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Why Do People Save?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify ways in which they can save and spend their money. They discover why people save money and calculate simple interest. They discuss the costs and benefits of saving.
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The Color of Money

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore the success of members of racial and ethnic minorities in the business world through discussing a related New York Times article. They interview successful people in various professions who would be considered...
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Consumer Borrowing and Spending

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Credit can be confusing for teens, some of whom are already using credit cards. Clear up misconceptions with this group research activity which has a solid outline with a lot of room to adjust to your needs and resources. Groups are...
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Comparison of Economic Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Here is a worksheet in which learners identify and compare economic systems (market, command, mixed, etc.) with 18 fill-in-the-blank questions and a graphic organizer. 
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The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Make a study of producers and consumers with an updated version of the classic story The Little Red Hen (this one is called The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza). After reading and discussing the story and terms, learners practice being...
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Glossary Of Federal Reserve Terms

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students engage in a reading of a document in order to become familiar with the Federal Reserve of The United States in the interest of strengthening reading comprehension skills with the exposure to expository literature. They read the...
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Acquiring Additional Capital Stock

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students become involved in the practice of learning about finance. The emphasis is on how one uses the stock market. One can also learn how to use personal finance and become acquainted with debt management.
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Selling, Spending, or Saving

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine and discuss vocabulary dealing with finances. They write and develop commercials promoting savings practices and spending habits that incorporate emotional appeals.
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Developing Countries - International Monetary Fund

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students access the International Monetary Fund website and explore it in order to research the role of the organization. They use their findings to describe the purpose and activities of the International Monetary Fund.
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You Could Be a Banker

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils examine the careers that are available at financial institutions. They ask questions to visitors from these institutions who come to speak about their career. They also identify different job descriptions.
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Learn to Earn When You Tend to Spend

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine spending and earning, and calculate change up to a dollar. They view and participate in demonstrations of earning and spending math problems, complete a worksheet, and play a game in pairs that simulates banking.
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Defining Culture

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders define the term culture and are exposed to a variety of cultures from around the world. They read books, play Native American games, develop a class book that examines their own culture and, after examining currencies from...
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Family Finances

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the dynamics of family finances. In groups, they discuss the importance of a budget and create their own given a fictional amount of money. As a class, they listen to a speaker from the bank discussing the importance of...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Time and Money

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, while daily reviewing an extensive vocabulary list of terms on the board, explore/identify what checking/saving accounts are used for as well as the process of writing a check.
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Using An ATM

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Learners engage in a lesson on how to use an ATM, or Automated Teller Machine. They see how to bank with an ATM and practice banking using several different types of transactions. This lesson includes a teaching worksheet to practice...
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Calculating Interest

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students solve interest problems for bank accounts and loans to gain real life experience. They also review newspapers and find a car they wish to purchase then are given a rate and time of loan.
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The Economy of the 1920s v. The Economy of the 1930s

For Teachers 8th - 11th
In this U.S. economics of the 1920s and 1930s worksheet, students read a passage and then complete a graphic organizer comparing the credit, wages, employment, sales, stock market, and banks in the 2 decades.
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Managing Your Finances

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice the skills involved in managing their finances. The steps in balancing a checkbook and matching expences to a bank statement are practiced and written in detail. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.
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Checkbook

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine how to balance a checkbook.  In this economics lesson, students demonstrate that they can balance a checkbook by completing an activity that includes a check register and bank statement.
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FINANCE AND RESPONSIBLE LENDING.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the role of banks, lending and their services. In this analysis lesson plan, students learn about savings, checking accounts and lending and the importance of banks as financial intermediaries.
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Introduction to Earning Interest: What are APR and APY?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore saving and investing money.  In this middle school personal finance lesson plan, students define and use investment vocabulary, explore compound interest and its effect of savings, and compute simple and compound...
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Making Good Investments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare different aspects of investing money from traditional savings accounts to money market accounts. They research investment accounts at local banks and compare them.
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Current Currencies

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the nature of money. They view how monetary systems evolved. They examine how different cultures value money and how foreign exchange rates work. Charting currency exchange rates begin.
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Return On Investment

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students engage in a lesson introducing them to the concept of return on investment, or ROI. Return on investment is a basic principle that should be understood before investing money.

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