Curated OER
Stock It To Me
Students investigate the stock market using stock market tables, charts, and graphs. They participate in a simulation of stock market investment over time. They read about the history of Wall Street and the Stock Market.
Other
Treasury Direct: Money Math: Lessons for Life: Math and Taxes:a Pair to Count On
Students have the opportunity to see how the money they earn is dependent, to a great extent, on the education they gain, by examining occupations and salaries. They then will use pay stubs and tax tables to learn what happens to the...
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Treasury Direct: Money Math: Lessons for Life: Wallpaper Woes [Pdf]
Students use a real-world example to work on measurement skills and learn economic concepts such as budget constrains, trade-offs and expenses. [PDF]
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Pricing a Job
Learn how to calculate a fair price for a service. You'll be exploring calculations of direct cost, overhead, profit and more. The answers you give to the lesson questions will receive immediate feedback.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Path to Positive
Using the story Less than Zero by Stuart Murphy, middle schoolers relate money matters to positive and negative numbers as a real-life correlation. Incorporated into this lesson, students play the path to positive game where they are...