Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Becoming a Wise Consumer: Comparison Shopping
In this introductory lesson to money management for teens, students will use everyday math skills to comparison shop a variety of products. Students will learn several ways to save money, including using store discounts, coupons, and...
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Buying and Using Phone Cards
Tips for buying and using a prepaid phone card.
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Saving Money When You Shop
Learn how to save money when you shop. Tips for using coupons and how to find a good deal.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 2: Saving Money by Finding the Better Buy
Students will be able to make economically sound purchasing decisions by using unit pricing, calculating discounts, and analyzing fixed and variable costs.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Bouncing Ball Budgets
Through an interactive game, students share spending decisions they've made in the past and start to think about their spending habits in new ways.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Creating a Buying Plan
Students practice creating a buying plan and apply this strategy to provide buying advice to others.
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills: Prom Spending Survey Infographic
A new nationwide survey released by Visa Inc. shows that American households plan on spending a whopping $324 on promposals. Promposals have become significantly more extravagant in recent years and now represent in excess of one third...
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills: Lunch Spending Survey Infographic
According to the results of a new survey commissioned by Visa, respondents reported spending an average of $53 per week on lunch. Overall, the most popular spot to eat lunch was at home (42%), and full-time employees tended to stick...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Why Use Money? Getting What We Need
Students will compare and contrast different methods of attaining the everyday items they need. Using the Akan people of Africa as an example of bartering, students will understand three different ways of paying for goods. Discussion...