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Wise Pockets
Using children's picture books and role-playing activities, youngsters begin to learn about personal finance management. These lesson plans are engaging and intend to endow pupils with skills for making wise decisions with money as they...
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A Basket of Bangles: How a Business Begins
Students consider concepts of banking introduced in the story, "Basket of Bangles." For this banking lesson, students identify key terms through recall questions interspersed in the story. Using five handouts and a game, students compare...
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Four Dollars and Fifty Cents
Students role play a scenario between a creditor and debtor. In this consumer education lesson, students read the book Four Dollars and Fifty Cents, discuss the vocabulary introduced in the book and role play a situation between a...
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FINANCE AND RESPONSIBLE LENDING.
Students study the role of banks, lending and their services. In this analysis lesson, students learn about savings, checking accounts and lending and the importance of banks as financial intermediaries.
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Economics: Property Rights and the Rule of Law
Students examine the economic value of property rights. In a classroom activity, "You're the Economist," they analyze actual research data from establishing land holding titles in Para, Brazil. They assess several case studies about the...
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Four Dollars and Fifty Cents
Students use the book, Four Dollars and Fifty Cents, to discover ways that creditors can obtain payment from reluctant debtors
Cornell University
Cornell University: Law School: Secured Transaction Law
The resource provides an overview of secured credit obligations. Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code is also described.
University of Missouri
University of Missouri: Wise Pockets: Four Dollars and Fifty Cents
This is a lesson geared towards elementary level students. Using the book Four Dollars and Fifty Cents by Eric Kimmel, the teacher instructs students about the terms creditor, debtor, collateral, credit, and credit report. Lesson...
American Academy of Family Physicians
Family doctor.org: Peripheral Arterial Disease and Claudication
This article provides information about peripheral arterial disease and claudication (poor circulation) and related health problems it.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Giving Credit
This life instructional activity will prepare students for the world of credit. "In this instructional activity, you will analyze the creditworthiness of people who want to borrow. You will also learn how to identify ways to establish...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Pop Goes the Housing Bubble
For this lesson, students will learn about a speculative bubble within the context of the U.S. real estate market.
Other
Truth in Lending Act Regulation Z
Site explains Regulation Z , "Truth in Lending" which is the "law requiring disclosure of terms" on a loan given to a business or consumer. Provides specific format of loan information to be disclosed.
Wolters Kluwer
Business Owners Toolkit: What Banks Look for When Reviewing a Loan Application
This article describes what criteria loan officers look for when reviewing a loan application. Additional links are also provided to give a more detailed explanation.