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Financial Literacy Month - Middle School Resources

Use these Grade 6 – 8 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

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 6-8

Debit Cards vs Credit Cards

Using a Better Money Habits video, this lesson introduces students to the advantages and disadvantages of using debit cards and...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Budgeting/Money Managment, Buying Goods and Services…
45 min
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: AP Microeconomics, Basic Economic Concepts, Budgeting/Money Managment…
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 6-8

Hey, Get a Job!

The second of a two-part unit on income-earning endeavors, this lesson has students choose a job or business to engage...
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Entrepreneurs
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 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: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Lesson

Activity

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: Basic Economic Concepts, Budgeting/Money Managment, Decision Making…
45 min
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: AP Microeconomics, Economic Systems, Personal Finance…
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

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...
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/Money Managment
10 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...
45 min
Video