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Real World Math: Unexpected Events
Ready to delve into personal finance? Learners discover how to organize a check book register. They practice debits and credits in a math game involving the register they set up. While they gain valuable practical knowledge, they also...
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Banking Services
Learners analyze the banking services and complete related activities. In this banking lesson plan, students review the services available at a bank and interview people for about the banking services they use. Learners shop for checking...
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ABC's of Banking
Young scholars explore the concept of managing money. In this managing money instructional activity, students discuss how to write checks and keep an accurate check registry. Young scholars discuss the importance and uses of debit cards...
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Beyond the Checkbook: Choices of Payment Methods
Students explore different payment methods. In this math lesson, students discuss the difference between writing a check and paying online. They will compare and contrast and present their data to the class.
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Giving Them the Business
Students work in small groups of 4-5 students to form a business, create, market and sell their product, and track their expenses and profits. They experience the roles of the producer, distributor, and consumer of goods.
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Breaking News English: Plastic Replacing Cash in UK
In this English worksheet, students read "Plastic Replacing Cash in UK," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Money
In this ESL worksheet, students study US currency. Students respond to 20 questions orally and complete 4 various role play scenarios.
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Checking Account- Read Aloud Activity
In this ESL read aloud worksheet, students read a short text about a man and his daily routine and the ways he pays for different goods and services. There are no questions to answer here.
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Grocery Store Choices: Vocabulary in Conversation
For this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 fill in the blank questions regarding grocery-related terms. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Advanced Crossword Puzzle - Banking
In this banking crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 10 clues to fill in the blanks in the crossword puzzle with the appropriate answers.
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It's Sale Time: Shopping Vocabulary
In this shopping vocabulary worksheet, students choose a word of word set to correctly fill in blanks in sentences, 15 sentences total.
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Checking Account
In this withdrawing money from a checking account worksheet, learners listen as the teacher reads a passage on why Mr. Nguyen is withdrawing $50 from his checking account.
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The Amazing Race
Seventh graders engage in a discussion to determine their experience with traveling. Ask them to describe differences in transportation, currency, culture, food, accommodation, etc. Then they discuss the different expenses one has when...
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Shopping Dialog Drill
In this shopping activity, students fill in the blanks with words for a dialogue about shopping. Students complete 9 blanks total on this activity.
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Which Is the Better Car Deal?
Students investigate whether it is more economically sound to take a low financing rate or rebate when purchasing a car.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Playing a Credit and Debit Game
Students play a game to practice and explore positive credit and debit card behaviors.
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Lost or Stolen Credit, Atm, and Debit Cards
Learn what to do if you ever have problems with credit, ATM, or debit cards. Especially helpful for high school seniors about to move away from home.
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Using Debit Cards
Provides tips for using a debit card to pay for things. Learn how they work and how they are different from a credit card.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Payment Cards [Pdf]
A consumer primer on different types of payment cards (i.e., credit cards, debit cards, and prepaid cards), and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Cards, Cars, and Currency
A unit on personal finance related to debit cards, credit cards, and purchasing a car designed to help students develop financial responsibility.
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Prepaid Cards
Tips for using and choosing a prepaid card. Learn about and compare other ways to spend your money.
PBS
Pbs: Secret History of the Credit Card
A site designed for teachers to accompany the PBS documentary by the same name. Lists of resources and handouts can stand alone.
Other
Master Card
Personal and business services from MasterCard, a leader in American industry and finance.
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Pbs Teachers: Electric Money Teaching Guides (History of Money Resources)
Five teaching guides containing interdisciplinary lessons that can be used to explore the characteristics of money; how credit, debit, and smart cards work; financial markets and transactions; and similar topics. Designed as complements...