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Activity
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Why Johnny Can't Choose

For Students 9th - 10th
If you don't know what the economy is or how it works, this site is for you. It is broken into subsections that make it easy to understand the economy.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Creating a Household Budget

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum PowerPoint module, students create a household budget by tracking their expenditures over a month-long period. Students use Microsoft Excel to create a spreadsheet to track their own...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Field Day Scarcity

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students will learn about managing money and scarcity while practicing addition and subtraction. They will be given a certain amount of money to spend at a fictitious store. Included are discussion questions about how students decided to...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Delayed Gratification

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
You won first place at your school Science Fair and have 2 choices for your prize!! The purpose of this task is for young scholars to compare two options for a prize where the value of one is given $2 at a time, giving them an...
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Interactive
Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Save a Million

For Students 9th - 10th
Practical skills in finance and economics teach students about saving, budgeting, and retirement. Students can calculate what it takes to become a millionaire based on their age and income.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" by Mildred D. Taylor

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (8) reading passages (grades 6-10) to pair with "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" by Mildred D. Taylor. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry tells the story of the Logan family combating racial tension and segregation in Mississippi during...
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Lesson Plan
Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Lessons: Pre K Grade2

For Teachers K - 1st
Four lessons on basic money skills for young learners cover topics such as identifying money, spending money, and earning money.
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Handout
Other

California Jump Start: Money Rules 4 Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Ten money rules that every high school kid should know, available in both English and Spanish.
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eBook
Other

Ally: Adventures With Money;: Planet Zeee and the Money Tree

For Students K - 1st
Comic book for elementary students helps with understanding money concepts.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: If You're Working With My Money

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will handle money by opening a cash fund, arranging the money in a cash drawer, make change, and reconcile the cash drawer at the end of a business day. After learning the procedure for handling and reconciling...
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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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eBook
Other

Wyoming Retirement System: Sonia Meets Her Future Self

For Teachers 4th - 7th
PDF comic book character, Sonia, a 6th grader, meets several future versions of herself and learns about saving for retirement.
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Interactive
Thinkport Education

Maryland Public Television: Plan Your Dream Prom

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive, you decide what to wear, how to ride and more. More importantly, find out if you have enough loot to cover your choices.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Personal Economics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will be able to explain the various services available to protect consumer rights. They will develop a PowerPoint presentation in their student achievement teams which contains the required information along with a question...
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Website
Other

Center for Media & Democracy: George W. Bush Campaign

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on George W. Bush and his campaign for reelection is presented here by the Center for Media & Democracy.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Movie Money

For Students 3rd - 6th
Do movie theaters make lots of money? You can find out when you try this math challenge that explores profit and loss in the theater industry. Discover why understanding problem solving, percent, and basic calculations are essential in...
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Interactive
Other

Bank site.com: Dollar the Dragon

For Students 3rd - 8th
A complete guide to banking from BankSite.com, teaching you about banks, checks, savings, and more.
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Graphic
Other

Federal Reserve: Discount Rate

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a list of current and historical discount rates, which the Federal Reserve charges member banks for borrowing funds.
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Website
PBS

Pbs News Hour: The Cost of the War in Iraq (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson for examining the projected costs of war, both short-term and long-term costs as of 2003, and for identifying how war funds are spent. Students will gain understanding of the logistics of war and the nuances of creating a budget.
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Primary
Marxists Internet Archive

Marxists.org: The Nature of Growth and Capital

For Students 9th - 10th
A section of Karl Marx's "Wage Labour and Capital" that talks of his views of growth and capital.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Money Dollars and Cents

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to chose the correct coins to best represent the amount given.
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Activity
Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Pricing a Job

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to calculate a fair price for a service. You'll be exploring calculations of direct cost, overhead, profit and more. The answers you give to the lesson questions will receive immediate feedback.
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Article
Bankrate

Bankrate: How Do I Budget My Big Salary?

For Students 9th - 10th
The site provides an accountant's view about the percentages of income we should budget for our monthly living expenses. A good resource for students interested in making and managing money. (Aug. 22, 2000)

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