Data Crunches feature one chart or graph followed by five scaffolded questions to guide students through analyzing the data and drawing conclusions. These sets of data help students understand financial concepts such as budgeting.

Learning resource using C-SPAN videos and related articles from which students learn what a balanced budget amendment is and whether it's a good idea for the country or not. Students join the debate by participating in a deliberation in...

This lesson plan teaches students about different types of income and expenses and allows them to develop a personal budget.

Learn how to budget so you can more freely search for your dream job.

Understand the heat budget of planet Earth in this study guide.

What is a budget? How do we use it and why is it important? Students work on these questions in the context of the College Project.

A scanned copy of the 1851 publication Uncle Reuben and His Budget of Stories by Francis Channing Woodworth, a fiction book for children.

Read and fill in the blanks of this passage explaining the earth's engergy budget. Each blank has a dropdown menu with choices. When you finish, click CHECK MY ANSWERS. If you pick a wrong answer, the right answer will be displayed along...

The site provides an accountant's view about the percentages of income we should budget for our monthly living expenses. A good resource for students interested in making and managing money. (Aug. 22, 2000)

Planning is essential to financial success. In this lesson plan, learners will define the word "budget" and identify the three key components associated with creating a budget, evaluate wants versus needs, and demonstrate an...

A cooperative unit where students work together and use a variety of math skills to establish budgets and compare and compute the best buys. Students will continue practicing their writing skills by writing thank you notes to local...

This instructional activity will help students identify how to make good decisions which will help them financially in the future. Students will identify how to take their own wants and work them into a form of a personal budget....

Through an interactive game, students share spending decisions they've made in the past and start to think about their spending habits in new ways.

Examine this visualization by NASA to understand how the warming of the Arctic region has caused the sea ice extent to decline by 40%, thereby throwing our earth's energy budget off balance. Extensive resources included are teaching...

This unit teaches students how to become a wise consumer. Some of the topics discussed are income, budgeting, credit, saving, and loans. Five different activities include objectives, worksheets, evaluations, and resources.

Living in the real world is expensive and sometimes hard for a new college graduate to adjust to. This lesson will allow students to see the importance and need of budgeting money. Students will have to make choices and research...

[PDF] Explains a system of labeling a check register and recording expenses in a way to help students keep to a budget.

For this lesson, learners will identify why having a budget and keeping records of their spending and saving habits helps them make better financial choices.

Through information, examples, and practice, students learn about the costs and advantages of post-secondary education, how to understand the potential earnings and benefits of a job, how to make a budget, and why it is important to...

In groups of two or three, students decide on what to order at a pizza place given a set budget and a menu.

Everything you wanted to know about the Overseas Security Advisory Council - "an enormously succcessful joint venture for effective security cooperation. Topics include: Global News, What's New, Publications, and Site Search, among others.

Article reports on the financial cost to families of a 4-day school week. Includes an audio version of the story.

The FPA is an "organization founded in 1918 to educate Americans about significant world issues that have an important impact on their lives." Gives students an opportunity to take part in activities through the Great Decisions program.

This lesson plan helps students distinguish between earned and unearned income by identifying methods for getting money.