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Scholastic

Scholastic: Plan, Save, Succeed! Achieving Financial Literacy Goals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will understand how a budget is created and how it can support good financial decision-making. They will begin to consider the role that saving plays in financial planning.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Business & Personal Finance: Module 1: Financial Planning

For Students 9th - 10th
This self-guided course is designed to give you the tools necessary to help manage money and plan for your financial future. Topics discussed are setting goals, making financial decisions, setting a budget, information on careers and...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Budgeting & Checking Activity Financial Literacy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a simulation for students to integrate several concepts on saving and banking into one project.
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PBS

Pbs: Financial Literacy: On the Money

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore PBS's "On The Money," program for teens to investigate teens & money, budgeting, bank accounts, credit cards, calculators, and moneymaking ideas.
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Next Gen Personal Finance

Next Gen Personal Finance: Financial Pitfalls

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lessons, activities, and projects to teach students about financial pitfalls such as scams, identity theft, and predatory lending.
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Next Gen Personal Finance

Next Gen Personal Finance: Paying for College

For Students 9th - 10th
Give students a helping hand in figuring out how to pay for their college education.
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Next Gen Personal Finance

Next Gen Personal Finance: Investing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lessons and activities to teach students about investing.
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Other

Balance Track: Finances for College Students: Credit Cards

For Students 9th - 10th
From BalanceTrack, this section provides students with information about what to look for in a credit card and how to use credit.
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Digital History

Digital History: Strengthening American Finances

For Students 9th - 10th
Monetary woes followed the War of 1812. See how chartering a second Bank of the United States was a plan to get the United States back on a firm financial footing. Find out who opposed the bank.
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Other

Public Disclosure Commission

For Students 9th - 10th
The Public Disclosure Commission makes information available on issues such as election candidate finances and campaign contribution limits. This site is specific to Washington State.
Interactive
Other

Finance Authority of Maine: Claim Your Future

For Students 9th - 10th
This game can be played individually or as a class. Students make adult decisions about spending money, based on income from a particular career. This could help students decide on a career, as well as learning how to budget their...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 1: Money Matters

For Teachers K - 1st
The process of earning money is the cornerstone of financial literacy. In this lesson, students will identify key terms associated with earning money, explore ideas for earning money now, and evaluate various career options as sources of...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Let's Get Financially Focused! [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Should I use credit? This lesson plan provides some insight into why or when it is good to use credit, versus why or when it is not.
Interactive
Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Peter Pig's Money Counter

For Students K - 1st
Interactive learning game in which students gain practical skills in financial literacy by learning how to identify and count coins. Students choose one of three levels of difficulty.
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Other

My Money

For Students 9th - 10th
This Federal Government website provides consumers with many resources and much information to help them to manage their money better. Topics include budgeting, taxes, saving, investing, retirement planning, credit, and checking...
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Other

Northeastern University: u.s. Political Conventions and Campaigns

For Students 9th - 10th
A multimedia resource will aide classroom discussion or groups as they explore the campaigns and conventions of American politics throughout history. Investigate personal finances, platforms and policies, media and debates, and nominations.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Financial Crisis Glossary

For Teachers 9th - 10th
PBS's NewsHour Extra provides an Economic and Government lesson plan covering the economic crisis and its impact on the U.S. and global markets. Students must utilize current media outlets covering the financial crisis and refer to the...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp the Price of Bread

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The purpose of this task is for middle schoolers to calculate the percent increase and relative cost in a real-world context. This task is part of a set collaboratively developed with Money as You Learn, an initiative of the President's...
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Leaf Group

E How: How to Write a Business Analysis Paper

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
This article by Sam Ashe-Edmunds explains how to write a business analysis paper, an in-depth look at a business or company in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, finances, employment, and attaining goals.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: u.s. Senate Mulls Over Bankruptcy Legislation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
During the week of September 20, 1998, the US Senate agreed to debate a bill (S 1301), intended to make it more difficult for people of means to use bankruptcy to walk away from debt. Those who could pay at least 20 percent of their...
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Other

Actuarial Foundation: Building Your Future: Financing [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In book 2 from the Building Your Future series, students and teachers get resources and practice on how financing works, such as getting loans and buying insurance.
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Other

Actuarial Foundation: Building Your Future: Investing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
In book 3 of the Building Your Future series, students and teachers work on the concept of investing, including stock and bonds, mutual funds, risk and diversification, and inflation, through a combination of information and practice.
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Save And Invest

Finra Investor Education Foundation: Debt Elimination

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan offers different strategies for eliminating debt and strengthening one's financial position and cash flow.
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Other

123 Jump

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a vast amount of information from which students can research investment options. The focus is on IPOs (Initial Public Offering). Presents a great learning opportunity for students interested in finance.

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