Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Income Budgeting
This site contains a unit on budgeting money for use by middle school teachers. Includes enrichment problems, a bibliography, and many example problems and situations.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Income Budgeting
This site contains a unit on budgeting money for use by middle school teachers. Includes enrichment problems, a bibliography, and many example problems and situations.
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills: Avengers Comic Teaches Mad Money Skills
The Avengers teach Spider-Man the principles of saving and spending as they save a bank from the evil powers of Mole Man. This site includes an online comic book, an instruction guide for teachers, and a budget worksheet.
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Wells Fargo: Hands on Banking: Elementary School Course
Learning game for younger students in a lesson in economics in which students learn about banking, saving, budgeting, and money.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Top Questions Kids Ask About Money & Answers Better Money Habits
How to turn uncomfortable questions into an opportunity to teach kids about money. Content brought to you by our partner, Better Money Habits.
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California Jump Start: Money Rules 4 Kids
Ten money rules that every high school kid should know, available in both English and Spanish.
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Biz Kids: Break the Bank
In this interactive game, you are a worker at a community bank, helping customers get good loans and save for their future. However, the terrible Mr. Boar and his clerks from a payday loan company have infiltrated your bank! Rally the...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Work, Earnings and Economics: Using Lyddie by Katherine Paterson
In reading and discussing Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson, young scholars examine basic economic concepts and explore the growth of labor unions and the role of government in a market economy.
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Rich Kid Smart Kid: Ima's Dream
Animated learning games for students in all grades K-12, teaches them about basic finance, how to save, give and invest.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Less Than Zero [Pdf]
This lesson accompanies a story by Stuart J. Murphy called Less Than Zero and teaches learners about how to manage their money by saving it and setting goals for themselves.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: The Piggy Bank Primer [Pdf]
A workbook for children on how to save and manage their money, and how to create a budget.
Thinkport Education
Maryland Public Television: Sense and Dollars
Engaging, fun tutorials and interactive games related to earning, spending, saving, and budgeting money.
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Economic Awareness Council: Your First Paycheck [Pdf]
Learn what all that information on your paycheck means, and learn to make smart decisions about how to use the money you earn.
PBS
Pbs: Financial Literacy: On the Money
Explore PBS's "On The Money," program for teens to investigate teens & money, budgeting, bank accounts, credit cards, calculators, and moneymaking ideas.
University of Missouri
University of Missouri St. Louis:wise Pockets: Kermit the Hermit
This is an elementary level lesson that deals with spending, saving, income, and interest. Requires the book Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet. Includes detailed lesson plan along with procedures and activities.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Wild Water Adventure
Students will learn how a system of equations can be used to find the best use of information to make decisions in real-world situations.Students will work in groups of 3s or 4s to develop a system for the best buy on tickets at a water...
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Is Paying Over Time a Smart Move?
At T.V. 411 you can explore the concept of paying over time with situations involving credit cards, rent to own items, and more. This interactive lesson gives the learner an opportunity to make decisions about money management.
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Balance Track: Finances for College Students: Money Management
From BalanceTrack, this section focuses on establishing financial goals, provides students with a calculator to estimate how much they should be saving each month, and provides students with a sample budget worksheet.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Opportunity Cost
Consumers are faced with tough choices because so many innovative and exciting products and services are available. Therefore, engraining a decision-making process that includes considering of opportunity cost is necessary to shape...
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Wells Fargo Bank: Hands on Banking for Teens
Mini learning modules that teach teens how to manage their money wisely and reach their financial goals.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: The Pickle Patch Bathtub [Pdf]
A lesson based on The Pickle Patch Bathtub by Frances Kennedy, where students learn about making choices in how to spend money, and how to set goals and develop a savings plan.
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Teen Analyst: Preparing for College
Choosing the right college is one of the most important things you will do in high school. This site has put together some articles to help you with getting in and succeeding while you're there.
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In Charge: Financial Literacy for Kids
The following lessons provide guidance, lesson plans, and activities for teachers interested in introducing financial literacy concepts to students in grades K-6.