Unit Plan

Hands on Banking

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Encourage middle schoolers to be proficient and knowledgeable in the economic world with a series of personal finance lessons. Focusing on banking, credit, budgets, and investing, the activities guide learners through financial literacy with key vocabulary words and graphic organizers.

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Instructional Ideas
  • Include the parts of the resource that connect most to your personal finance curriculum, or use the packet as an entire unit
  • Host a seminar for young investors to explain the basics of money management
  • Spread the activities out over the course of a year, or combine them in several stations around your class for a focus on financial literacy
Classroom Considerations
  • Lessons can stand alone but are designed to be used in order
Pros
  • Provides a glossary of financial terms that learners can refer to throughout the unit
  • Each worksheet comes with an answer key
  • Collection of different activities assess various skills and concepts from the unit
Cons
  • None