Curated OER
Buying New Stuff
Young spenders take a look at the best ways to save and spend money. This type of financial education is lacking in schools, so implementing this lesson would be of great value to your students. Things like bank checking account fees,...
Curated OER
Goal Setting
Talk about the importance of goal setting. Financial and personal goal sheets are displayed to show learners various ways that people set goals. After the short presentation the class addresses a writing prompt that asks them to identify...
Curated OER
Career Unit (NEFE)
Students explore career choices and concept that those choices are directly related to standard of living they have in the future.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Consumer Tools
Useful age-appropriate lessons and activities meant to educate kids about their finances as they grow. Geared toward ages 3 through 18+, each module identifies 4 specific milestones students should understand in order to achieve...
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Actuarial Foundation: Building Your Future: Financing [Pdf]
In book 2 from the Building Your Future series, students and teachers get resources and practice on how financing works, such as getting loans and buying insurance.
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Actuarial Foundation: Building Your Future: Investing [Pdf]
In book 3 of the Building Your Future series, students and teachers work on the concept of investing, including stock and bonds, mutual funds, risk and diversification, and inflation, through a combination of information and practice.
Other
Actuarial Foundation: Building Your Future: Succeeding [Pdf]
Through information, examples, and practice, students learn about the costs and advantages of post-secondary education, how to understand the potential earnings and benefits of a job, how to make a budget, and why it is important to...
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Vanguard Group: My Classroom Economy
My Classroom Economy provides programs appropriate to all grade levels K-12. Each program carries on throughout a school year, and while it involves some class time, that time is minimal. Throughout the grades, students learn financial...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Econ Ed Link Collection
Use this collection of economic education lessons for K-12 teachers and students to improve financial literacy. One interesting feature is "This Day In Economic History," a calendar which identifies an interesting event for each day,...
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: You Are Here
In this interactive mall environment, students learn how to make smart decisions as consumers. Whether shopping for clothes, choosing the best food deal, searching for a job or buying a cellphone, students will learn how to recognize...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Financial Literacy Activities
A large collection of lesson plans and activities for high school students. The activities can be completed within a single class period. Each activity comes with a teacher guide and supporting student material, so it's easy to implement...
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Federal Reserve Education: Core Concept Cards
Using Core Concept Cards is a quick way to reinforce economic and financial literacy concepts. This site offers quite a few ways to use these Core Concept Cards, including games to play with students, and interactive flash cards that...
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The Mint: Balance Your Checking Account
Get hands-on practice filling out a check register and balancing a checking account. [Requires Flash]
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills: Avengers Comic Teaches Mad Money Skills
The Avengers teach Spider-Man the principles of saving and spending as they save a bank from the evil powers of Mole Man. This site includes an online comic book, an instruction guide for teachers, and a budget worksheet.
PBS
Pbs: Where Does Your Paycheck Go?
Using real copies of pay stubs, students will examine them to see where all the deductions go. An extensive teacher's guide can be downloaded - the lessons are also intended for other sections of this website.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Financial Fairy Tales
[Free Registration/Login Required] A simple presentation of an engaging fairy story called The Last Gold Coin with messages about financial management that are clear morals from the tale.
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Maryland Council on Economic Education (Mcee)
"Comprised of leaders in business, agriculture, government, and education from around the State," the site fosters economic education. Major emphasis here is on awards programs and their winners.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Outlook on Money: Basics of Budgeting
Explore the basics of budgeting and get tips for personal money management. View a video segment that shows how one woman is achieving her goals of financial independence by learning to set priorities. Includes a classroom guide and...