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.
Bill of Rights Institute
Bill of Rights Institute: The Federal Budget and the Constitution
What responsibilities belong to the U.S. President and the Congressional houses when it comes to establishing the federal budget? Take a look at these resources and incorporate this lesson into classroom learning.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Becoming a Wise Consumer: Creating a Budget
In this lesson plan, students will learn how to become a wise consumer by creating a budget based on needs and wants. Students will create a weekly budget with a variable income using the interactive app MWB: My Weekly Budget available...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Creating a Household Budget
In this Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum PowerPoint module, young scholars create a household budget by tracking their expenditures over a month-long period. Students use Microsoft Excel to create a spreadsheet to track their own...
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Broward Education Foundation
Broward Education Foundation: Budget Technology [Pdf]
Students will be divided into pairs and given a $1000 budget (imaginary) to create a project focusing on their area of interest within the school curriculum that will include a culminating audio/visual presentation. They must write an...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How Much Will This Lifestyle Cost?
Students will create a detailed monthly budget using a spreadsheet. The budget will depend on an individual's earning potential as determined by career choice and education. This is a project-based, Commerce and Information Technology...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: You Can Bank on This! (Part 2)
As in the first ', You Can BANK on This, you will learn that banking should not be confusing - it should be INTERESTING! Lesson Two will continue learning with Zing, but this time we will learn all about budgeting - and budgeting means...
Climate Literacy
Clean: The Earth's Heat Budget
Students investigate the effects of distance and angle on the input of solar radiation at the Earth's surface, the role played by albedo, and the heat capacity of land and water.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Role of Gov. National Debt v. Deficit
Using the website federalbudget.com, students research information about the federal budget. Includes questions and links to other budget websites.
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills: Lessons: College
Ten financial literacy lesson plans allow college students to build on their skills and cover topics such as budgeting, living on your own, managing credit cards, cars and loans, and saving and investing.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Role of Government: The Federal Government and Fiscal Policy
Young scholars will visit "A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget" and use the federal government website to obtain information which will help them understand basic information about the budget of the United States Government for the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Let's Move to College
A lesson that teaches learners how to prepare and stick to a budget as they prepare to head off to college and leave home.
Other
Tonya Skinner Business Ed Lesson Plans: Grocery Shopping
This personal site provides a student activity that allows learners to plan a class party while organizing the budget details in a spreadsheet program. Learners will demonstrate computer skills in inputting data, formatting data, and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: I Owe, I Owe, So Off to Work I Go!
Students often attend college and are faced with the mounting debt incurred from student loans. This lesson plan will guide through calculating repayment for students loans, preparing a monthly budget, and researching options for...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Scents Able Solution
Students will use a variety of math operations to create a flower bouquet within a budget. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Pigs and Money
After reading the book "Pigs Will Be Pigs" by Amy Axelrod, students will practice how to add money. They will practice how to spend money without spending more than they have in their budget.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Money Matters: Where Does It Go?
In this project students will utilize math and reasoning skills to develop a personal budget. By weighing their expenses as "wants" vs. "needs," students will develop management skills and learn the importance of getting the most out of...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How Much Does It Cost?
Students will use an online mortgage calculator to determine the cost of financing a house over various lengths of time and at various interest rates. This lesson is excellent to include in a budgeting unit.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How Much Will College Cost Me?
Students will research the cost of college by comparing a 2-year and a 4-year institution via the Internet. Students will follow-up with a presentation and prepare a monthly budget. This lesson plan contains a financial aid component.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: How Long Is Your Life?
High school young scholars have rarely been asked to look at their future beyond where they will be going to college or what job they think they will have. This lesson asks you to think in a long-term perspective. By using a timeline,...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Stewart Resources Centre: Consumer Wise [Pdf]
A tenth-grade math unit, developed in 1993 by a Saskatchewan teacher, on budgeting.
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 students about how to manage their money by saving it and setting goals for themselves.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Carbon Footprint Exercise
A three-step assignment for students in introductory geoscience that asks them to calculate their carbon footprint during one specific week. The goal of the assignment is to increase student awareness of the various sources of energy...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Does That Car Really Cost?
In order for students to grasp the total cost of their dream car, students must be aware of the hidden costs of a vehicle. This lesson will teach students to shop for insurance and a deductible which fits their budget. Most young drivers...
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