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The Cost of Life

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students research the salary for a career of interest. They consider what kind of lifestyle that career would provide and graph their information for comparison.
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Three for the Money: The Degree/Diameter Problem

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concept of vertex-edge graphs.  In this vertex-edge graphs lesson plan, students try to construct a graph with a given diameter, number of vertices, size, and planarity.  Students construct various vertex-edge graphs...
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My Bank, My Decision!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a three-part bank. In this savings lesson, students utilize the three-part bank to separate their spending needs, wants, and long term goals. Students share some of the money earned for donation. Students discuss the...
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Banking on the Future

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve problems involving interest. In this investing lesson, students investigate the pros and cons of investing in a bank account and stocks. They differentiate between aggressive and conservative investments.
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Investment Investigator

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate and model how to invest money. In this business lesson, students investigate 4 methods to investment. They discuss risky and safe investment.  
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Pound A Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in various poem-related lessons to learn how they can make a difference in the lives of people they don't know. In this poetry lesson plan, students discover that this pound a poem competition is about raising money...
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Wealth of Wisdom

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Learners determine what to do with money. In this personal finance lesson, students discuss budgeting, savings, and loans with their instructor. Learners then participate in classroom activities that require them to participate in...
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Summer Trip

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders utilize the Internet for use of search engines to plan a trip. They research and develop expenses for a trip and divide and round the cost of things to the nearest tenth.
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Personal Budgeting Project

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Young scholars create an Excel spreadsheet of a personal budget by estimating their possible income and monthly expenses from a worksheet. They group together to create a family unit and use the personal budget sheets to plan a family...
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Not Everything Is More Expensive

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of using different types of presentations to help solve mathematical problems. They research the use of illustrations to help understand data and its interpretation in a graphing format. Students also...
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"The Leaves in October", by Karen Ackerman

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students read a story about a family living in a shelter. They explore different places to save their money and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
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Banking on the Future: Penny Drive

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study why philanthropy is needed and learn to complete a penny drive. For this philanthropy lesson, students learn the need to invest money for future purposes and identify a cause in the community to hold a penny drive for.
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Decision-Making Tool

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students work together to decide where their donated money should go. They list the possible choices and evaluate what is most important to them. They must have a consensus before the money is donated.
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Tobacco Math

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine how much money they can save by not smoking.
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Balance the Budget

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students make their own decisions over how central government should spend the money they get from taxing the public. They discuss where they could get more money from and how does spending and taxation outlined in the budget affect kids.
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Growth and Decay

For Teachers 8th - 9th
In this math worksheet, learners compute the annual rate of appreciation or depreciation in a set of 7 problems. Each problem involves a given amount of money (or value) and indicates the percent of appreciation or depreciation.
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Hurricane Katrina Relief

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners create a song about philanthropy. They work together to develop a list of ways to donate money. They choose an aid organization which helped victims of Hurricane Katrina to receive their donation. They reflect on their...
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Charitable Giving

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Charitable organizations and monetary donations to these organizations are the focus of the financial literacy lesson plan presented here. Learners explore how donations benefit both the organization and the people it serves. Each pupil...
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Breaking News English

More People to Stick to New Year's Resolutions

For Teachers 4th - 8th
What makes a good New Year's resolution? Practice goal-setting and reading comprehension with a set of language arts activities. English learners work on cloze passages, synonym matches, interviewing exercises, and comprehension...
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Bible Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Take a creative approach to teaching about community in a religious context. Learners read Acts 2:42-47 and choose the verse they feel exemplify the importance of community. They then pair share, write journal responses, and then...
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Forecast Sunny and Warm

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning instructional activity, students participate in hands-on activities that replicate building a foundation and providing for future generations.
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Banking

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students correctly write a check and fill out a bank deposit slip. They understand the concept of balancing a checkbook by balancing a bank statement with a check register. Students play with the stock market to understand it a little...
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A Basket of Bangles: How a Business Begins

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students consider concepts of banking introduced in the story, "Basket of Bangles." In this banking lesson, students identify key terms through recall questions interspersed in the story. Using five handouts and a game, students compare...
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Marshmallow

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars learn the value of self-control and delaying gratification.

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