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PBS

Pbs: Make a Family Tree

For Students Pre-K - 1st
At this site, families can work together to create a unique family tree. Its special design allows you not only to record names of your family members but also to describe their likes and dislikes, how they used their leisure time, where...
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PBS

Pbs: Never Say Die: The Clock of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the PBS production, Scientific American Frontier "Never Say Die", includes a section entitled "The Clock of Life". It provides a discussion of cell death through shortening of the telomere. A good class activity included.
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Ucce: Money Talks

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides activities such as: savings video, youth money newletters, financial literacy games, related links, and a teacher section.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Making Spending Decisions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students practice a commonly used decision-making model called PACED to help make spending decisions.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Playing a Credit and Debit Game

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students play a game to practice and explore positive credit and debit card behaviors.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Evaluating Savings Scenarios

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By analyzing real-world scenarios, students practice making informed decisions about savings tools to meet financial situations and needs. Includes teaching guide, a handout on options for saving money, and a student worksheet that can...
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Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Asking for a Loan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners deliver a persuasive monologue on why a family member should lend them money.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Cfpb: Distinguishing Between Earned and Unearned Income

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students play a game to help them learn the difference between earned and unearned income.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Creating a Savings First Aid Kit

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn the importance of developing an emergency savings fund to deal with unexpected challenges and unplanned expenses.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Managing Credit Card Payments

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use a simple formula to calculate the true cost of items bought with a credit card.
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Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Protecting Yourself From Identity Theft

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After watching a video about the dangers of identity theft, learners will choose actions that will help protect their personal information.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Avoiding Debt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars read a short story and a handout to learn about excessive debt and ways to avoid or reduce debt.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Cfpb: Understanding How Insurance Works: A Case Study About Lucy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students read about how insurance works, then review a case study to see how insurance choices can affect personal finances for a rural young adult.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Exploring Savings Habits

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about the benefits of forming their own savings habits and explore what it looks like to save a percentage of income.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Acting Out Fraud

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students act out a skit to learn about different types of fraud.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Analyzing Credit Card Statements

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students conduct online research to become familiar with reading and analyzing credit card statements.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Getting a Credit Card and Using It Wisely

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars conduct research to learn about credit cards and explore the effect that using a credit card can have on a person's credit score.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Being a Responsible Borrower

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch a role-play to learn about the behaviors of a responsible borrower and answer questions about borrowing.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Bouncing Ball Budgets

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through an interactive game, learners share spending decisions they've made in the past and start to think about their spending habits in new ways.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Handling a Lost or Stolen Card

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students conduct research to learn what steps to take if they experience a lost or stolen ATM, debit, or credit card or card number. Includes teaching guide and student worksheet that can be filled in on a computer.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Playing an Insurance Game

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars play a game to explore types of insurance and how they help protect people.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Composing Songs and Verse About Fraud

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a song, rap, or poem that warns people about identity theft and types of fraud. Includes teaching guide and student worksheet that can be filled in on a computer.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Playing an Insurance Matching Game

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars play a game to demonstrate their understanding of how insurance reduces financial risk.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Saving Each Payday

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners use a real-world simulation to learn how saving a little money each payday can be a successful strategy for saving. Includes teaching guide and student worksheet that can be filled in on a computer.