Curated OER
The Business of Credit
Learn about credit ratings and how it plays a role in the function of small businesses. Learners use their knowledge of good and bad credit to role play and determine good credit vs. bad credit in the area of small businesses.
Curated OER
Math in Society
Students critique and compare loan purchases dealing with credit rating, beacon scores, and credit-scoring systems. They define vocabulary associated with the lesson. Students deduce an individuals beacon score.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: My Credit Rating: Why Should I Care?
This site provides an interesting lesson on credit and how we use it, the dangers of over-using it, bankruptcy and its consequences, and more.
University of Missouri
University of Missouri: Wise Pockets: Four Dollars and Fifty Cents
This is a instructional activity geared towards elementary level students. Using the book Four Dollars and Fifty Cents by Eric Kimmel, the teacher instructs students about the terms creditor, debtor, collateral, credit, and credit...
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Lewis Tappan
One-page profile of influential innovator, Lewis Tappan, an abolitionist whose vision and ideas created America's first credit rating and reporting system.
Other
Business Education Resource Consortium: Accounting and Finance Online Manual
This online manual will provide examples of integrated performance activities developed to coordinate with the Accounting and Finance Career Path in the Business Education Career Path and Model Curriculum Standards. Included with the...
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Understand & Improve Your Credit Score
Find out how your credit score is figured, why it is important to keep a high credit score, and some tips on how to keep your rating high.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: What Your Credit Report Says About You
Find out why your credit report is so important to your well-being in today's economy. See where the reports come from, who can see your credit report, what type of information is on it, as well as other important facts about credit scores.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Credit Rating Basics
This site describes how credit ratings are figured and how they are important. It puts particular emphasis on married women and their need to obtain their own credit.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: My Credit Rating: Why Should I Care?
Credit is a wonderful tool for the consumer. It can enhance your quality of life. It enables you to buy and enjoy a purchase before you have the money to pay for it. On the other hand, it can create serious problems for people who use it...
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Living Within Your Means
Tutorial provides handy tips for living within your means.
Other
Balance Track: Finances for College Students: Credit Cards
From BalanceTrack, this section provides students with information about what to look for in a credit card and how to use credit.