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Economic Market Pain
Young scholars read and discuss article, and write an interpretation of the message for a class newspaper.
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Counting on Cooperatives
Students are introduced to the study of economics, including an introduction to basic business types and systems. They investigate about international, national and California history as they take a historical tour of cooperatives and...
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Making Good Money Choices
Students determine how to spend donated money. In this money choices lesson plan, students explore the needs of the community. They determine the best use of donated funds for a good cause or charity. Students play a bingo game to...
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Teen Entrepreneurship
High schoolers explore teen entrepreneurs. In this teen entrepreneurship activity, students examine teen entrepreneurs and answer questions about the real-word situations. High schoolers role play and explore the basic characteristics of...
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Pay Check Advance Loan
Students research loans. In this financial lesson, students explore the benefits and drawbacks of applying for a pay-day advance loan. Students compare different programs and calculate interest owed. Multiple resources are provided.
Federal Reserve Bank
Wait, Is Saving Good or Bad? The Paradox of Thrift
Could saving really harm the economy? Discover the paradox of thrift and how decreases in consumption can affect economic recovery and various markets and industries.
Practical Money Skills
Student Loans
If your learners are college bound, they'll need a lesson about student loans and personal finance before they step into their dorm room. A four-day lesson guides high schoolers through the process of budgeting for college, as well as...
The New York Times
A Guide to Political Donations
Voters determine the outcome of elections, but campaign donors can influence the attitudes of those voters. Explore nine examples of donors and the amounts of money they want to contribute, and the legal ways the groups can or cannot...
Special Olympics
Train at School
Keep your mind and body fit with a fun activity about the five food groups. After going over the functions of fruit, vegetables, grains, meats and beans, and dairy, as well as oils and fats, learners participate in a bean bag toss...
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Math Applications 11
For this loans and interest charges worksheet, students solve 3 different word problems, each with 2 or more parts to them. First, they determine how many dollars need to be invested in order to provide a child with enough for college....
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Balancing a Budget
Students calculate living expenses for a non-traditional career choice. They examine interest, balancing a checkbook, and financing cars and homes.
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Stock Market Investment
Middle schoolers create a $100,000 stock portfolio by selecting stocks from a list of one hundred companies. They complete sell/buy orders, track their portfolio values through Yahoo Finance over an eight-week period, conduct Internet...
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The Assembly Line
Students create an assembly line and build a simple car from LEGO bricks. They explore about the effects of Ford's use of the assembly line, auto financing, and increased wages to make his fortune early in the 20th century.
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The World We Live In
Students are introduced to the many considerations of making advantageous consumer purchases. They know that making these good choices requires attention to not only the purchase price but the financing, warranties, energy usage and more.
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Label Language
Fourth graders explore food labels. For this consumer education lesson, 4th graders describe and evaluate various components of familiar food labels. Students discuss which traits make a product appealing to consumers. Students complete...
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Character Education: Perseverance
Sixth graders develop long term finance goals and understand why they are important. For this character education lesson, 6th graders compare the benefits of perseverance versus impulse spending. Students set five personal goals.
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Scoring a Financial Education
Students explore the concept of money management. In this money management lesson, students read an article about students taking a finance course in high school and college. Students discuss the importance of money management. Students...
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What Can I Afford?
Students explore the costs of various cell phone plans, and various types of banking accounts to determine which one would yield the highest returns if the money saved from the cell phones were placed in different accounts.
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Banking for Your Future
Young scholars get a handle on their own personal finances. They discover how banks work, how to plan and stick to a budget, and other helpful tips on managing money. They study the Federal Reserve System, which oversees the nation's banks.
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Banking Role Play: Five Simple Banking Transactions
Middle schoolers practice making basic bank transactions in English. They are divided into two groups: Bank Tellers and Bank Customers. Bank tellers sit in a line facing their clients. Bank tellers are given an activity sheet and play...
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Banking
Students correctly write a check and fill out a bank deposit slip. They understand the concept of balancing a checkbook by balancing a bank statement with a check register. Students play with the stock market to understand it a little...
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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Sixth graders examine the causes of the stock market crash of 1929. In this integrated math/history unit on the stock market, 6th graders study, research, and read stocks, visit a local bank, and create a PowerPoint to show the...
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What Is the Federal Reserve?
Students examine simple bank transactions. In this banking lesson, students analyze banking transactions such as deposits, loans, and how they hold reserves. They participate in simulations of the process of clearing a check and the...
Council for Economic Education
You Can BANK On This! (Part 1)
Students investigate the concepts of money management and banking through Internet activities. In this economics lesson plan, students discuss the characteristics of money and how people once bartered with goods instead of paying with...
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