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PricewaterhouseCoopers

Planning and Money Management: Financial Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
More planning goes into a budget than a high schooler thinks. Here, they learn about the expected expenses and incomes, along with outside factors such as natural disasters. Learners prepare their own budget and adjust it based on the...
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PricewaterhouseCoopers

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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Federal Reserve Bank

Cotton in My Sack

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
As part of a study of saving choices and opportunity costs, class members listen to a reading of Lois Lenski's Cotton in My Sack, and then evaluate the spending choices made by the Hutley family.  
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Curated OER

Show-Me Economics

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders distinguish between savings and spending. Students graph out a variety of important Economic concepts/vocabulary. They set up an imaginary job to save money and spend money.
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Curated OER

Costs of Living

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners consider the effects of rising oil and natural gas prices on family spending and saving habits. They design a board game intended to help people save.
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Curated OER

Shopping for a Party

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders produce a budget for a party.  In this money management instructional activity, 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...
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Curated OER

You Are The Farmer

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars investigate the farming business and occupations in agriculture. Basic multi-step math operations are performed in calculating some of the expenses involved in farming.
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Curated OER

Comparison Shopping

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students practice developing budgets. In this financial awareness lesson, students read The Monster Money Book and list ways the characters saved money in the story. Students plan a budget and demonstrate how to look for bargains when...
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Curated OER

Mini Economy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders listen as the teacher explains the Mini Economy to be activated in the classroom in the next few weeks. They examine how they to apply for jobs, make money, determine how to save it, and how monetary mishaps occur...
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Curated OER

A Present for the Teacher

For Teachers 4th - 5th
For this math word problems worksheet, students read the story about Gina and the gift she wants to buy and make for her teacher. Students then determine if she has enough money to make the specific patterned necklace.
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Curated OER

How Does the Stock Market Really Work?

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Investigate the stock market as it relates to the business world. Young scholars investigate ways to invest their money for the future. They make a presentation and discuss their findings with the class.
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Council for Economic Education

Opportunity Cost

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The price of those new shoes involves more than just money! Individuals explore the concept of opportunity cost using a video clip and gratification discussions. They prepare a budget based off of their set of values in regards to...
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Curated OER

A Home Energy Audit

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Young scholars investigate ways to save energy. In this environmental lesson, students play the role of a building inspector and identify "culprits" that waste energy. Young scholars use a checklist to identify specific practices that...
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Curated OER

Give It Back From a Snack Lesson 1: Kids' Kompany

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils examine the ways to earn money and discover the different uses for money. They read children's literature and draw pictures of uses for money that benefit the common good.
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Curated OER

Budgeting Your Financial Resources (The Mint)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars plan and maintain balanced budgets.
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Curated OER

Save the Earth: It's Everyone's Home!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students demonstrate how to make earth-smart choices. In this environmental awareness instructional activity, students listen to a short lecture on environmentally friendly products. Students invent an environmentally friendly product...
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Curated OER

Three for the Money: The Degree/Diameter Problem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the degree, diameter, planarity, and size of graphs.  In this degree, diameter, planarity, and size of graphs lesson, students try to construct a graph with more than 12 vertices that satisfy all other requirements. ...
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Curated OER

Budgeting 101

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify various sources of income and discern between needs and wants as they also learn to create a personal budget.  In this personal budget lesson, student understand financial scenarios as they relate to different ways...
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Curated OER

My Bank, My Budget, My Decisions!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students build a budget. In this philanthropy lesson, students write a personal budget that includes spending, saving, investing, and donating. Student philanthropists donate money to charities.
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Curated OER

Party Math

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners 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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Curated OER

Why Would I Owe My Soul to the Company Store?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders listen to "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford and discuss what it means to owe one's soul to a store. In this mathematics lesson, 6th graders determine what a miner's income was minus his expenses graphing findings in a...
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Curated OER

How to Achieve Your Financial Goals

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore economics by creating a budget. In this financial goal setting lesson, students investigate their use of time by completing a worksheet. Students identify financial goals they would like to achieve in the next several...
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Plan a Vacation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Challenge scholars to plan a vacation with a $5,000 budget. Learners review costs of transportation, meals, and entertainment while considering the number of people and destination. Worksheets provide information and well-organized...
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Curated OER

Reading and Vocabulary - Sale Ads

For Teachers Higher Ed
Intermediate ESL students practice reading sale ads. They will look through a sales catalog or newspaper and highlight words they don't know, work together to determine the definitions, then decide how much they save in given situations.

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