Credit Ratings Teacher Resources

Learn about credit ratings and how it plays a role in the function of small businesses. Learners use their knowledge of good and bad credit to role play and determine good credit vs. bad credit in the area of small businesses.

Students critique and compare loan purchases dealing with credit rating, beacon scores, and credit-scoring systems. They define vocabulary associated with the lesson. Students deduce an individuals beacon score.

This second of four videos starts with a short history of the housing market and the conditions that allowed some people to buy, when others could rent. These starting points are a great topic for students to discuss further before...

In this economic information instructional activity, students read the text about borrowing, lending, credit ratings, and mortgages. Students answer the 6 online quiz questions for the topic.

Students learn about credit cards and scores and how to and not to use them. In this financial concept lesson plan, students are given hypothetical scenarios where they are able to apply learning's to given situations as they figure...

Start your engines! Prevent negative car buying experiences by arming pupils with information. Prepare your young drivers to make informed decisions when they are ready to purchase a car. All aspects are considered from the type of car...

Financial independence can be a dream, but it can also be a nightmare if you don't know how to stay afloat. Use a series of lessons to teach pupils about the consequences of overspending and not minding a budget, as well as how to...

Political comics can be a great way to get kids thinking critically about current political topics. They assess this cartoon and analyze how the cartoonist feels about US spending policy. There are three solid critical analysis questions...

Students explore the concept of credit. In this credit lesson, students discuss the necessities to start-up a new business. Students discuss cost of a new business, loans, and credit. Students create their own business and apply what...

Student determine a safe debt load. In this credit interview lesson, high schoolers explore the importance of budgeting, saving and investing. They examine the pros and cons of using a credit card. Students discuss how to build credit,...

Students determine the steps in checking a credit report. They analyze a credit report. They create a plan to develop and/or improve credit history.

Students investigate the economic concepts related to the fall of Enron in order to begin unraveling this complex scandal. They do research in small groups to identify such things as the Securities Exchange Commission.

In this online interactive vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 fill in the blank questions regarding grocery store-related vocabulary. Students may submit their answers to be scored.