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Smart About Money: 40 Money Management Tips Every College Student Should Know

For Students 9th - 10th
[PDF] This downloadable brochure will help high school students prepare for the financial decisions they will need to make once high school is over.
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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.
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Council for Economic Education

Council for Economic Education: Learning, Earning, and Investing

For Students 9th - 10th
This course is subtitled "Lessons for a New Generation." It includes twenty-one downloadable lessons with additional activities for each lesson. It covers a wide range of topics from basics such as "Why Save?" and "Invest In Yourself" to...
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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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Securities and Exchange Commission: Saving and Investing for Students [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Resource for high school students on the importance of saving and how to begin investing.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Comparing Saving and Investing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners explore the differences between saving and investing and answer questions about which one they'd use to reach different financial goals.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:discovering the Benefits of Investing Early

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners use an online calculator and answer questions to learn about the value of investing early.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Comparing Stock Investments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn how calculating capital gains and capital losses can help them evaluate stock investments.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Calculating Rate of Return

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students calculate the rate of return to measure an investment's performance and answer questions about investing.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Developing a Financial Investment Portfolio

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are given brief descriptions of three individuals. They act as financial advisors and develop a financial investment portfolio for each client using internet references as they analyze various saving options. The internet web...
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The Balance

The Balance: An Introduction to the Financial Markets

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains what the different types of financial markets are, including stocks, bonds, commodities, and derivatives, as well as what the functions of financial markets are.
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Financial Web: The Independent Financial Portal

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents market news and commentary from financial analysts. It presents quotes, research, and more.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Introduction to Financial Markets

For Teachers 9th - 10th
High school students of today are the investors of tomorrow. Students must understand, however, that they do not have to be rich to start investing! Certainly, financial markets will play a major role in the life of today's high school...
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Teen Analyst: Teen Financial Information

For Students 9th - 10th
Believe it or not, most kids graduate high school lacking basic personal finance skills. That's where TeenAnalyst.com comes in. The basic idea was to give kids the information they need to become successful investors.
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Next Gen Personal Finance

Next Gen Personal Finance: Investing Data Crunch

For Students 9th - 10th
Data Crunches feature one chart or graph followed by five scaffolded questions to guide students through analyzing the data and drawing conclusions. These sets of data help students understand investment concepts.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheets: M5: L2:loans and Investments: Calculate With Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 5 Lesson 2 of this course on spreadsheets, students will learn how to use the advanced Financial, Logical and Date & Time functions to analyze spreadsheet data. Includes slideshow tutorials.
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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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CNN

Cnn Money: Investing in Bonds

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about investing in bonds. Including why buy bonds, how they work, the risks and a glossary.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Investigating Investing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's investor.gov website to learn about some common types of financial investment products.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: 5 Questions to Ask Before Investing in Graduate School

For Students 9th - 10th
Considering graduate school? These questions can help you evaluate the financial benefits and tradeoffs of investing in a graduate degree.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Playing an Investment Game

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work in groups to explore real-world scenarios that can affect stock investments.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Financial Assets

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge about different types of financial assets.
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Investing Online Resource Center: The Facts About Online Trading

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers audio and presentations on topics such as the real costs of online trading, online trading news, and things online investors should know. This site is a Public Service of the Washington State Department of Financial...
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Setting a Smart Savings Goal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners discuss short-term and long-term goals and what makes a goal SMART. They then create their own short-term savings goal and make an action plan to meet that goal.