Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Comparing Stock Investments

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...

Students calculate the rate of return to measure an investment's performance and answer questions about investing.

Students read descriptions of common places to store their money and weigh the benefits and risks of each to decide which one(s) fit their financial goals.

Students select a local bank or credit union to research to learn about what to consider when choosing a financial institution. Includes teaching guide and student worksheet that can be filled in on a computer.

By thinking about their own expenses, students explore how differentiating between needs and wants can inform daily financial decisions and rules to live by.

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.

Students 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.

Students play a game to explore how tax revenues pay for various events and services they encounter in daily life.

Students match tax types to definitions and then apply their knowledge to tax scenarios. Includes teaching guide and student handouts.

Young scholars review a pay stub from a sample paycheck to understand the real-world effect of taxes and deductions on the amount of money they take home.