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Handout
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Assessing How You Manage Money

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson examines how to manage your money safely.
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Interactive
Practical Money Skills

Visa: Practical Money Skills for Life: Road Trip to Savings

For Students 3rd - 8th
Arcade-style game introduces young learners to concepts of saving, spending, needs, and wants. Players have to keep their cars on the road by allocating their spending between needs (car insurance and gas) and wants.
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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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Activity
Other

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland: Great Minds Think: A Kid's Guide to Money

For Students 3rd - 8th
Sixteen-page booklet helps the reader learn all about managing money: how to earn it, the real cost of spending it, how to plan a budget, and saving money.
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Activity
Other

Economic Awareness Council: Ben Knows $: Money Smart Activities for Kids [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 8th
It is never to early to begin saving money. Use this printable workbook to help young students learn concepts like the difference between want and need, the difference between saving and spending, what banks do, and how to budget to...
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 2: Money Planning

For Teachers K - 1st
What can we do with money? Deciding on the best use of our money requires planning. Students will identify ways that money can be used: spending, saving, and giving.
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Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Money

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Money.
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Lesson Plan
Learning to Give

Learning to Give: Spend, Save or Donate

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson will introduce vocabulary terms spend, save and donate. As a class, they will discuss, sing and perform the song "You Can Bank on Me. " The students will learn reasons that people choose to donate.
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Interactive
Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Money Metropolis

For Students 2nd - 7th
Money skills game teaches students how to make money and what to do with it once they have earned it.
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Unit Plan
Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Avengers Comic Teaches Mad Money Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
The Avengers teach Spider-Man the principles of saving and spending as they save a bank from the evil powers of Mole Man. This site includes an online comic book, an instruction guide for teachers, and a budget worksheet.
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Economic Choices

For Teachers K - 1st
A learning module on choices people make with their money. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will learn how families get...
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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
Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills at Home: Allowance and Work

For Students 3rd - 8th
This collection of activities focuses on strategies for teaching teens how to balance allowance, chores, school, and work. Also provided are practical tips for parents regarding signs to look for that may indicated earned money is being...
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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

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
Other

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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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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Article
Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Saving Money When You Shop

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to save money when you shop. Tips for using coupons and how to find a good deal.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Money Matters

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about paper money as it cycles through the economy. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Money Management International: The Berenstain Bears' Trouble With Money

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
A lesson plan featuring the Berenstain Bears that introduces the concepts of spending, goods, services, income, saving, and interest.
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Lesson Plan
University of Missouri

University of Missouri: Wise Pockets: Berenstain Bears' Trouble With Money

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Using a Berenstain Bears' book, students are introduced to concepts such as spending, goods, services, income, saving, and interest. Lesson is detailed and has good activities. Includes questions about the story that teach students about...
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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
University of Missouri

University of Missouri St. Louis:wise Pockets: Kermit the Hermit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is an elementary level lesson that deals with spending, saving, income, and interest. Requires the book Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet. Includes detailed lesson plan along with procedures and activities.
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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, learners 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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