Curated OER
Saving Money On Household Items
Students use sale ads to compare and contrast prices on groceries, electronics, appliances and other goods. Working in groups, students brainstorm ways to save money on these items. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.
Curated OER
Summer Trip
Seventh graders utilize the Internet for use of search engines to plan a trip. They research and develop expenses for a trip and divide and round the cost of things to the nearest tenth.
Curated OER
Term Deposits: Worth the Wait?
Young scholars study term deposits and the attributes of long and short-term savings. They examine their spending habits while looking at how different types of accounts meet different economic goals. They complete worksheets that are...
Curated OER
Savings and Stocks
Work together to brainstorm answers to different questions related to the savings of American people. Draw a bar graph representing stocks. Practice using new economic terms as well.
Curated OER
Why Do People Save?
Middle schoolers identify ways in which they can save and spend their money. They discover why people save money and calculate simple interest. They discuss the costs and benefits of saving.
Curated OER
The Cost of Life
Students research the salary for a career of interest. They consider what kind of lifestyle that career would provide and graph their information for comparison.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Less Than Zero [Pdf]
This lesson accompanies a story by Stuart J. Murphy called Less Than Zero and teaches students about how to manage their money by saving it and setting goals for themselves.
The British Museum
The British Museum: World of Money
Here you can find a wealth of information about money: what it is, its history, how to save it, how it's made, its role in society, and how to study it!
PBS
Pbs: Your Life Your Money
PBS presents an abundance of financial information and helpful tips; real stories from real people on managing your money. Some of the financial challenges include getting out of debt, saving money, insurance, and investments.
Other
Credit Union National Assoc.: Googolplex: The Cu Guide for Student Money Makers
A comprehensive site about saving money, with information on history of credit unions, money words, games about money, and more. Enter one of the three areas, each targeting a different age level.
Other
We the Savers: Young Savers
This resource introduces students to the world of money with this online tutorial. Each unit has its' own online quiz. Brave the desert, climb mountains and dodge alligators while you explore everything there is to know about earning,...
Other
Wisconsin Educational Communications Board: Financial Literacy: Teach It!
Students at all grade levels learn about basic finance skills and explore ways to make informed decisions about their financial future.
Other
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland: Great Minds Think: A Kid's Guide to Money
Sixteen-page booklet helps the reader learn all about managing money: how to earn it, the real cost of spending it, how to plan a budget, and saving money.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Economic Choices
A learning module on choices people make with their money. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will learn how families get...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Unsure of Which Telephone Plan to Choose?
This online activity will help you use step functions as a means of determining the most appropriate calling package for your household.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Banks, Bankers, Banking
This lesson is a simulation of opening a bank. Students are assigned various roles to play within the banking business. Students learn about the role banks play in a market economy.
Organization for Community Networks
Academy Curricular Exchange: Consumer Borrowing and Saving
A lesson plan which has students learning the realities of borrowing and saving money.
Council for Economic Education
Council for Economic Education: Learning, Earning, and Investing
This course is subtitled "Lessons for a New Generation." It includes twenty-one downloadable lessons with additional activities for each lesson. It covers a wide range of topics from basics such as "Why Save?" and "Invest In Yourself" to...
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Making a Budget
Learn all about budgeting including saving money and how to make and use a budget. Includes examples.
Other
Finra Investor Education Foundation: Introduction to Earning Interest 11 & 12
Students will know and be able to use the formula for calculating compound interest and understand the effect of compounding on savings in this lesson.
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills: Lesson Two: Spending Plans
This lesson introduces children to the concept of dividing their money into categories, namely "save," "spend," and "share" and presents activities that will help them understand that money is limited in quantity and must be divided for...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Financial Education
Every goal starts with taking the first step. Teaching kids to save money by collecting in a specific place such as a piggy bank or a jar shows kids concretely how much they are saving. Every time you save up to a certain small, new...
University of Missouri
Wise Pockets: Personal Finance Lesson Plans, Grades 3 6
The Wise Pockets World Schoolhouse presents a dozen lesson plans based on children's books and teaching money management. All include lesson plan descriptions, cross-curricular connections, instructional objectives, activity sheets,...
Scholastic
Scholastic Lesson Plan: A Chair for My Mother
This extensive lesson plan uses the Children's Literature book "A Chair for My Mother," by Vera B. Williams to teach the concepts of saving and reaching a goal. Primary students are the target for this lesson plan.