Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Credit Scores and Your Financial Future
How important is a credit score, anyway? Scholars view a PowerPoint and take notes about credit scores. Next, they write essays explaining their plans for achieving a good credit score.
Visa
In Trouble
What are some of the financial risks associated with using credit? Pupils learn the warning signs of incurring financial hardship, and through PowerPoint presentations, worksheets, and discussion, discover the implications of such events...
Curated OER
Cartoons for the Classroom: General Motors Bailout
Bestow background in big business bailouts on your scholars with this political cartoon analysis handout. Two cartoons focus on the General Motors bankruptcy, and its effect on American taxpayers. Background information gives context for...
Curated OER
Credit: Buy Now, Pay Later (NEFE)
Students examine credit use and abuse, and the consequences of bankruptcy.
Curated OER
High Earners Can Still Struggle
Students explore the concept of credit. In this credit lesson, students read an article about credit debt and financial trouble. Students discuss ways to avoid financial trouble. Students make a cause and effect chart for the people in...
Curated OER
Real Life Challenge- Give Me Credit!
In this credit worksheet, students calculate the value of 4 different loans before completing a table about credit card offers advertised in newspapers, magazine, or junk mail.
Other
Moran Law Group: How Does Chapter 13 Work?
Explains Chapter 13 Bankruptcy proceedings. The debtor proposes a payment plan when filing a Chapter 13 BK.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Law School: Liquidation
This page from Cornell University outlines the sections of Chapter 7 of the U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Code. Each paragraph within the four subchapters has its own link and the site has its own search engine as well.
Other
American Bankruptcy Institute
This is the web site of the American Bankruptcy Institute. It features current media articles about bankruptcy and information for consumers.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: My Credit Rating: Why Should I Care?
This site provides an interesting lesson on credit and how we use it, the dangers of over-using it, bankruptcy and its consequences, and more.
Bankrate
Bankrate: Dr. Don's 10 Tips for Better Money Management
Dr. Don Taylor provides tips for better money management in this article from Bankrate. Detailed and thorough analysis is given.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Law School: Bankruptcy Laws
This page of the Legal Information Institute of Cornell University provides an overview of bankruptcy law as well as links to additional laws.
Nolo
Nolo: Bankruptcy Faq
This page from NOLO presents an FAQ on bankruptcy. It tells what exactly bankruptcy is, the difference between liquidation and reorganization bankruptcy, what happens when you file Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy, plus more.
Nolo
Nolo: An Overview of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
This page from Nolo provides an overview of what happens during the process of Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Other
Divorce Source: Rehabilitative Alimony
This citation of a West Virginia case, explains rehabilitative alimony, in this case in the context of a bankruptcy filing.
Other
Weltman & Moskowitz: Bankruptcy: Chapter 7, Liquidation
Resource provides great information on chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy code. It begins with information on liquidation, then includes an overview of the chapter, with a section on how the chapter works.
Other
Weltman and Moskowitz: Bankruptcy: Chapter 13
Provides information on Chapter 13 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. It provides a background of the chapter, then goes into describing how chapter 13 works.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: u.s. Senate Mulls Over Bankruptcy Legislation
During the week of September 20, 1998, the US Senate agreed to debate a bill (S 1301), intended to make it more difficult for people of means to use bankruptcy to walk away from debt. Those who could pay at least 20 percent of their...
Other
Litigator's Internet Resource Guide: The Rules of Court
A database of the rules, forms, and dockets for both the state and federal court systems.
Other
Federal Consumer Information Center: Bankruptcy Basics
This resource contains a detailed report on the basics of bankruptcy. It goes into detail concerning chapters: 7, 13, 11, 12, and 9 bankruptcy. It also defines bankruptcy terminology.
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: Panic of 1893
A very brief discussion of the Panic of 1893, what set off the crisis, the national effects, as well as the consequences in Ohio.