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Grades 6-8

Connect the Dots: Calculate Saving and Spending

In this cross-curricular math and personal finance lesson, students solve word problems and then use those solutions to solve a...

Key Concepts: Buying Goods and Services

45 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Women's History Month: Economics and Personal Finance Bell-Ringers

Celebrate Women's History Month in your economics and personal finance classroom! Use these 10 quotes by famous women to inspire...

5 mins

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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

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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

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Grades 3-5, 6-8

Willy Wonka’s Whimsical Entrepreneurship

In this lesson, students discuss the characteristics of an entrepreneur and how those characteristics apply to Willy Wonka. In groups,...

45 mins

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Grades 9-12

Buying on Credit

This personal finance lesson discusses the costs of credit in a manner that helps students calculate those costs and integrate...

60 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

March Madness Terms

15 mins

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Grades 3-5

Shark Scam: Money Tales

Students read about two scheming sharks and decide were to invest their money.

Key Concepts: Goods and Services, Money, Money

45 mins

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Grades 9-12

Budget Odyssey - Classifying Income, Fixed Expense, and Variable Expense

In this game, students can race with each other by classifying income, fixed expense, and variable expense.

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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

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Economic Bell Ringers, Warm-ups, and Hooks

In this economics activity, teachers will be able to find a variety of bell ringers and warm-ups.

10 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Test of Financial Knowledge

45 mins

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Grades 9-12

Test of Financial Literacy

45 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Basic Finance Test

45 mins

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Grades 9-12

Preparing Your Form 1040

In this personal finance lesson, students will use an IRS Form 1040 to calculate personal income tax.

45 mins

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Billy the Borrowing Blue-Footed Booby (Money Tales)

In this personal finance book, a serial spender discovers that there's a difference between wanting something and needing it.

30 mins

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