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.

Young scholars 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...

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

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...

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, students 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, apply...

Learners 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.

This site describes how credit ratings are figured and how they are important. It puts particular emphasis on married women and their need to obtain their own credit.

This site provides an interesting lesson on credit and how we use it, the dangers of over-using it, bankruptcy and its consequences, and more.

Credit is a wonderful tool for the consumer. It can enhance your quality of life. It enables you to buy and enjoy a purchase before you have the money to pay for it. On the other hand, it can create serious problems for people who use it...

One-page profile of influential innovator, Lewis Tappan, an abolitionist whose vision and ideas created America's first credit rating and reporting system.

Find out how your credit score is figured, why it is important to keep a high credit score, and some tips on how to keep your rating high.

An introduction to how credit default swaps work.

Find out why your credit report is so important to your well-being in today's economy. See where the reports come from, who can see your credit report, what type of information is on it, as well as other important facts about credit scores.

Why did lending standards become more and more lax from 2000 to 2006? Discusses how money was lent for mortgages and how ratings agencies work. [9:49]

From BalanceTrack, this section provides students with information about what to look for in a credit card and how to use credit.

This is a lesson geared towards elementary level students. Using the book Four Dollars and Fifty Cents by Eric Kimmel, the teacher instructs students about the terms creditor, debtor, collateral, credit, and credit report. Lesson...

Short video [0:44] discussing the importance of having good credit, whether an individual who is buying an expensive item such as a car or a house, or a business wanting to borrow for investment or expansion.

Sal Khan discusses the systemic risks of credit default swaps. [12:03]

This video is an introduction to credit default swaps. [10:57]