Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Charge It?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will select appropriate and inappropriate uses of credit cards by role-playing a college student who must choose to either use cash or a credit card to pay for a variety of real-life scenarios. This lesson plan...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Can I Afford This House?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will prepare a spreadsheet that provides information about purchasing a house. Using functions and formulas, they will determine if they can afford the house. This is a Commerce and Information Technology lesson...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Liquidity for Success

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will input values to calculate financial ratios and intepret the information derived from the calculations. This is a Commerce and Information Technology lesson plan.
Article
Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: Managing Debt

For Students 9th - 10th
Debt is the money you owe someone and its not always bad. Learn what it is, how to get out of it, and where to start.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs: Your Life, Your Money: Play the Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Play the game Your Life, Your Money, Your World in which helpful financial information is spread throughout.
eBook
Other

Wyoming Retirement System: Sonia Meets Her Future Self

For Teachers 4th - 7th
PDF comic book character, Sonia, a 6th grader, meets several future versions of herself and learns about saving for retirement.
Interactive
Thinkport Education

Maryland Public Television: Plan Your Dream Prom

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive, you decide what to wear, how to ride and more. More importantly, find out if you have enough loot to cover your choices.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Personal Economics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will be able to explain the various services available to protect consumer rights. They will develop a PowerPoint presentation in their student achievement teams which contains the required information along with a question...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Where Does Your Paycheck Go?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using real copies of pay stubs, students will examine them to see where all the deductions go. An extensive teacher's guide can be downloaded - the lessons are also intended for other sections of this website.
Website
Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Debtor and Creditor: An Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource explains debtor-creditor law when one party is unable to pay back a debt to another. It also explains three types of creditors.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Financial Fairy Tales

For Students Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A simple presentation of an engaging fairy story called The Last Gold Coin with messages about financial management that are clear morals from the tale.
Website
Other

Teach Me Finance: Finance Tutorials

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you looking to learn basic financial concepts? Teach Me Finance offers easy-to-use tutorials that introduce learner's to financial literacy.
Website
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Cfpb): Private Mortgage Insurance (Pmi)

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the legalities of private mortgage insurance (PMI) and the law protecting homeowners from paying unnessary fees. Links to understanding the basics of PMI, PMI requirements, the Homeowner's Protection Act (PMI), how to cancel...
Activity
Other

Finance Authority of Maine: Cash and Max: Look at All the Things Max Will Learn

For Students K - 1st
A PDF coloring book for early elementary students provides basic lessons about earning and saving money.