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Teach students to decode digital spending habits—from influencers to BNPL apps—and make smarter, informed financial choices.

Join this session if you'd like to use current events to teach personal finance standards on earning income, managing risk, and spending.

This video teaches the concept of Fiscal Policy. Fiscal policy refers to how government taxing and spending policy can be used to influence the macroeconomy.

Students will be introduced to the sources of campaign war chests, learning about the recent court decisions that have allowed for the creation of "Super PACS" and 501 (c) (4) organizations. The exploration will turn to how a candidate raises resources and how spending has accel…

With very few exceptions, the U.S. federal government does not have an "income" to spend providing goods and services. The money used for federal spending programs must be collected as federal taxes, or it must be borrowed. This lesson provides information about the costs …

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

How do you balance the federal budget and reduce the deficit? This game is a fun way to teach students how federal taxing and spending go hand in hand. It allows participants to choose the policies they wish to fund while cutting taxes and spending. Fun way to figure out how to balance the b…

In this economics lesson, students will learn about Rhetoric and how it effects the economy. 

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn about short and long term goals in order to be a successful saver. We save money to get things we can’t afford to buy now. Saving for the future requires patience but it can be worth it when we get what we want the most. Succ…

ESSENTIAL DILEMMA Were the contradictory responses political leaders had to the panic of 1893 driven more by economic/political self-interest or by differing visions of what kind of country they wanted the United States to be?