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Finance Authority of Maine: Claim Your Future

For Students 9th - 10th
This game can be played individually or as a class. Students make adult decisions about spending money, based on income from a particular career. This could help students decide on a career, as well as learning how to budget their...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 4: How to Use Your Money

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this lesson, students will identify why having a budget and keeping records of their spending and saving habits helps them make better financial choices.
Unit Plan
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Change Due

For Students 3rd - 8th
This lesson explains what making change is, contains a game and other resources to help you practice this important skill.
Interactive
Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Money Metropolis

For Students 2nd - 7th
Money skills game teaches students how to make money and what to do with it once they have earned it.
Lesson Plan
University of Missouri

University of Missouri St. Louis:wise Pockets: Kermit the Hermit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is an elementary level lesson that deals with spending, saving, income, and interest. Requires the book Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet. Includes detailed lesson plan along with procedures and activities.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 2: Saving Money by Finding the Better Buy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will be able to make economically sound purchasing decisions by using unit pricing, calculating discounts, and analyzing fixed and variable costs.
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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.
Article
Bankrate

Bankrate: How Do I Budget My Big Salary?

For Students 9th - 10th
The site provides an accountant's view about the percentages of income we should budget for our monthly living expenses. A good resource for students interested in making and managing money. (Aug. 22, 2000)
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Wild Water Adventure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars will learn how a system of equations can be used to find the best use of information to make decisions in real-world situations.Students will work in groups of 3s or 4s to develop a system for the best buy on tickets at a...
Activity
Other

Economic Awareness Council: Your First Paycheck [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what all that information on your paycheck means, and learn to make smart decisions about how to use the money you earn.
Website
Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Information

For Students 9th - 10th
The Federal Trade Commission has developed helpful investment articles and videos to assist consumers in making educated decisions about how they spend, manage and invest their money.
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

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: The Pickle Patch Bathtub [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A lesson based on The Pickle Patch Bathtub by Frances Kennedy, where young scholars learn about making choices in how to spend money, and how to set goals and develop a savings plan.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Every Penny Counts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson that helps young scholars understand that people must make choices about the goods and services they purchase. Students recognize the prices indicate what people pay for goods and services, learn to compare prices, and understand...
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BBC

Bbc: What Was Everyday Life Like in the Indus Valley?

For Students 4th - 6th
If you lived in the Indus River Valley how would you spend your day? How would you make money and buy goods? Click on the interactive pictures to see what people did for fun, work, and trade. View pictures of the actual seals made by the...