EngageNY
Buying a House
There's no place like home. Future home owners investigate the cost of buying a house in the 33rd installment of a 35-part module. They come to realize that the calculations are simply a variation of previous formulas involving car loans...
Practical Money Skills
Buying a Home
Guide high schoolers through the process of buying a house with a simulation lesson. As pupils learn about mortgages, renting versus buying, and home inspections, they discuss ways to make informed financial decisions and sound...
Practical Money Skills
Student Loans
If your learners are college bound, they'll need a lesson about student loans and personal finance before they step into their dorm room. A four-day lesson guides high schoolers through the process of budgeting for college, as well as...
Federal Reserve Bank
To Rent-to-Own or Not to Rent-to-Own?
Explore the key elements of a contract with your young adults, and delve into the features and unique benefits of a rent-to-own contract through discussion and worksheet practice.
Visa
Home Sweet Home: Purchasing a Place
While the process of buying a home can certainly be overwhelming, give your young adults a leg up for their future by introducing them to the components of a mortgage, as well as exploring the basic concept of credit and how to become...
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Buying a House
Learn all about the home-buying process, including where to look when searching for a home.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Marketplace: Real(ity) Estate
This lesson teaches students about opportunity cost through some steps of buying a house. It also shows students how advertising affects consumer decision-making.
PBS
Pbs Newshour Extra: What Are the Factors Behind a Foreclosure?
The objective for this lesson plan is to prepare students for the task of buying a home by providing them with the needed financial literacy skills. These topics are included: calculate affordable housing based on debt to income ratio,...
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Information: Homes and Mortgages
What consumers need to know about one of life's biggest financial decisions, buying or renting a home.
Other
Pine Tree Legal: Legal Guide for Immigrants: Housing
Comprehensive, easy-to-understand explanation in English and Spanish of how to acquire housing in the United States. Legal issues associated with buying or renting a residence are also presented. Though the site caters to immigrants to...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: An Investigation of Regional Housing Costs
This lesson has students explore differences in regional housing costs, determine the percentage of gross income spent on housing, assess the impact of housing costs on a relocation decision and recognize wages and housing costs are prices.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Economics of Homebuying
This lesson analyzes the costs and benefits of homeownership and asks the student to describe the factors that affect affordability, use cost-benefit analysis and knowledge of home-buying procedures to reduce the costs, analyze the...
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Renting an Apartment or House
Tips for renting or leasing an apartment or house. Learn what you will need and what you should do before renting.