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Unit Plan
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Cards, Cars, and Currency

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A unit on personal finance related to debit cards, credit cards, and purchasing a car designed to help students develop financial responsibility.
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Article
Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: Credit and Your Consumer Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Advice for students about how to correct errors in bills or their credit reports, and how to manage debt payments.
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Lesson Plan
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Playing a Credit and Debit Game

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students play a game to practice and explore positive credit and debit card behaviors.
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Lesson Plan
Save And Invest

Finra Investor Education Foundation: Debt Elimination

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan offers different strategies for eliminating debt and strengthening one's financial position and cash flow.
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Unit Plan
Next Gen Personal Finance

Next Gen Personal Finance: Types of Credit

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lessons and activities to teach students about types of credit.
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Unit Plan
Next Gen Personal Finance

Next Gen Personal Finance: Managing Credit

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lessons and activities to teach students about managing credit.
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Lesson Plan
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Let's Get Financially Focused! [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Should I use credit? This lesson plan provides some insight into why or when it is good to use credit, versus why or when it is not.
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Lesson Plan
University of Missouri

University of Missouri: Wise Pockets: Four Dollars and Fifty Cents

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
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...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Lesson Plan (Affluenza): Credit Quandaries

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Credit cards are not free money." Just how do credit cards work? This site provides a instructional activity in which learners investigate the lure of credit card companies, the pitfalls of credit debt, and the impact of credit debt on...
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Activity
Other

Economic Awareness Council: Credit Control [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about responsible use of credit and credit cards, your credit score and why it is important, and how to get out of debt if you've already overextended your finances.
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Handout
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Financial Problem Solving Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn these financial strategies to help reach your goals.
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Handout
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Staying Out of Debt

For Students 9th - 10th
Useful tips for staying out of debt.
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Lesson Plan
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Avoiding Debt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers read a short story and a handout to learn about excessive debt and ways to avoid or reduce debt.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Charge It?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson, students will select appropriate and inappropriate uses of credit cards by role-playing a college student who must choose to either use cash or a credit card to pay for a variety of real-life scenarios. This lesson plan...
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Article
Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: Managing Debt

For Students 9th - 10th
Debt is the money you owe someone and its not always bad. Learn what it is, how to get out of it, and where to start.
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Website
Other

Debt

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides online information about personal finances covering topics such as college years, weddings, building a family, buying and selling a home, and retirement. Learn about debt relief services and use the handy tools to help you...
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Article
Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Your Credit History

For Students 9th - 10th
Your credit history is important if you want to get a loan, a job, an apartment, or a credit card. Learn how to get credit and what goes into a credit report. Be sure to check your report often to make sure the information is correct.