Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Entrepreneurship
In this lesson, learners become entrepreneurs and they will create a community of businesses by selling goods and services for profit. This lesson requires students to work in groups. Each group will have its own business to develop....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Can I Afford This House?
In this lesson, students will prepare a spreadsheet that provides information about purchasing a house. Using functions and formulas, they will determine if they can afford the house. This is a Commerce and Information Technology lesson...
Other
Co Op America
The Co-op America foundation is a non-profit organization that focuses on fair economic practices to teach social and environmental responsibility. Their many programs such as Green Business, Green Energy, Fair Trade, Responsible Shopper...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: College Bound: Moving Out!
Lesson plan for students exploring aspects of preparation for college, including writing an application essay, applying for financial aid, understanding a lease, and evaluating credit cards. Website research is combined with various...
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Why Prepare for the Unexpected?
Identifies the steps students need to take when developing their own plans for being financially prepared for emergencies.
Curated OER
Robert Morris (Financier of the American Revolution)
An image of Robert Morris (Financier of the American Revolution).
Other
We the Savers: Young Savers
This resource introduces students to the world of money with this online tutorial. Each unit has its' own online quiz. Brave the desert, climb mountains and dodge alligators while you explore everything there is to know about earning,...
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Spending Money Wisely
Exercise to help an individual understand the relationship between the work force and the structure of the American family. Includes a bibliography, student reading list, and example problems.
Other
One Hen: Microfinance for Kids
Inspired by a 2008 book, "One Hen" by Katie Smith Milway, this initiative has turned into a non-profit organization working to teach world issues and global citizenship to children through families and schools.
Edutopia
Edutopia: Goods and Services [Pdf]
A unit that teaches the difference between goods and services, the difference between producers and consumers, the difference between human, natural, and capital resources, and the difference between bartering/trading and buying/selling....
PBS
Pbs: Electronic Money Unit
Electronic Money is a PBS series of five classroom (grades 9-12) activities and lessons which include great support material on evolution of money and the e-money revolution.
Other
St. Petersburg Times: Money Stuff
This resource makes finance and all aspects of managing money understandable, including budgets, banking, credit, buying a car, and more.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: The Piggy Bank Primer [Pdf]
A workbook for children on how to save and manage their money, and how to create a budget.
Other
Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Econ Explorers Journal [Pdf]
In this collection of lesson activities, students will complete an "Econ Explorers Journal" to help them learn how economics is involved in their neighborhood, the books they read, in earning a living, at their banks, in their homes, and...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp the Price of Bread
The purpose of this task is for learners to calculate the percent increase and relative cost in a real-world context. This task is part of a set collaboratively developed with Money as You Learn, an initiative of the President's Advisory...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is an Apr by Better Money Habits
You may have seen the term APR, or annual percentage rate, used in reference to everything from mortgages and auto loans to credit cards. In this piece, we look at credit card APRs which you've probably seen listed on your monthly...
Employment Spot
Employment Spot: Hollywood Jobs
Who hasn't dreamed of running off to Hollywood and rubbing elbows with the rich and famous? And it isn't only aspiring actors, writers and directors who dream. After all, the stars need someone to cook for them, fix their computers,...
Vassar College
Vassar College: 1896: Populist Party Platform
This 1896, Website of Political Cartoons page presents the People's (Populist) Party platform of 1896. The platform discusses the finances, railroads and telegraphs, the public lands, the referendum, the territories, public salaries,...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Hans Rosling Shows the Best Stats You've Ever Seen
Explore collected data in regards to life expectancies, family size, and finances through out the world and the various ways the data has been displayed.
PBS
Pbs: Faq Sheet on the Mormon Church's Growth, Structure and Reach
A series of questions and answers on the current size of the Mormon Church, how is is spreading around the world, the role it plays in Utah and its finances.
Other
Jewish World Review: Haym Salomon: The Rest of the Story
A passionate patriot, Haym Salomon, featured in this biography, is remembered for this money management skills and ability to recruit members to the Continental Army. He used much of his own privately earned money to help fund the...
PBS
Pbs Newshour Extra: What Are the Factors Behind a Foreclosure?
The objective for this lesson plan is to prepare learners for the task of buying a home by providing them with the needed financial literacy skills. These topics are included: calculate affordable housing based on debt to income ratio,...
Wolters Kluwer
Business Owner's Toolkit: The Difference Between Cash Flow and Profit
This article explains the difference between cash flow and profit and how to use accrual accounting to manage finances for a business.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
The picture book One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference, written by Kate Smith Milway, takes place in Africa. Here in a Ghanan village, young Kojo cannot afford to go to school after the death of his father. His resourceful...