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Wisconsin Educational Communications Board: Financial Literacy: Teach It!

For Students 9th - 10th
Students at all grade levels learn about basic finance skills and explore ways to make informed decisions about their financial future.
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CNN

Cnn: Business

For Students 9th - 10th
CNN & MONEY magazine combine business news, stock quotes & financial market coverage with personal finance advice, tools & investing tips.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Business & Personal Finance: Module 1: Careers in Construction [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
If you have ever thought about a career in construction then this publication is for you! It talks about what you need to learn and do to get that first great job. Whether you want to be an environmental engineer, a skilled ironworker,...
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Jump$tart: Clearinghouse

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Find over three hundred resources that help in advancing financial literacy among students. Resources vary from website links, lesson plans, and online games.
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The Mint: Be Your Own Boss

For Students 9th - 10th
Website helps students learn about money management and making sound financial decisions. Students can take this quiz designed for teens to find out if they have what it takes to own their own business.
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Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Personal Finances

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Personal Finances."
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Entrepreneurship

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students become entrepreneurs and they will create a community of businesses by selling goods and services for profit. This lesson requires students to work in groups. Each group will have its own business to develop....
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: I Owe, I Owe, So Off to Work I Go!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Wells Fargo

For Students 9th - 10th
Wells Fargo is a "diversified financial services company that provides a broad range of banking, asset banking, wealth management, and corporate and investment banking products and services." Includes information on the company and its...
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Consumer Protection Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The media fills us in on the most recent scams around town and the nation. Taking part in this project will educated students on the scams that are out there and question the rights consumers have and the role governments should take in...
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Co Op America

For Students 9th - 10th
The Co-op America foundation is a non-profit organization that focuses on fair economic practices to teach social and environmental responsibility. Their many programs such as Green Business, Green Energy, Fair Trade, Responsible Shopper...
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University of Texas at Austin

Francais Interactif Money, Finance & Investments

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive vocabulary lists of all things financial. Video and audio clips to utilize vocab in context. Has interviews in French and links to internet activities and salient grammar points.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: If You're Working With My Money

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will handle money by opening a cash fund, arranging the money in a cash drawer, make change, and reconcile the cash drawer at the end of a business day. After learning the procedure for handling and...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Can I Afford This House?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will prepare a spreadsheet that provides information about purchasing a house. Using functions and formulas, they will determine if they can afford the house. This is a Commerce and Information Technology lesson...
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Biz Kids: Bring Home the Bacon

For Students 9th - 10th
Bring Home the Bacon is an exciting interactive way to learn the concept of supply and demand. More demand, more customers, but don't get too carried away because upgrading your investments might be worth the wait!
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Co Op America

For Students 9th - 10th
The Co-op America foundation is a non-profit organization that focuses on fair economic practices to teach social and environmental responsibility. Their many programs such as Green Business, Green Energy, Fair Trade, Responsible Shopper...
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Maryland Council on Economic Education (Mcee)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Comprised of leaders in business, agriculture, government, and education from around the State," the site fosters economic education. Major emphasis here is on awards programs and their winners.
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Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Pricing a Job

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to calculate a fair price for a service. You'll be exploring calculations of direct cost, overhead, profit and more. The answers you give to the lesson questions will receive immediate feedback.
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University of Nebraska

Nebraska Council on Economic Education (Ncee)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The NCEE's mission is to "improve school economic education programs throughout Nebraska." Its website provides information on the organization and resources for the classroom teacher.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Income Budgeting

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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PBS

Pbs Nova: Play a Virtual Market

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to trade traditional stocks and learn how trading stocks in the market can increase your wealth (or decrease it too!)
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PBS

Pbs Lesson Plan: What the World Consumes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
These visual, easy-to-grasp lessons in world economics and consumerism features lessons and related videos in which students experience first-hand the economic dilemmas faced by other countries and are asked to examine their own values...
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Foundation for Teaching Economics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Foundation for Teaching Economics provides lesson plans and curriculum materials in a variety of areas of economics. Games and exercises enhance the lessons provided. Teachers can search by keywords or choose lessons from the list...
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The Economist

The Economist: Economist: Economics a Z Term

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a glossary of economics terms. Click on the first letter of the term you are looking for.