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Financial Literacy Month - High School Resources

Use these Grade 9 – 12 resources as you celebrate Financial Literacy Month. Teach a different theme each week – Earning Income, Saving and Investing, Spending and Budgeting, and Managing Credit and Risk.

Lesson

Grades 9-12

Risky Spending and Teen Gambling

In this personal finance lesson, students review statistics about underage gambling,  listen to a podcast about teens getting hooked on...
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Spending, Unplanned Spending
45 mins
Lesson

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...
Key Concepts: Credit Card, Interest, Secured Debt…
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Integers and Net Worth

In this lesson students explore the concept of “net worth” and how it is calculated. They practice using integers while...
Key Concepts: Credit, Earned Income, Net Worth
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

GameStop Trial by Jury

In this economics activity, students will have a discussion/debate about GameStop Short Squeeze.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Financial Investments, Markets and Prices
30 mins
Lesson

Content Partner

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Making a Budget - It Is All Spending!

Students discover that all elements of a budget are essentially spending on goods and services.
Key Concepts: Decision Making, Goods and Services, Income…
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Choosing Sides: Which Drivers Would You Insure?

In this personal finance lesson, students will participate in insurance pools to learn how car insurance markets deal with risks.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Insurance, Risk and Return
60 mins
Lesson
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Publication

Grades 9-12

Credit Reports and Credit Scores

In this personal finance lesson, students will calculate credit scores to learn how to read a credit report.
Key Concepts: Credit
90 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

NYSE Made Easy

In this personal finance lesson, students will make choices about buying stocks.
Key Concepts: Financial Markets
90 mins
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

The Basics of Saving and Budgeting

In this personal finance lesson, students will identify ways to spend and save to learn how to reach financial goals.
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
60 mins
Lesson

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Grades 9-12

How Expensive are Payday Loans?

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn how a payday loan works.
Key Concepts: Credit, Interest
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

What is a Stock?

The students work in small groups that represent households. Each household answers questions about stocks and stock markets. For each...
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Financial Markets, Investing
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: Advertising, Business Costs and Revenues, Economic Institutions…
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Show Me the Money!

Students will investigate the unforeseen costs of car loans and/or house loans. They will then evaluate the economics of decision...
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Choice, Consumers…
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Should I Use Cash or Credit?

To use or not to use credit for a major purchase is an important decision. There is a nifty process...
Key Concepts: Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost
Lesson

Grades 9-12

The Economics of Homebuying

In this personal finance lesson, students interpret charts and graphs to analyze home buying trends, and then use a mortgage...
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

'You Paid How Much for That Ticket?'

Have you ever been the victim of discrimination? That is, have you ever been treated differently from other people based...
Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Demand, Markets and Prices
45 mins
Lesson

Activity

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Taxes Tic Tac Toe

In this game, students can play tic tac toe while answering questions about proportional, regressive, and progressive taxes.
Key Concepts: Taxes
Activity

Grades 6-8, 9-12

You Decide - Money Allocation Game

Let your students allocate $20,000 money to these repair jobs based on how important they are in the area!
Key Concepts: Money Management, Opportunity Cost, Scarcity…
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, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Saving
30 mins
Activity

Calculator

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Interest Calculator

This interest calculator can be used to calculate the monthly payments and final amount paid on a loan for various...
Key Concepts: Credit, Interest
Calculator

Video

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Saving and Investing Video and Quiz

In this personal finance video, students will learn about saving and investing and play a Kahoot! game.
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Interest, Saving and Investing
10 mins
Video

Grades 9-12

Buying on Credit Video and Quiz

In this personal finance video, students will learn about buying on credit and play a Kahoot! game.
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Credit
10 mins
Video

Grades 9-12

Insurance Video and Quiz

In this personal finance video, students will learn about insurance and play a Kahoot! game.
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Insurance, Risk and Return
10 mins
Video

Grades 9-12

Credit Decisions Video and Quiz

In this personal finance video, students will learn about credit and play a Kahoot! game.
Key Concepts: Credit, Goods and Services, Interest
10 mins
Video

Grades 9-12

Money Management/Budgeting Video and Quiz

In this personal finance video, students will learn how to budget and manage their money and play a Kahoot! game.
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Saving and Investing, Scarcity
10 mins
Video

Grades 9-12

Credit Score Video

Teach your students about credit scores. In this video a young man wants to get a loan to make surround...
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Credit, Entrepreneurs
Video

Grades 9-12

What are Mutual Funds? | Lesson Demo

This video is a classroom demonstration of Lesson 6: What are Mutual Funds? from CEE's Learning, Earning and Investing for...
Key Concepts: Financial Investments, Financial Markets
45 mins
Video

Professional Development

Grades 9-12

Why Save? | Lesson Demo

This video is a classroom demonstration of Lesson 1: Why Save? from CEE's Learning Earning and Investing for a New...
Key Concepts: Compound Interest, Interest
45 min
Video