Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Creating a Presentation on 529 Plans

It's gameplan time! Journalism scholars create a social media plan based upon work completed in previous lessons. The activity, fifth in a 16-part Social Media Toolbox series, focuses on using data and consensus to create an effective...

Young scholars 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.

Students practice creating a buying plan and apply this strategy to provide buying advice to others.

Students research the features and costs of cell phones and cell phone plans and use a decision matrix to compare options and determine the best one for their needs, wants, and budget.

Learners play a game to practice and explore positive credit and debit card behaviors.

Students use an online compound interest calculator to answer questions and create charts that show the value of saving money over time for future education goals.

Learners play a game to share how they think and feel about money.

A large collection of lesson plans and activities for high school students. The activities can be completed within a single class period. Each activity comes with a teacher guide and supporting student material, so it's easy to implement...

Students practice a commonly used decision-making model called PACED to help make spending decisions.

Students discuss short-term and long-term goals and what makes a goal SMART. They then create their own short-term savings goal and make an action plan to meet that goal.