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We're Spending Too Much Money

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the reasons for having a budget. They create their own personal budget and explain how the bartering system can work for some items today.
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M&M Interesting

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the concepts of trade-offs and opportunity cost to decide between savings accounts with simple interest and those with compound interest. They calculate interest earned on account balances while working in groups and...
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M & M Interesting

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compute and collect interest payments in the form of M&M candies. In this mathematics instructional activity, students work in small groups to compute either simple or compound interest. They compare the growth of their...
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Money Smart children

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students elementary financial vocabulary words: spend, save, invest and donate. In this finance lesson plan, students respond to the story "Sam and the Lucky Moon." Students describe the concepts of wants and needs, resources, scarcity,...
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My Bank, My Budget, My Decisions!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners build a budget. In this philanthropy lesson, students write a personal budget that includes spending, saving, investing, and donating. Student philanthropists donate money to charities.
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Money and Credit: Making Good Decisions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in activities that teach them how to manage money. In this managing money lesson plan, students set long and short term goals for economic success by having discussions, identifying benefits of saving, and...
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Making Good Money Choices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine how to spend donated money. In this money choices lesson plan, students explore the needs of the community. They determine the best use of donated funds for a good cause or charity. Students play a bingo game to...
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The Grapes of Wrath

For Teachers 7th - 9th
"The Grapes of Wrath" is a great novel that can be taught in conjunction with history and other cross-curricular lessons.
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Shop 'Til You Drop

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students compare food prices to find the lowest unit price and make choices about where to shop and what to purchase on weekly items, cost comparisons and items needed. They collect grocery ads and weekly sale flyer's to expedite their...
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Lesson Exchange: Design and make Cents (Elementary, Mathematics)

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders work in teams to design the perfect bedroom. The teams must create a room that is functional, original, and stays within a budget of $650.
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Credit Card Scare

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine credit cards and how they work, analyze credit card applications, and practice good spending habits in a credit card simulation.
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Social Responsibility Need - Versus - Greed

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students look at situations where people's rights have been infringed. They stimulate thought and action regarding use of our resources and respecting diversity. They respect those who have different beliefs/customs and appreciate...
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The Stock Market Game

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students participate in a variety of stock market games within their classmates. They study the concepts of stocks and investments as well as the criteria for selecting of stocks. Each student is shown how to keep track of the progress...
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A Trillion Here...A Trillion There

For Students 6th - 8th
In this working with large numbers worksheet, students are given the finance statistics for the US and the world for the 2006-2007 year. Students solve 11 problems including finding averages and percentages for the given statistics and...
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Thinking About Credit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the use of credit such as installment purchases and credit cards. In this credit lesson, students learn the vocabulary associated with credit usage such as mortgage, credit report/score, and debit cards. They determine...
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Market Prices

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders understand that prices change. In this business, price and labor lesson, 2nd graders define the words market and price. Students read Arthur's Funny Money and answer questions related to earning and spending money....
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'Free' Credit Reports Sometimes Aren't Free

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of credit. In this credit instructional activity, students read an article about 'free' credit reports. Students research the three on-line credit bureaus. Students discuss ways to obtain good credit and ways...
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Charge Cards!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify and define the various types of credit cards and credit card offers. For this credit cards lesson, students identify the pros and cons of managing a credit card account. Students locate information on the Federal...
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A Basket of Bangles: How a Business Begins

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students consider concepts of banking introduced in the story, "Basket of Bangles." In this banking instructional activity, students identify key terms through recall questions interspersed in the story. Using five handouts and a game,...
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To Get the Right Answers about College: Ask the Right Questions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers survey college students.  In this lesson, high schoolers explore typical costs.  They examine education loans.  Students complete a FASFA form and write an essay describing plans for obtaining money for college expenses.
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National Priorities for Hunger

For Students 7th - 8th
In this national priorities for hunger worksheet, students assess the need in their community for food assistance, decide what needs to be done, rank the options, and determine a method for evaluating programs.  This page has many...
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Breaking News English: Divorce

For Students 5th - 10th
In this divorce worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and more...
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Ulysses S. Grant

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive history learning exercise, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Ulysses S. Grant. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive learning exercise. 
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Economics Concepts

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students relate economics and government policies. In this lesson, students explore the relationship between economics and government policies. They understand how the economy works and can make better decisions as it relates to the future.

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