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129 of Total Resources

Grades 9-12

Risky Spending and Teen Gambling

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn about the risks of sports gambling.
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Personal Finance, Risk Managment/Insurance
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Buying Electric Appliances - Watt You Need to Know

In this lesson, students learn about the importance of energy costs when considering household budgeting decisions. They also consider the...
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Can You Be Fashionable and Ethical?

Students “produce” blue jeans and make business choices about production to simulate the decision of changing from more expensive, but...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Incentives, Marginal Analysis
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Deceptive Advertising: Crossing the Line

Businesses use advertising to tell consumers about the goods and services they are selling. Businesses hope that their advertisements will...
Key Concepts: Economic Institutions, Financial Institutions, Production Function
Lesson

Content Partner

Grades 3-5, 6-8

PBS-NOVA Financial Lab

Managing money is hard! Even when you know what you should do, it can be hard to actually do it....
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment
45 min
Activity

Content Partner

Grades 6-8

Dinner Discussions at Maggie Walker's House

Students study historic objects, photographs and documents, research influential members of the African American community and role-play a dinner party...
Key Concepts: Incentives
3 class periods
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Can You Allocate Ethically?

In Lesson #4 from the Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues curriculum, students work in groups to analyze allocation methods, apply...
Key Concepts: Allocation, Allocation, Allocation…
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Does Self-Interest Prevent Economic Justice?

In Lesson #7 0f the Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues curriculum, students explore basic ideas of justice by examing government...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Incentives, Marginal Analysis
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 3-5, 6-8

Did You Get the Message?

Updated! In this economic lesson, students will view TV ads to learn advertising incentives and strategies.
Key Concepts: Incentives
45 mins
Lesson

Content Partner

Grades 9-12

Intro to TurboTax

In this personal finance activity, students will use TurboTax to learn and actively file taxes.
Key Concepts: Taxes
45 mins
Activity

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Set a Savings Goal

In this personal finance activity, students will identify the steps needed to meet a savings goal.
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment
20 min
Activity

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Is It Worth It?

In this personal finance activity, students will consider the costs of saving to make a purchase.
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
30 mins
Activity

Grades 9-12

Taxes Scavenger Hunt

In this economics activity, students will investigate frequently asked questions about income tax.
Key Concepts: Taxes
30 mins
Activity