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Students discover that all elements of a budget are essentially spending on goods and services.

This calculator demonstrates how compounding can affect your savings.

In this personal finance lesson, students learn how compound interest situates itself within the financial life cycle.

Have you given any thought to where you will live when you are "on your own" - out in the world earning a living? You will have many decisions to make as you look for a place to call home. In this lesson, your basic economic decision making skills will be used to weigh the pros and…

In this economics lesson, students will learn how the value of money changes over time.

This webinar focuses on fictional families facing some very real problems; hunger, parental illness, joblessness, unpaid bills, and homelessness. Students can learn valuable life lessons concerning earning, saving, spending, and creative problem solving in books such as Crenshaw, How to Stea…

In the story, A Chair for My Mother, a little girl and her family save money in a jar to buy a chair after their furniture is destroyed in a fire. In this lesson, students will learn that characters in the book are human resources who save part of the income they earn. Students will ident…

This lesson from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' EconLowdown site teaches students what it means to save and reach savings goals through the book Beatrice's Goat by Page McBrier.

Taking the appropriate steps now may help set you up for a better financial situation later.

Personal Finance Webinar Series: Review standards 1-3 through peer-to-peer discussions.