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Fin Aid: Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid

For Students 9th - 10th
FinAid is a comprehensive resource for all college financing topics. Search scholarships and use the financial aid calculators to help you plan for your college experience.
Handout
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Alliance for Investor Education: Investor's Clearinghous

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is dedicated to facilitating greater understanding of investing, investments, and the financial markets among current and prospective investors of all ages.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Let's Get Financially Focused! [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Should I use credit? This lesson plan provides some insight into why or when it is good to use credit, versus why or when it is not.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Money Management

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This month-long experience educates students in differentiating between needs and wants, how to budget resources, and to gain an understanding of the workings of a capitalist society.
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Other

The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation: Curriculum Online

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Educate your students about insurance and risk management in a manner that is fun, engaging, and relevant to their everyday lives with this collection of lessons.
Interactive
Google

Google for Education: Life on Minimum Wage

For Students 9th - 10th
A game where students try to reach financial goals by working and budgeting their money. Site includes rules for games as well as playing pieces.
Website
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Mapping Your Future

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of valuable resources allows young people to explore their options for the future. Topics include how to apply for college and jobs, financial options for paying for college and how to apply your education to the career...
Website
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College Profiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Features in-depth profiles with information about academic programs, athletics, campus life, and financial aid, along with geographic search, directories for honors programs, women's colleges statistics on minority enrollment and...
Website
US Department of Education

Federal Student Aid: Fafsa

For Students 9th - 10th
If a student wants to receive any sort of financial aid, they must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid. This site explains how and allows you to submit it electronically.
Website
Other

Mapping Your Future: Explore Your Career

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about your options in higher education, and learn how to choose a career. Includes useful tips on job hunting, resume writing, and job interviewing techniques. Select the "en Espanol" link on the right side to view this resource...
Website
Other

Thomson Learning: Peterson's Educational Portal

For Students 9th - 10th
Register on this comprehensive site from Thomson Learning Inc. to obtain a huge amount of information on a variety of subjects related to preparing for, searching for, and getting admitted to college.
Lesson Plan
Other

Actuarial Foundation: Building Your Future: Financing [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In book 2 from the Building Your Future series, students and teachers get resources and practice on how financing works, such as getting loans and buying insurance.
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Other

Actuarial Foundation: Building Your Future: Investing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
In book 3 of the Building Your Future series, students and teachers work on the concept of investing, including stock and bonds, mutual funds, risk and diversification, and inflation, through a combination of information and practice.
Activity
Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: You Are Here

For Students 5th - 8th
In this interactive mall environment, students learn how to make smart decisions as consumers. Whether shopping for clothes, choosing the best food deal, searching for a job or buying a cellphone, students will learn how to recognize...
Lesson Plan
Federal Reserve Bank

Katrina's Classroom: Teaching Money Skills for Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will participate in Katrina's Classroom curriculum provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The lesson emphasizes the importance of being prepared for a financial emergency. This is a Commerce and Information Technology...
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Saving Each Payday

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use a real-world simulation to learn how saving a little money each payday can be a successful strategy for saving. Includes teaching guide and student worksheet that can be filled in on a computer.
Website
Other

Money Minded

For Students 9th - 10th
Financial site with original content targeted to the female investor. Offers information on personal finance, investment tips, bankruptcy, and financial education.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Avoiding Debt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read a short story and a handout to learn about excessive debt and ways to avoid or reduce debt.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Banking Basics Card Game

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students play a game to learn about common banking products and services and to consider which ones they might use now and in the future.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Bouncing Ball Budgets

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through an interactive game, students share spending decisions they've made in the past and start to think about their spending habits in new ways.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Bouncing Ball Money Choices

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students play a game to share how they think and feel about money.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Handling a Lost or Stolen Card

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students conduct research to learn what steps to take if they experience a lost or stolen ATM, debit, or credit card or card number. Includes teaching guide and student worksheet that can be filled in on a computer.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Playing an Insurance Game

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners play a game to explore types of insurance and how they help protect people.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Composing Songs and Verse About Fraud

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars write a song, rap, or poem that warns people about identity theft and types of fraud. Includes teaching guide and student worksheet that can be filled in on a computer.