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Grades 9-12
It's a Not So Wonderful Life
In this lesson students learn about banks and banking. The study the fractional reserve system, and the role the Fed...
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Grades 3-5
You Can BANK on This! (Part 4)
This lesson deals with credit and wraps up this unit on finance.
Grades 3-5
The Grasshopper and the Ant
Understanding the concept of opportunity cost is critical for good decision making. The ability to identify the opportunity cost—the highest...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Goods and Services…
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Collecting for Fun . . . and Profit?
Art, baseball cards, coins, comic books, dolls, jewelry and stamps are just a few examples of the many things people...
Key Concepts: Risk Managment/Insurance
Grades 3-5
Money Comes and Goes
Students read two online stories that introduce them to the elements of a budget and show that a successful budget...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Budgeting/Money Managment
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
Grades 3-5
Banks, Bankers, Banking
Students will demonstrate understanding of the processes associated with banking by role- playing as customers, tellers, and guards.
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/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Nearpod version available
Grades 6-8
Why Adopt a Highway?
In this personal finance lesson, students will learn about the successful Adopt-a-Highway program.
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economic Institutions, Game Theory…
Grades 9-12
Stock Market Price History
Each of us seek to make wise investment decisions that will make our money grow. Unfortunately, we cannot predict the...
Grades 9-12
Buying vs. Renting
Have you given any thought to where you will live when you are "on your own" - out in the...
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
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/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Grades 9-12
Do You Have a Yen to Go to College?
Carlos is a senior at local high school. When he graduates, he plans to study computer animation. He has applied...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Exchange Rates, Marginal Analysis
Grades 9-12
How Long Is Your Life?
High school students have rarely been asked to look at their future beyond where they will be going to college...
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment
Grades 9-12
The Early 1980s: A Tough Time For Home Builders and Mortgage Bankers
Have you ever thought of how much it might cost you to finance the purchase of a home? The home's...
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Financial Institutions
