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Making Money Work For You

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students differentiate between saving and investing money. In this algebra instructional activity, students compare different investment options, recognizing the risks and rewards of investing and integrate investing into their financial...
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Worksheet
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Add Money

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting money practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that require them to add money.
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A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of exponential growth.  In this exponential growth lesson, students manipulate power models with base 2.  Students discuss what would happen if you doubled a penny over the course of 20 days.  Students graph...
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Credit and Debt: Decisions, Decisions...

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Borrowing money seems like a great idea until you are in over your head. High schoolers learn the benefits and risks associated with credit and how to be a responsible borrower. More than just credit cards, they learn trustworthiness is...
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Spend, Save or Donate

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars identify the difference between spending, saving, and donating. They brainstorm reasons to give and options to donate. They sing a song about donating to charity.
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Not for a Billion Gazillion Dollars

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discover what debt, saving, and credit are.  In this personal finance lesson, the teacher reads Not for a Billion Gazillion Dollars, and the students discuss what the main character does in the book in relation to debt, saving,...
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Money, Money, Honey Bunny!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
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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Hybrid Vehicles: Cut Pollution and Save Money

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine how driving a hybrid car can save money and cut down on pollution.  In this hybrid vehicles lesson students complete an exercise that shows them how to work with proportions, percents, dimensional analysis and linear...
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Managing Your Money

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students use the internet to gather information on saving money. They describe the history of money and the responsibilities of the United States Mint. They list their own personal goals and keep a journal as they operate a lemonade...
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Money, Commercial Banking, and Interest

For Teachers 12th
Stdents explore the operation of the commercial banking system and the mechanics of money creation through the lending process. They investigate various interest rates to develop the relationship between interest rates and risk and...
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Money Matters - Teaching About Economics

For Teachers 4th - 7th
The right money lesson plans can teach students about economics in an engaging way.
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Money Math: Lessons for Life

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners develop a budget for a college student using all of the influences that the student would have.  In this budgeting lesson plan, students use real life examples to create a budget spreadsheet.  Learners read and study sample...
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Savings Account Introduction Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 7th
This teaching tool promotes a practical understanding of basic mathematical skills by having learners determine percents on interest. There are several worksheet options available as well as a guid on how best to use them.
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"Golden" Years?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The Golden Years? Upper graders may think retirement is a long way off, but in life everything is just around the corner. They consider what it means to retire and the current trend of parents working for their Students. They research...
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Creating a Savings Chart

For Teachers 3rd
Student create a savings chart given a set allowance per week. They explain how people in the local community make choices about using goods, services, and productive resources, and how they compare costs and benefits in economic...
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Unit Plan
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Pocket Money And Pester Power

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students participate in a number of activities to examine how young people think about, use and make money. They determine what young people prefer to spend money on, if there are gender differences and how they compare to students in...
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Buying a Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Guide high schoolers through the process of buying a house with a simulation lesson. As pupils learn about mortgages, renting versus buying, and home inspections, they discuss ways to make informed financial decisions and sound purchases.
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Cutting Costs With Coupons.

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners clip coupons for food items, create a menu using those items, and add up the total savings. They correctly calculate the total amount of money that would be saved if they used the coupons.
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Saturday Sancocho

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
What does stew have to do with bartering? Learners will find out how by reading the story Saturday Sancocho, discussing the text, participating in a bartering activity in class (once with goods only and once with money), and discussing...
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Using Banking Services

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Using a bank is a privilege and a responsibility for young consumers. Teach them the important terms and details about creating accounts, using an ATM, and maintaining a credit card.
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The Hundred Penny Box

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students analyze the advantages of regular saving and how savings grow with compounding. After reading the story "The Hundred Penny Box", students define the terms "interest," "interest rate," and "compounding." Through several...
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The Money Game

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders investigate the amount of money that families use throughout the year.  In this economic and math lesson, 11th graders participate in a money bingo game.  Students analyze the needs and wants for a household. 
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Money Museum Tour

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore the importance of banks in the United States.  In this Economics instructional activity, 12th graders participate in a simulation of what happens at a bank.  Students discuss their findings. 
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Money Smart children

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners elementary financial vocabulary words: spend, save, invest and donate. In this finance lesson, students respond to the story "Sam and the Lucky Moon." Learners describe the concepts of wants and needs, resources, scarcity,...