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Curated OER

Four Dollars and Fifty Cents

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use the book, Four Dollars and Fifty Cents, to discover ways that creditors can obtain payment from reluctant debtors
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Credit Cards: Buy Now, Pay Later

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students comprehend that when they use a credit card, they are taking out a loan from the issuer of the card. They access that if a card is paid in full each month, there is no cost for using the credit card. However, if the borrower is...
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Lesson Plan
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Financial Literacy Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A large collection of lesson plans and activities for high school students. The activities can be completed within a single class period. Each activity comes with a teacher guide and supporting student material, so it's easy to implement...
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Other

Wisconsin Educational Communications Board: Financial Literacy: Teach It!

For Students 9th - 10th
Students at all grade levels learn about basic finance skills and explore ways to make informed decisions about their financial future.
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Website
Other

Pricewaterhouse Coopers: Financial Literacy Curriculum

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A supplemental curriculum composed of easy to follow lesson plans, accompanied by interactive handouts and dynamic multimedia components. The goal is to provide students and educators access to financial literacy education.
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Lesson Plan
Practical Money Skills

Visa: Practical Money Skills: Financial Literacy for Grades 9 12

For Students 9th - 10th
A financial literacy curriculum which features engaging design, student-centered activities, research projects, discussion points, and tools and resources. These lessons are designed to engage students in learning the personal finance...
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Website
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Consumer Tools

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Useful age-appropriate lessons and activities meant to educate kids about their finances as they grow. Geared toward ages 3 through 18+, each module identifies 4 specific milestones students should understand in order to achieve...
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Interactive
Practical Money Skills

Visa: Practical Money Skills for Life: Financial Football

For Students 9th - 10th
Football-themed game tests your consumer-finance aptitude regarding interest, banking, credit, budgeting, saving, and spending.
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Handout
Other

Finance Authority of Maine: Manage: Making Your Money Work

For Students 9th - 10th
PDF with ten sections that help students set financial goals, track expenses, and create plans to manage their expenses to help their future selves.
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Handout
Other

The Mint: A Glossary of Personal Finance Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
This user friendly site has terms and definitions from A to Z about money and finance.
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Activity
US Census Bureau

U.s. Census Bureau: State Government Finances

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains data on state government financial records.
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Website
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Guide to Financial Management

For Students 9th - 10th
The ultimate source for learning about financial management. This site contains an online book on financial management geared for administrators and staff at the university.
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Interactive
Other

Spent

For Students 9th - 10th
A collaborative learning opportunity engaging people in real-world scenarios to help understand personal money management. Players select employment, health benefits, and more through the virtual game.
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Interactive
Other

Finance Authority of Maine: Claim Your Future

For Students 9th - 10th
This game can be played individually or as a class. Students make adult decisions about spending money, based on income from a particular career. This could help students decide on a career, as well as learning how to budget their...
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Website
Practical Money Skills

Visa: Practical Money Skills for Life

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Visa provides a resource that teachers, parents, and students will all enjoy using. There are lesson plans here for all ages, as well as information about spending decisions, budgeting, and money management. Print your own play money,...
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Financial Literacy: On the Money

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore PBS's "On The Money," program for teens to investigate teens & money, budgeting, bank accounts, credit cards, calculators, and moneymaking ideas.
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Other

Actuarial Foundation: Building Your Future: Financing [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In book 2 from the Building Your Future series, students and teachers get resources and practice on how financing works, such as getting loans and buying insurance.
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Wells Fargo Bank: Financial Information for Young Adults

For Students 9th - 10th
Mini learning modules that teach young adults how to manage money wisely and reach their financial goals.
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Activity
Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Is Paying Over Time a Smart Move?

For Students 9th - 10th
At T.V. 411 you can explore the concept of paying over time with situations involving credit cards, rent to own items, and more. This interactive lesson gives the learner an opportunity to make decisions about money management.
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Website
Other

Teach Me Finance: Finance Tutorials

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you looking to learn basic financial concepts? Teach Me Finance offers easy-to-use tutorials that introduce learner's to financial literacy.
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Interactive
Other

Junior Achievement: Save Usa Interactive Lessons

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive money management lessons teach about spending, saving money, financial responsibility, credit, and financial planning.
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Website
University of Arizona

Family Economics & Financial Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore these ready-to-teach economics lessons designed in a modular format. Reach all students by allowing them to learn about financial literacy through a variety of methods.
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Activity
University of Texas at Austin

Francais Interactif Money, Finance & Investments

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive vocabulary lists of all things financial. Video and audio clips to utilize vocab in context. Has interviews in French and links to internet activities and salient grammar points.
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Unit Plan
Other

Wells Fargo Bank: Hands on Banking for Adults

For Students 9th - 10th
Mini-learning modules that teach adults how to manage their money wisely and reach their financial goals.