A scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, politician, and the founder of a nation—and that's just one person! Learners investigate the many lives of Benjamin Franklin. Using a hands-on interactive online resource, they analyze primary...

How does employment affect supply and demand? It may seem like a simple question, but an authentic prompt from College Board helps learners unpack various scenarios. Additional queries explore exchange rates and the effects of monetary...

Children identify wants and needs, bake and sell cookies to raise money, and then go to the mall to purchase gifts for Christmas stockings that are donated to the Salvation Army. They then perform Graphing activities to help children...

In this ESL/ELL reading and reasoning worksheet, students read a short selection about a family vacation. They answer 5 true or false questions before writing a short essay about how the family can solve the problem about how they spend...

Students consider the effects of rising oil and natural gas prices on family spending and saving habits. They design a board game intended to help people save.

Students explore the concept of investing.  In this investment lesson, students discuss the best way to invest money.  Students then write essays, taking two seperate points of view. 

In this ESL reading comprehension worksheet, learners read or listen to the passage, then complete a wide variety of warm-up, before listening/reading, while listening/reading, after listening/reading, discussion, writing and homework...

In this math activity, students solve 4 story problems which pertain to after-Christmas shopping. Students will calculate prices of items on sale, figure out the best deals and solve percentage-off problems.

Young scholars examine the dynamics of family finances. In groups, they discuss the importance of a budget and create their own given a fictional amount of money. As a class, they listen to a speaker from the bank discussing the...

Young scholars write the algebraic equation to determine the number of weeks money must be saved to purchase a yo-yo. In this algebra instructional activity, students create a pattern of one penny surrounded by six pennies. They continue...

Students compute the length of time it will take to save enough money to purchase a yo-yo. For this math lesson, students create a design with pennies and write the associated linear equation. In this linear equations lesson, students...

Students explore the concept of the cost of raising a child. In this cost of raising a child instructional activity, students read an article about the expenses associated with teenagers. Students discuss ways in which parents maneuver...

Students research the salary for a career of interest. They consider what kind of lifestyle that career would provide and graph their information for comparison.

Students explore the concept of vertex-edge graphs.  For this vertex-edge graphs lesson, students try to construct a graph with a given diameter, number of vertices, size, and planarity.  Students construct various vertex-edge...

In this consumer mathematics worksheet, students complete a monthly budget form by filling each of the categories. They fill in their total expenses for each category and calculate their budget for month three.

In this data table worksheet, students complete a table with information on money earned, spent and saved in each of 4 weeks for a student's job.

Students explore saving and investing money.  In this middle school personal finance instructional activity, students define and use investment vocabulary, explore compound interest and its effect of savings, and compute simple and...

In this division worksheet, students complete division problems dealing with money, basic problems, and more. Students complete 10 multiple choice problems.

Students examine saving and spending decisions in 1944 through the eyes of Molly, a nine-year-old growing up during World War II. The instructional activity uses Meet Molly, An American Girl, by Valerie Tripp.

Students create a three-part bank. In this savings lesson plan, students utilize the three-part bank to separate their spending needs, wants, and long term goals. Students share some of the money earned for donation. Students discuss the...

Students collect pennies to donate to charity and calculate the number of pennies.  In this penny counting lesson, students group pennies in tens and count how many dollars and cents they have.  Students read a book about...

Students explore the concept of budgeting. In this budgeting lesson, students read an article about preparing for retirement. Students create a budget of household expenses during retirement and create a savings plan for that budget.

Learners examine living on a fixed income. In this financial analysis activity, students discuss living on a fixed income and discuss wants and needs. Learners research money saving tips and create a PowerPoint about the topic. Students...

Students examine ways to make money grow through banking basics. In this banking basics lesson, students identify the types of bank accounts and explore the different types of accounts. Students work in pairs to create pamphlets about...