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In this personal finance lesson, students will examine earned and unearned income.

Are you a high school teacher? Learn More about National Personal Finance Challenge (NPFC)!  Engage your students by participating in the National Personal Finance Challenge (NPFC), a fun and motivating team competition that provides high school students the opportunity to get financially sa…

Welcome to the National Personal Finance Challenge! To enter your state challenge, click your state below. At each state personal finance challenge, teams of up to four students with one teacher/coach showcase their expertise in earning income, buying goods and services, saving, using credit…

  The National Personal Finance Challenge (NPFC) is a nationwide competition that provides high school students the opportunity to build and demonstrate their knowledge of money management. Teams showcase their expertise in the concepts of earning income, buying goods and services, saving, u…

Understanding the concept of opportunity cost is critical for good decision making. The ability to identify the opportunity cost—the highest valued alternative that must be given up when another option is chosen—helps people to assess their alternatives.

In this personal finance lesson, students will use breakeven analysis formula to analyze investment options.

In this economics lesson, students will learn the importance of money as a medium of exchange.

In this economics lesson, students will use economic reasoning to choose post-secondary options.

Students explore the concept of interest by means of two activities. The first, a simple activity with jellybeans, introduces the concept of interest accruement, and the second, a practical, "real world" activity, reinforces the concept and places it into a larger context.