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Debt Slavery and Children in India, A Case Study

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the child labor situation in India. Using the internet, they research the conditions these students work under and how they are part of the debt slavery system. They read the Human Rights Watch and determine if this is...
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Discount, Sales Price, and Tax

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders calculate discount, sales price, and sales tax. They are given various problems to work out and even have to figure how much they would make if they were working on commission as well. Students have to figure out which...
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Under the Bed or in the Bank?

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students explore personal finance.  In this consumer /financial mathematics activity, students compare interest rates as they explore savings. 
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Term Deposits: Worth the Wait?

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students study term deposits and the attributes of long and short-term savings. They examine their spending habits while looking at how different types of accounts meet different economic goals. They complete worksheets that are provided...
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PwC Financial Literacy

Charitable Giving

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Charitable organizations and monetary donations to these organizations are the focus of the financial literacy lesson plan presented here. Learners explore how donations benefit both the organization and the people it serves. Each pupil...
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Where Do We Get the Money We Spend?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the sources of income for people in their community. They examine why different jobs are paid different wages. They also classify productive resources in the economy.
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Mini Economy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders listen as the teacher explains the Mini Economy to be activated in the classroom in the next few weeks. They examine how they to apply for jobs, make money, determine how to save it, and how monetary mishaps occur...
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Does My hair Disrupt Your Learning?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use the internet to research ways to save and earn money. They interview bankers and financial counselors to discover different types of investments. Students create public service announcements to inform their classmates of...
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Keeping Track

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this data table worksheet, students complete a table with information on money earned, spent and saved in each of 4 weeks for a student's job.
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A Lesson To Accompany "The First Bank of the United States: A Chapter in the History of Central Banking"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here is an interesting topic. Learners examine the economics that led to the founding of the First Bank of America. They participate in a reader's theater experience depicting the debate between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson...
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Huddle up with a Character based Economic Plan to help Community Friends

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete Perseverance, Courage, and Caring lessons from Get into the Game: Beyond Winning to properly prepare students for cooperative group learning and create a class climate conducive for a successful unit. They create a...
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4th Grade Math: Multi-Step Word Problems

For Students 4th Standards
Solving word problems requires reading comprehension and math computation. Through an interactive slideshow presentation, fourth graders observe and follow each step toward solve multiplication and division word problems. 
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Give It Back From a Snack Lesson 1: Kids' Kompany

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the ways to earn money and discover the different uses for money. They read children's literature and draw pictures of uses for money that benefit the common good.
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Data Analysis: Investing is an "Interesting" Experience

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students compute interest earned. In this data analysis lesson, students examine investments and interest rates. They compute the total interest earned and find the simple interest.
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Show-Me Economics

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders distinguish between savings and spending. Students graph out a variety of important Economic concepts/vocabulary. They set up an imaginary job to save money and spend money.
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Banking on the Future

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve problems involving interest. In this investing activity, students investigate the pros and cons of investing in a bank account and stocks. They differentiate between aggressive and conservative investments.
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Dot-Com Gives Small Investors a Leg Up

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of investing in stocks. In this investing in stocks lesson, students discuss how on-line stock traders have helped people save money. Students discuss ways in which companies can make a product or service...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Setting Goals

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Setting financial goals is a common occurrence in middle school that your learners can practice using this activity. They will be able to solve for how many hours Seth needs to work to save up for a skateboard, helmet, and trip. The...
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Calculating Simple Interest

For Students 8th - 12th
Interest can be both a best friend and an enemy...show your learners how it can manifest through this set of 10 word problems. For each, they calculate time, principle, interest, or rate and choose an answer from multiple choice...
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Journal Entry: What You Want To Buy!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write a one page paper about what they would like to purchase given the savings techniques. They write down what the object is that they are going to buy, how they are going to earn money to purchase this object, and what...
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Because of Winn Dixie Activity

For Students 4th
In this Because of Winn Dixie worksheet, 4th graders use characters from the story to complete a problem solving activity. Students must determine which items to buy and how to earn the money for those items. There are five different...
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Investing

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students collect data on investments and draw conclusions. In this algebra lesson, students analyze exponential graphs as they relate to money. They discuss the cause of an account balance being high or low.
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Present/ Future True Conditionals 1

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, students read an instruction box about the use of "if" and the result clauses. Students write the correct form of the verbs in 20 sentences containing the word "if." Then students complete sentences with...
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Introduction To Earning Interest

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students engage in a lesson on interest and bank savings accounts. They see why people deposit money at banks and other financial institutions and explain that interest is paid on an annual, monthly or quarterly basis.