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Income Taxes

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Most adults dread April 15 — tax day! Tax preparation can be intimidating even for adults. Build confidence by leading individuals through the process and then give them a scenario to practice. The exercise uses tax vocabulary to give...
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Curated OER

Budgeting Your Financial Resources (The Mint)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars plan and maintain balanced budgets.
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Money Management Intelligence

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners follow directions to help a client with his/her budget. After selecting their client, they download confidential data and listen to the challenge presented on the website. They adjust the budgets as needed. Then, they click play...
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Building Wealth

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore budgeting.  in this building wealth lesson, students examine ways to invest and save money.  They set financial goals and determine methods to reach the goals.  Students discuss managing debt, credit reports and credit...
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Budget Worksheet

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this student budget worksheet, students fill in their incomes as well as their individual payments per month to chart where their money goes each month.
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Budgeting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars develop a realistic budget. In this finance lesson, students discuss problems and issues related to making a budget. They focus on living within one's means.
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Hot Wheels (Grades 9-12 )

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Using internet research, young scholars compute the costs of different models of card. They discuss the advantages/disadvantages of purchasing a new car versus a used car, the cost of car insurance, and the best way to finance their...
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A Big Purchase

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Investigate the process of buying a car. High schoolers will use the internet to find cars that are for sale, that they are interested in, and review each car in detail in order to prepare a 3 page paper on which they give the details of...
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Breaking News English: Breaking News English: British Royal Finances Online

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "British Royal Finances Online," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Under the Bed or in the Bank?

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students explore personal finance.  In this consumer /financial mathematics lesson, students compare interest rates as they explore savings. 
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Retirement: Show Me the Money!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the concept of retirement finances. In this retirement finances instructional activity, students discuss what it means to save, invest, risk, or the time value of money. Students play the stock market game. Students...
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Unit Pricing

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore unit pricing to determine the best buy for their money. In this personal finance lesson, students calculate cost per wear examples and create a list of criteria for picking clothes. Young scholars visit a story and...
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Selling, Spending, or Saving

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine and discuss vocabulary dealing with finances. They write and develop commercials promoting savings practices and spending habits that incorporate emotional appeals.
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Managing My Money

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use The Berenstain Bears' to learn about money management. In this money management instructional activity, 2nd graders read The Berenstain Bears' Dollars and Sense book and complete the 'Rainy Day' worksheet. Students...
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Balancing a Budget

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate money management.  In this secondary mathematics lesson, students participate in a cost-of-living budget simulation in which they calculate monthly and yearly projected costs.  Students investigate housing cost,...
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Lesson 1: Katrina Strikes

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Most families have an emergency kit in their home with flashlights, water, and extra food. But what happens to your money when disaster strikes? An economics lesson focused on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 demonstrates the...
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PLS 3rd Learning

Find the Fees

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Before teens head off to college or the workforce, they need to understand the world of credit. Here, they look online at credit card agreements to find hidden fees and rates. The online activity guides them through and even assesses...
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PLS 3rd Learning

Priceless

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The message that buying things brings happiness is everywhere. Teenagers are not immune to this marketing strategy and benefit from reflecting on the relentless pressure to spend. This exercise invites young adults to consider the value...
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Federal Reserve Bank

The Story of the Federal Reserve: High School Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Is there a bank for the banks? Pupils analyze the complexities of the Federal Reserve system by breaking it down into easy-to-understand sections. Step-by-step investigation using flow charts and graphs of how the monetary system works...
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Organizer
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Spending Log

For Students 4th - 7th
For this money management worksheet, students will track their spending and income for one week. After tracking their income and expenses, students will complete 6 short answer questions about the results.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Comparing Fuel Economy

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Compute fuel economy and gas mileage. Why? So you can teach rates and ratios, of course! Middle schoolers calculate the rate of miles per gallon for various vehicles. They research each vehicle, its mileage per gallon, and cost per...
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PLS 3rd Learning

Monthly Budget & Operating Costs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What teenager wouldn't want a car? But before they make that big purchase, this exercise helps them to understand the costs involved. It includes a worksheet to calculate expenses like taxes and fees, maintenance, gas and insurance, as...
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English Lesson Plans for Grade 8

For Teachers 8th
Demonstrate how to engage in a polite and professional conversation with this banking and interfacing lesson plan. Focusing on explanatory and informaitonal texts, middle schoolers write sentences using banking and finance terminologies....
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Illustrative Mathematics

Field Day Scarcity

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Introduce young mathematicians to concepts of financial literacy with this open-ended word problem. With seven dollars to spend during field day and given a list of available items and their prices, children must determine how they want...

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