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NJ Student Learning Standards - Career Readiness, Life Literacies, and Key Skills

Resources to help NJ high school teachers meet the New Jersey Student Learning Standards – Career Readiness, Life Literacies, and Key Skills.

Lesson

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

Do Businesses Have Social Responsibility?

In Lesson #6 of the Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues curriculum, students will participate in a simulation and discussion to...
Key Concepts: Business Organization, Externalities, Firms and Production…

GameStop Trial by Jury

In this economics activity, students will have a discussion/debate about GameStop Short Squeeze.
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis

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Making a Budget - It Is All Spending!

Students discover that all elements of a budget are essentially spending on goods and services.
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Budgeting/Money Managment, Goods and Services…

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: AP Microeconomics, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis…
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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 and Debt, Interest Rates, Personal Finance
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Consumer Credit Protection

In this personal finance lesson, students will receive an overview of legal protection for those using consumer credit.

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…

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How Expensive are Payday Loans?

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn how a payday loan works.
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Budgeting/Money Managment, Credit and Debt…

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/Money Managment, Financial Institutions

Exploring Taxes

In this personal finance lesson, students will explore websites to learn about income taxes.
Key Concepts: Taxes

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: AP Microeconomics, Basic Economic Concepts, Externalities…

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: AP Microeconomics, Budgeting/Money Managment, Buying Goods and Services…

'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: Production Function

Activity

Supply and Demand - Game

In this economics game, students will play through a board game learning about supply and demand.
Key Concepts: Aggregate Supply and Demand, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics…

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…

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Saving For Retirement

Taking the appropriate steps now may help set you up for a better financial situation later.
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment

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Interest Calculator

This interest calculator can be used to calculate the monthly payments and final amount paid on a loan for various...

Compound Interest Calculator

This calculator demonstrates how compounding can affect your savings.
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Personal Finance, Saving

Video

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

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/Money Managment

Insurance Video and Quiz

In this personal finance video, students will learn about insurance and play a Kahoot! game.
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Risk Managment/Insurance

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: Allocation, Budgeting/Money Managment, Firms and Production…

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/Money Managment, Entrepreneurs

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 Institutions

Professional Development

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...