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Banking for Your Future

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students get a handle on their own personal finances. They discover how banks work, how to plan and stick to a budget, and other helpful tips on managing money. They study the Federal Reserve System, which oversees the nation's banks.
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Shopping for a Party

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders produce a budget for a party.  In this money management lesson, 2nd graders create a budget for an imaginary party they will have based on a $20.00 limit.  Students observe a video clip in class discussing budgets. 
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Money Management

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students role play buying and selling items. For this economics lesson, students are given play money with which to purchase items, as well as value their own items for others to buy. Each student in the group works together to decide...
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Building Tolerance for Poverty in Math

For Teachers 6th
Students explore approximate and exact solutions. In this interdisciplinary instructional activity, 6th graders will be placed in 'family groups' to create a budget that is subject to random events as chosen from the 'things happen' box....
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Party Math

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars create a spreadsheet that they will use to plan a small party or outing. They calculate expenses and stay within a budget amount for their party.
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Take Time to Save Now

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students brainstorm reasons to save money, investigate impact of saving regularly using interactive, on-line calculators, explain how compounding interest affects savings, explore different strategies for saving money, and write personal...
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Final Analysis

For Students 7th - 9th
In this consumer mathematics activity, learners calculate the total amount of money they earned during a project given. Then they transfer the expenses from each month to find their totals. Students also calculate to find their final...
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Why Save? Better Off Saving

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the pros and cons of saving versus spending money and evaluate real-life situations as well as their own spending habits. They discuss the best and worst purchase they have made and why, explore the "Downtown...
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Family Member

For Students 4th - 8th
For this worksheet on family members, students describe what is meant by family, their duty to family, and family meetings. In addition, they create a budget for their family for one month keeping track of all expenses for 7 days....
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What Can I Afford?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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

For Teachers 1st
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

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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

For Teachers K
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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Anthony's Allowance

For Students 5th - 6th
In this problem solving worksheet, students read one problem about a boy who saves a specified amount of money each day. Students identify the pattern and answer the questions.
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Having a Savings Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
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

For Teachers 4th
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

For Teachers 5th
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

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
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

For Teachers 4th
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

For Teachers K - 8th
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

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
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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