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In this personal finance lesson, students will identify the opportunity cost of a spending decision.

Friday the 13th was your lucky day. You won the lottery! The lottery officials have given you a choice. You can either receive the $10 million now in one lump sum, or you can receive $1 million a year for the next 20 years. Now what do you do?

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…

In this personal finance lesson, students will compare the impact of time on long-term investments.

Banking should not be confusing. It should be INTERESTing! Most students in the elementary grades would love to know more about checking accounts, ATMs, credit cards and all the ways in which their relatives buy the stuff that they want. This lesson provides the students with information on…

In this personal finance lesson, students will make choices about buying stocks.

This personal finance manual provides a framework for teaching personal finance in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Income for most people is determined by the market value of the productive resources they sell. What workers earn depends, primarily, on the market value of what they produce and how productive they are.

"Full of Beans" by Jennifer L. Holm tells a story about Beans Curry and his many decisions during the Great Depression.