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Students listen to the book Uncle Jed's Barbershop, about an African American barber who, despite significant setbacks, saves enough money to buy his own barbershop. From the story, students learn about saving, savings goals, opportunity cost, and segregation. The students participate in …

In this personal finance activity, students will consider the costs of saving to make a purchase.

Managing money is hard! Even when you know what you should do, it can be hard to actually do it. In these games from the PBS science series NOVA, students practice strategies for making financial decisions by taking care of a pet while learning how to overcome common behavioral biases.

In this personal finance activity, students will identify the steps needed to meet a savings goal.

In this personal finance video, students will learn about saving and investing and play a Kahoot! game.

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…

This quick video will walk you through the basics of holistic financial wellness.

In Policy Perspectives on the Federal Budget, a digital interactive activity, students think critically about Federal Budget policy choices from the perspectives of varied personas. For guidance on using the activity, please review our Policy Perspectives Usage Guidelines document. This acti…

In this economic activity, students will identify how changes in AD/AS affect the price level and real (GDP).

Use this Image Annotation Tool to enable your students to creatively comment on political cartoons, and to share their annotated creations. Encourage your students to create a caption, add thought and/or speech bubbles, and place concept labels and clip art stickers to reinforce or change th…