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Activity
Other

Economic Awareness Council: Your First Paycheck [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what all that information on your paycheck means, and learn to make smart decisions about how to use the money you earn.
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Website
University of Missouri

University of Missouri St. Louis: Wise Pockets World

For Students 2nd - 5th
Join the adventures of Wise Pockets, a curious koala, to learn about money concepts. Great elementary website to explore earning, saving, and credit. The website includes a student, teacher, and parent section with resources.
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eBook
Other

Smart About Money: Your Spending, Your Savings, Your Future [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Covers a broad range of topics to help students getting ready to start their way in the adult world, managing their own financial welfare.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Financial Education

For Students Pre-K - K
Every goal starts with taking the first step. Teaching kids to save money by collecting in a specific place such as a piggy bank or a jar shows kids concretely how much they are saving. Every time you save up to a certain small, new...
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Article
Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Making a Budget

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about budgeting including saving money and how to make and use a budget. Includes examples.
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Lesson Plan
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: The Pickle Patch Bathtub [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A activity based on The Pickle Patch Bathtub by Frances Kennedy, where students learn about making choices in how to spend money, and how to set goals and develop a savings plan.
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Interactive
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Bank site.com: Dollar the Dragon

For Students 3rd - 8th
A complete guide to banking from BankSite.com, teaching you about banks, checks, savings, and more.
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Activity
Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Is Paying Over Time a Smart Move?

For Students 9th - 10th
At T.V. 411 you can explore the concept of paying over time with situations involving credit cards, rent to own items, and more. This interactive lesson gives the learner an opportunity to make decisions about money management.
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Activity
Other

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants: Feed the Pig

For Students 9th - 10th
What kind of saver are you? Save the Pig has great tips and tools to help you identify your spending habits and then learn to change them in order to improve your financial health.
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Unit Plan
University of Missouri

Wise Pockets World: Wise Pockets Clubhouse for Students

For Students 1st - 4th
As students read the stories in the library, they learn about earning money, spending and saving money, and a bit about borrowing and lending money as well. Each story is followed by a short quiz and a printable activity.
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Lesson Plan
Internal Revenue Service

Irs: How Taxes Influence Behavior Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan will help learners understand how taxes may influence the way people spend and save their money.
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Lesson Plan
University of Missouri

Wise Pockets: Personal Finance Lesson Plans, Grades 3 6

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
The Wise Pockets World Schoolhouse presents a dozen lesson plans based on children's books and teaching money management. All include lesson descriptions, cross-curricular connections, instructional objectives, activity sheets,...
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 2: Saving Money by Finding the Better Buy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will be able to make economically sound purchasing decisions by using unit pricing, calculating discounts, and analyzing fixed and variable costs.
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Unit Plan
Other

We the Savers: Young Savers

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource introduces students to the world of money with this online tutorial. Each unit has its' own online quiz. Brave the desert, climb mountains and dodge alligators while you explore everything there is to know about earning,...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Wild Water Adventure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will learn how a system of equations can be used to find the best use of information to make decisions in real-world situations.Students will work in groups of 3s or 4s to develop a system for the best buy on tickets at a water...
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Website
Other

Wisconsin Educational Communications Board: Financial Literacy: Teach It!

For Students 9th - 10th
Students at all grade levels learn about basic finance skills and explore ways to make informed decisions about their financial future.
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Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Unsure of Which Telephone Plan to Choose?

For Students 9th - 10th
This online activity will help you use step functions as a means of determining the most appropriate calling package for your household.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Every Penny Counts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson that helps learners understand that people must make choices about the goods and services they purchase. Students recognize the prices indicate what people pay for goods and services, learn to compare prices, and understand that...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Becoming a Wise Consumer: Comparison Shopping

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this introductory lesson to money management for teens, middle schoolers will use everyday math skills to comparison shop a variety of products. Students will learn several ways to save money, including using store discounts, coupons,...
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Website
Other

In Charge: Financial Literacy for Kids

For Students K - 1st
The following lessons provide guidance, lesson plans, and activities for teachers interested in introducing financial literacy concepts to students in grades K-6.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: We Are Consumers and Producers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan is geared toward beginning economics concepts. "In this lesson you are going to learn more about how you and others are consumers and producers."

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