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Financial Planning For Catastrophe

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Learners explore the concept of financial planning for a catastrophe. In this financial planning lesson, students discuss the devastation that Hurricane Katrina wrought on the Gulf Coast. Learners create budgets to plan for a...
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FINANCE AND RESPONSIBLE LENDING.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the role of banks, lending and their services. In this analysis lesson, students learn about savings, checking accounts and lending and the importance of banks as financial intermediaries.
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Financial Planning for Catastrophe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the case of The Gulf Coast and relate it financial importance. In this financial planning lesson, students watch a video and then begin to analyze how to plan for the unexpected by reviewing the financial components that...
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My Bank, My Budget, My Decisions

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a personal budget. In this financial planning lesson, students create a budget using income data and identify ways to save a portion of money for donations.
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Why We Save

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students discover how to save money. In this financial planning lesson, students read the story Spend or Save? and discuss ways to save money. Students choose a character from the story and write about a financial decision they had to make.
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Could You Start a Business?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
High schoolers learn how a business starts and finds financial independence. For this lesson, students learn the struggle of financial management, the costs of running a business and how to keep a budget.
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Advanced Matching - Finances

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this financial terms worksheet, students draw a line from the financial terms on the left to their matching meaning on the right. There are 15 terms and definitions to match up.
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Budget It!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this managing money worksheet, students record all their families expenses and draw a pie chart showing how much money goes where. Students express the importance of planning how to spend money on the lines provided.
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The Real Way to Moolah Beach!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore various avenues to the difficulties of managing money. They view key insights into the basics of managing their finances. Keeping an accurate checkbook and accounting system is covered in depth within this lesson.
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Consumer Credit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate he concept of consumer credit by explaining the benefits of using credit. The costs of their use is discussed in the lesson and the criteria that is used in order to establish credit. They work in cooperative groups...
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Bottom-Line Personal Finance Myths

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the concept of personal finance. They take a look at some of the misconceptions that surround many financial responsibilities. Students examine statistics and other factors in order to comprehend sound principles...
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Campaign Finance Reform and Public Opinion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss the issue of finance reform in political campaigns. Using the internet, they identify the positives and negatives of finance reform and research the problems associated with campaign fund-raising. They share their...
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Withdrawing Money From The BAnk

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss the various options for withdrawing money from the bank. Students recognize the importance of keeping accurate bank records and personal banking information secure. This instructional activity is intended for...
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Budget Finances

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students role play the role of a recent graduate of high school living on their own. Using play money, they are given one month's salary and they discover they own their own house or apartment and owe money on a car loan. They develop...
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Planning A Household Budget

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students experience real life by utilizing math skills to plan a household budget and enhance their financial planning skills.
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"Tarantula Shoes," by Tom Birdseye

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students read a book and explore spending, saving, opportunity cost, and trade-offs. They keep a diary of expenses to track their spending and examine their opportunity costs.
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Saving For Retirement

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the fundamentals related to saving for retirement and investing such as return on investment, compound interest, and planning for different rates of savings. They see the importance of setting long term saving goals.
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Jesse's Big Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain assets, liabilities and expenses. They record information on income statements and balance sheets and brainstorm opportunities to make money work for them.
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Budgeting 101

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils identify various sources of income and discern between needs and wants as they also learn to create a personal budget.  In this personal budget lesson, student understand financial scenarios as they relate to different ways...
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Unit Pricing

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore unit pricing to determine the best buy for their money. In this personal finance lesson, students calculate cost per wear examples and create a list of criteria for picking clothes. Students visit a story and use their...
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Under the Bed or in the Bank?

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students explore personal finance.  In this consumer /financial mathematics lesson, students compare interest rates as they explore savings. 
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Retirement: Show Me the Money!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the concept of retirement finances. In this retirement finances lesson, students discuss what it means to save, invest, risk, or the time value of money. Students play the stock market game. Students interview a parent...
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You Can Bank on Me!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars identify reasons people choose to donate. In this donating lesson, students contrast the words spend, save, and donate. Young scholars learn a song about donating, brainstorm reasons to give, and make sound choices with...
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Real Life Challenge ~ Budget

For Students 9th - 12th
In this consumer mathematics instructional activity, students complete one month of budgeting by completing each of the statements with the appropriate information. Then they calculate their total expenses for the month minus their...