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Credit - Good? Bad?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine credit cards. They explore the detrimental effects that result from debt and poor credit. Students analyze interest rates, minimum balances, and consumer debt. Students survey the benefits of credit cards.
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Reality Store: How to Plan a Budget, Pay Bills, and Manage Your Money

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students plan a budget and pay bills when they visit the "Reality Store," a series of classroom studying stations. The use of paying bills and running a class store is used to help students grasp the concept of business.
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Pregnancy and Birth

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Participants describe the process of pregnancy and childbirth. Working in pairs, they sequentially order a set of ten cards listing the steps of pregnancy and childbirth. After the cards are arranged correctly, each phase is discussed in...
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Intermediate Sentence Completion 10

For Students 3rd - 4th
Provide your English language learners with some additional practice completing sentences. They have to select the word that makes the most sense in 12 sentences. This sheet is designed for intermediate learners, as some of the...
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Money and the Election Process: Ch 7

For Students 8th
Where does the money for political campaigns come from? Guide your class with 10 multiple choice questions on money and the election process. There are 5 true/false and 5 multiple choice questions for them to answer. Use as a quiz or for...
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Invest In Yourself

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students learn about budgeting, saving, dept, financial management, opportunity cost, and self-regulation. For this financial management lesson, students apply their knowledge of finance components and create their own web based plan...
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Mr. Popper's Penguin's

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders locate Antarctica and recognize it as the setting of Mr. Popper's Penguins. In this Mr. Popper's Penguins lesson plan, 4th graders understand the financial decisions made by Mr. Popper. Students discuss wise spending....
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Stone Fox

For Teachers All
Students use the book, Stone Fox, to explore income, capital, saving, taxes, and credit. Stone Fox tells the story of Little Willy, a ten year old who enters a challenging dog-sled race in hopes of winning money to pay the back taxes on...
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Tarantula Shoes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a book about Ryan O'Keefe, a young man who wants a pair of basketball shoes promoted by a basketball star. They explore about spending, saving, opportunity cost, and trade-offs as they study Ryan's decisions throughout the...
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The Berenstain Bears Trouble with Money

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners will explore good and services, income and saving listening to the story The B. Bears Trouble With Money.  In this early economic lesson, students discuss what it means to earn money doing services and save money to buy goods. ...
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Cyber Currency, Currently

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the value of currency and how to save and earn interest. In a key lesson, kids even get to purchase items in their classroom's general store. It's a fun way to learn the importance of being financially literate!
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Credit: Buy Now, Pay Later (NEFE)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine credit use and abuse, and the consequences of bankruptcy.
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The Financial Crisis: What Happened? Where do Things Stand Now?

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students listen to and watch a presentation by Julie Stackhouse on the 2010 financial crisis in the United States. In this economics lesson, students engage in a presentation which is designed to be listened to by High School classes.
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Money Math

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students define human capital and income earning potential. For this algebra lesson, students analyze the relationship between income and capital resources. They calculate tax rates and understand how to read a tax table.
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Money situations

For Students 9th - 12th
In this money situations worksheet, students read money word problems and then list the benefit, opportunity cost, risks, and responsibilities for each one. Students do this for 6 questions.
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Spending Plans

For Teachers K
Students explore the concept of dividing their money into categories, namely "save," "spend," and "share." They engage in activities that help them explain that money is limited in quantity and must be divided for different purposes.
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The Hundred Penny Box

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students compare how people save money in financial institutions, after reading the story, The Hundred Penny Box. They analyze the advantages of regular saving and how savings grow with compounding.
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Being Thrifty is So Nifty

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students watch a video that focusing on budgeting while completing worksheets that include charts. They brainstorm ideas for budgeting time and money. They culminate the activity by planning an order from two different restaurants.
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Debit or Credit-You Decide

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners identify the similarities and differences between an debit and credit card. In this debit or credit lesson plan, student explain the advantages and disadvantages of using cash and consumer credit to purchase good and services...
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Money Math: Lessons for Life

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students explore money as it applies to salary, paychecks, and taxes. In this essential mathematics lesson, students explore how math is used in various careers, how income takes are calculated and other important life lessons in math.
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Money Math: Lessons for Life

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students develop a budget for a college student using all of the influences that the student would have.  In this budgeting lesson plan, students use real life examples to create a budget spreadsheet.  Students read and study sample...
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You Can Bank On This! (Part 3)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars use a chart to show how gaining interest is a beneficial part of having a savings account. In this banking lesson plan, students also learn about the workings of an ATM and a checking account.
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Compound Interest

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils analyze the variables in the formula of a compound interest. They model the increase or decrease of an investment using compound interest and discuss different compounding periods.
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Banking

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine how a checking account enables them to record spending and keep a budget in balance. They discover how to write a check and fill out a bank deposit slip, and then how to balance a bank statement with a check register.

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