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Students analyze and rank the four general goals of corrections to help them determine their personal beliefs about what prisons are supposed to do. Through a series of readings and data analysis students evaluate whether private prisons are better than public prisons at meeting the goals.

In this lesson, students listen to the story of Ruby and Max, two bunnies that go shopping and make many spending decisions. Students are introduced to short-term and long-term savings goals to help them save for goods they want in the future. After a goal-sorting activity, students choos…

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn about the risks of sports gambling.

Students analyze documents, create a school-funding graphic organizer, and write an email to their state representative with their plan to fund schools in the most ethical way based on their researched opinion.

Newly updated! This lesson introduces students to three basic economic indicators: real GDP, the inflation rate, and the unemployment rate. The students work in small groups to develop an economic forecast, using the three basic economic indicators. They participate in a simulation activi…

In this personal finance lesson, students will investigate opportunity cost by using slope.

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn how to determine the function values of simple functions.

Students read two online stories that introduce them to the elements of a budget and show that a successful budget balances money coming in (income) with money going out (expenses and savings). Follow-up activities point out the value of a budget. Students learn that a budget can help us mak…

Fairy tales have always been used to give lessons about life. The story of Jack and the Bean Stalk is a good lesson about the importance of knowing about money and banks. The story of Jack asks the question, "What is money?"

On this website, you can see how the frameworks and theories taught in class relate to real-world timely events.