PBS
Pbs: Make a Family Tree
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...
PBS
Pbs: Never Say Die: The Clock of Life
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
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: Making Spending Decisions
Students practice a commonly used decision-making model called PACED to help make spending decisions.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Playing a Credit and Debit Game
Students play a game to practice and explore positive credit and debit card behaviors.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Evaluating Savings Scenarios
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...
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills: Asking for a Loan
Learners deliver a persuasive monologue on why a family member should lend them money.
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Cfpb: Distinguishing Between Earned and Unearned Income
Students play a game to help them learn the difference between earned and unearned income.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Creating a Savings First Aid Kit
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: Managing Credit Card Payments
Students use a simple formula to calculate the true cost of items bought with a credit card.
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Practical Money Skills: Protecting Yourself From Identity Theft
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: Avoiding Debt
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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Cfpb: Understanding How Insurance Works: A Case Study About Lucy
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: Exploring Savings Habits
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: Acting Out Fraud
Students act out a skit to learn about different types of fraud.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Analyzing Credit Card Statements
Students conduct online research to become familiar with reading and analyzing credit card statements.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Getting a Credit Card and Using It Wisely
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: Being a Responsible Borrower
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: Bouncing Ball Budgets
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: Handling a Lost or Stolen Card
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: Playing an Insurance Game
Young scholars play a game to explore types of insurance and how they help protect people.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Composing Songs and Verse About Fraud
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: Playing an Insurance Matching Game
Young scholars play a game to demonstrate their understanding of how insurance reduces financial risk.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Saving Each Payday
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.