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In this personal finance lesson, students will look into financial institutions to learn about personal investing.

The North won the Civil War in large part due to its superior resources. In this lesson students will learn the difference between capital resources, human capital, and natural resources. They will investigate and compare the resources held by the North and the South during the Civil War. …

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn how to become wealthy in order to build their financial future.

This updated lesson is based on the novel, Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson. Set mainly in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s, 13-year-old Lyddie Worthen, works six days a week, from dawn until dusk, running weaving looms in a murky dust-and lint-filled factory, trying to save enough money to…

Use the lovable character Curious George to capture student attention while teaching about personal finance and economics.

Taking the appropriate steps now may help set you up for a better financial situation later.

In this economics lesson, students will create an assembly line to learn how specialization increases productivity.

This lesson teaches students what economists mean when they talk about people who are employed, unemployed, and not in the labor force. It discusses the Current Population Survey and asks students to pose as government survey workers to determine the employment status of 10 people give…

Beef up your savings faster with help from your employer Piggy banks.

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn about short and long term goals in order to be a successful saver. We save money to get things we can’t afford to buy now. Saving for the future requires patience but it can be worth it when we get what we want the most. Succ…