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What Can I Afford?
Middle schoolers explore the costs of various cell phone plans, and various types of banking accounts to determine which one would yield the highest returns if the money saved from the cell phones were placed in different accounts.
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Savings Accounts and Interest
First graders study money, banks, and getting interest on money. In this consumer math lesson, 1st graders listen to Stan and Jan Berenstain's, Berenstain Bears' Trouble With Money. They use the concepts in the book to discuss...
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Home is the Place
Students apply the concepts of computation, area/perimeter; maximum/minimum; percentage; statistics; and scale drawings to a real world situation. They plan their dream home within a given set of constraints such as budget and zoning.
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Spending Plans
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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Having a Savings Plan
Students discover the importance of saving and spending. In this finance instructional activity, students read the book Kermit the Hermit and discuss the differences between needs and wants. The students complete worksheets concerning...
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Borrowing and Lending
Fourth graders investigate the advantages and disadvantages of borrowing money. In this financial awareness instructional activity, 4th graders read the book Ben and Me and create a table displaying the advantages and disadvantages of...
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Short-Term and Long-Term Savings Goals
Fifth graders discover how saving money can apply to their lives. In this personal finance lesson, 5th graders use the book The Leaves in October, as a conversation starter on income, savings and setting goals. Students explore the...
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Less Than Zero
Students keep track of money. In this money management lesson, students read Less Than Zero by Stuart J. Murphy and manipulate a number line to keep track of spending and borrowing in the story.
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Uncle Jed's Barbershop
Fourth graders examine productive resources. In this economics lesson, 4th graders read a book about a man who saves money to buy his own barbershop. After reading, students get into groups to play a game to learn about savings.
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Budgeting - The Basics, Part 1
Students investigate personal budgets and discuss how to make monetary decisions. They work in small groups to make money decisions for their classrooms or a playground, and present their decisions to the whole class.
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Budgeting
Students analyze personal budgets. In this budgeting lesson plan, students examine personal budgeting skills as they listen to a presentation and complete worksheets. Student set up personal budgets.
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Planning a Budget
Students practice column addition and lining up decimal points in the context of money. For this planning a budget lesson, students problem solve after watching a Quicktime video clip in which Harry works out his budget for going on a...
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Where Does All the Money Go?
Students explore the concept of uses for money. In this uses for money lesson, students discuss ways in which money can be utilized such as spending, saving, investing, donating, etc. Students discuss the differences between needs and...
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Allowances and Spending Plans
Help youngsters understand how to manage small amounts of money by discussing an allowance and the difference between spending, saving, and giving.
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Saving and Investing
Impress upon your young adults the importance of saving and investing, and give them a foundational vocabulary from which they can continue to build their financial literacy. This lesson plan covers short- and long-term budget goals,...
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Money, Money, Honey Bunny!
Students determine the differences between goods and services, and saving and spending. In this economics lesson, students listen to a rhyming story about a bunny with money. They play a matching game with the associated cards and work...
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Planning: To Get Enough Money for Food
Students investigate methods that families use for planning meals and budgeting for them. In this nutrition lesson plan, students complete activities that require them to determine how much it costs to feed children at different ages....
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Five Thousand Dollars!
How does consumerism affect global poverty? Upper graders find out about cost benefit, wants and needs, and making good consumer choices as they explore this global topic. They role-play an impulse spending experience and work through...
Practical Money Skills
Making Decisions
A set of quizzes and assessments would make a great companion to your lesson on making decisions and opportunity risks. Learners watch a PowerPoint before answering multiple choice questions about interest rates, saving money, and the...
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Money Management Part II: Checking Accounts
Having money is great, learning to manage it wisely is imperative. First, the class has a discussion on the value and convenience of having a checking account. Then, they practice filling out deposit slips, keeping an account register,...
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Medieval Money
Students investigate the history of money as it was back then compare to now. In this algebra lesson, students analyze the type of money used in medieval times, the value of the currency and the coins used. They make a budget using...
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Buying and Budgets
Fourth graders add and subtract decimals as they use a table to solve budget based problems.
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Money and health
Students write a proposal with an appropriate budget to establish a health day at school. They design this day to educate and promote good health. They educate other students about health care, inform students of health concerns, and...
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A Trip to Colonial Virginia
Students consider prices while planning a trip to Colonial Virginia. In this budgeting lesson, students construct an itinerary of events for a vacation. Students are responsible for working within the approved budget.
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