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Practical Money Skills

Visa: Practical Money Skills: Lesson Plans for Grades 7 8

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Fourteen financial literacy lesson plans for middle school students cover topics such as budgeting, living on your own, the influence of advertising, and saving and investing.
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eBook
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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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Website
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My Money

For Students 9th - 10th
This Federal Government website provides consumers with many resources and much information to help them to manage their money better. Topics include budgeting, taxes, saving, investing, retirement planning, credit, and checking...
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Interactive
Other

Federal Bank of Richmond: Dollars and Sense Game

For Students 9th - 10th
This budgeting game helps middle and high school students learn how to make smart financial choices and to stay within a budget. The teacher's guide and game are both available as PDFs.
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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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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 4: How to Use Your Money

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan, young scholars will identify why having a budget and keeping records of their spending and saving habits helps them make better financial choices.
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Handout
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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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Lesson Plan
Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Lessons: Special Needs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ten customizable financial lessons designed for special needs students.
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Interactive
Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Financial Football

For Students 9th - 10th
Make personal finance fun with Visa's fast-paced interactive NFL-themed video game that engages students while teaching them personal finance skills.
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: The Money Market

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and graphs related to the money market.Learners will learn about budget deficits, and specifically, the national debt. This resource is designed as a review for the...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Budgets

For Students 9th - 10th
Budgets shows a variety of ways money is used and asks students to list the products that they use each day and to compute how much money they will need to earn to afford to live on their own.
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Article
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Bank of America: 8 Simple Ways to Save Money

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses eight way to save money including recording spending, saving for a goal, making a budget, plan on saving, choose something to save for, and pick the right tools.
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Using a Person's Budget to Understand the Balance of Payments

For Students 9th - 10th
Just like a personal budget, the balance of payments uses the sources of funds and uses of funds to track the movement of money. In this article, we use a young wizard's budget to make the balance of payments more relatable. This...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: It's My Life Managing Money: Spending and Saving

For Students 3rd - 8th
It is important for kids to learn how to manage their own money. This section of It's My Life-Managing Money focuses on spending and saving. Additional topics including money goals, expenses, savings, budgeting, and money tips are listed...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Easy Tips to Save Money Every Day

For Students 9th - 10th
Saving starts with just a few simple changes to your spending. Learn how to save money on your everyday expenses, like groceries, transportation and entertainment. [3:50]
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Activity
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: The Piggy Bank Primer [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
A workbook for children on how to save and manage their money, and how to create a budget.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Nh Pbs: Outlook on Money: Basics of Budgeting

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the basics of budgeting and get tips for personal money management. View a video segment that shows how one woman is achieving her goals of financial independence by learning to set priorities. Includes a classroom guide and...
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Article
Other

I Grad: Managing a College Student Budget

For Students 9th - 10th
Help for high school students anticipating college expenses, so they can make the most of the money they have to spend when they get there.
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Interactive
Thinkport Education

Maryland Public Television: Sense and Dollars

For Students 9th - 10th
Engaging, fun tutorials and interactive games related to earning, spending, saving, and budgeting money.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Jesse 'The Body' Wants to Give Money Away!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
During his campaign for governor of the State of Minnesota, former professional wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura, promised to return to the taxpayers of Minnesota the budget surpluses that had been accumulating in the state. Upon...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Pigs and Money

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
After reading the book "Pigs Will Be Pigs" by Amy Axelrod, students will practice how to add money. They will practice how to spend money without spending more than they have in their budget.
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Unit Plan
Other

Treasury Direct: Money Math: Lessons for Life: Wallpaper Woes [Pdf]

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students use a real-world example to work on measurement skills and learn economic concepts such as budget constrains, trade-offs and expenses. [PDF]
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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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Activity
Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills at Home: Saving and Investing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Teach children the value of saving and investing their money using these suggested ideas. Activity offers real-world experiences that will help children better grasp these concepts. Links to related websites and worksheets are included.

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