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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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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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Cartoons for the Classroom: The Economic Paradox

For Students 9th - 12th
It's a classic conundrum of economics: voters want jobs, but don't want to spend the money required for businesses to hire. This political cartoon analysis learning exercise has high schoolers analyzing this enigma and responding to 3...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Unemployment

For Students 9th - 12th
It's the classic paradox in this political cartoon analysis; any jobs plan requires extra government spending. However, the unemployed aren't willing to concede to more federal spending for what they want most, jobs. Background...
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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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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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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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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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Budgeting Your Financial Resources (The Mint)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars plan and maintain balanced budgets.
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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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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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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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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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About Credit

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
It's tempting to stay away from credit cards entirely, and it can also be tempting to charge large purchases on credit cards with the intention to pay them off later. But as a three-part lesson on credit and debt shows your high...
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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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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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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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UK Number Problems

For Students 4th - 6th
Young mathematicians can work these word problems to practice applying their two-digit multiplication and division to the 12s. Designed for use by learners in the UK, money problems are in denomination of pounds and pence, and cultural...
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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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Making Choices

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students solve word problems relating to economic choices. In this economic choices lesson, students discuss the importance of budgeting and how to save money. Students complete a economic choices worksheet.
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Month 2 Budget

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this consumer mathematics worksheet, students complete a monthly budget by completing each category on the sheet. They fill in the blanks and calculate their totals for month two.
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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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Your First Job

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine that they are responsible for paying income taxes through withholdings on earned income. They examine the Form W-4.

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