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Sum It Up!
Students practice summarizing information from a reading using their own words. They take notes while reading using a guided worksheet. For the written summary they have a budget of two dollars with each word used costing ten cents.
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Menu Planner
Students plan a menu for a family of four for a day. They estimate the cost of purchasing items on that menu based on a $ 50.00 budget and calculate the actual costs of those items and compare the estimated and actual costs.
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Houses and Cars and Loans
Students create a spreadsheet to track their spending. In this algebra lesson, students use loan formulas to calculate the payback amount plus interest on a loan. They calculate how much money they would need to buy a car and house.
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Slow Times Mean Pay Cuts For Many
Learners explore the concept of a slowing economy. In this slowing economy lesson, students discuss the trickle-down effects of a slowing economy. Learners create an estimated budget for living expenses after high school. Students...
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ESL/ELL Reading and Reasoning Worksheet- Family Vacation
In this ESL/ELL reading and reasoning worksheet, students read a short selection about a family vacation. They answer 5 true or false questions before writing a short essay about how the family can solve the problem about how they spend...
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What's in GDP?
Students define GDP and collect data on a country's budget. In this economics instructional activity, students differentiate between real and nominal GDP. This activity contains an answer key to the activities.
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High Earners Can Still Struggle
Students explore the concept of financial trouble. In this financial trouble activity, students read an article about people who earn large salaries, but still have financial trouble. Students discuss ways to avoid and get out of debt....
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Students listen to From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil F. Frankweiler and discuss wants and needs. In this iincome and expenses lesson, students relate the adventures of the children in the book to a real life financial...
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Savings Accounts and Interest
First graders study money, banks, and getting interest on money. In this consumer math lesson plan, 1st graders listen to Stan and Jan Berenstain's, Berenstain Bears' Trouble With Money. They use the concepts in the book to discuss...
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Yard Sale
Students complete activities to discover spending, goods, services, price, advertising, choice, alternatives, criteria and opportunity cost.
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Let’s Go Floor Shopping!
Pupils calculate the area of two rooms to re-floor. They research Lowe's and Home Depot to find the cost for different floor coverings. Given different promotions for the stores, individuals determine where to purchase the flooring based...
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Kermit the Hermit
Students consider money management. In this personal finances instructional activity, students read Kermit the Hermit and discuss what was done with the unexpected money that Kermit received. Students examine methods of...
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Why Plan Meals?
Students investigate methods that families use for planning meals. In this nutrition lesson, students play a game that requires them to plan and pay for nutritious meals
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Money Management
Pupils explore money management skills and economics thru a creative project where students earn "money" for their assigned "jobs." They keep track of their income and expenses in a transaction record and explore the Excel money...
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My World Wide Tour of Spanish Speaking Countries
Students organize a two week travel plan through Spanish speaking countries all over the world. plan their flight schedules, accommodations, and tours of cultural events. Students compute the total cost of their trip.
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Moving Out
Young scholars determine their cost of living. For this determining their cost of living lesson, students think of ten necessary things they would need if they moved out of their parents house. Young scholars research the...
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PAY CREDIT WHEN CREDIT IS DUE
Students learn about credit cards and scores and how to and not to use them. In this financial concept lesson plan, students are given hypothetical scenarios where they are able to apply learning's to given situations as they figure...
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Managing My Money
Second graders use The Berenstain Bears' to learn about money management. For this money management lesson, 2nd graders read The Berenstain Bears' Dollars and Sense book and complete the 'Rainy Day' worksheet. Students then discuss the...
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Creating a Savings Chart
Student create a savings chart given a set allowance per week. They explain how people in the local community make choices about using goods, services, and productive resources, and how they compare costs and benefits in economic...
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Personal Savings: Saving Money for Those Items you Really Want
Students explore how to save money to buy the things they want.
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Describe How Money Barter, and Credit Were Used in Colonial Virginia
Fourth graders listen as the teacher lectures about bartering. They work in small groups to define and create a skit about one term related to bartering. Students create an Economic Terms booklet. They review that tobacco was a cash crop...
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Saving Makes Cents
Students identify ways families save money. In this financial lesson, students read the book A Chair for My Mother and discuss ways to save money. Students identify coin values and practice counting money.
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Bright Ideas for Bringing up Smart Savers
Students explore the concept of saving money. In this saving money lesson, students read an article about saving money. Students discuss ways to save money and what makes it difficult to save money. Students compare prices of products.
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There's No Business Like Bank Business
Students participate in a role play where they see how a bank works and how interest is paid by having money in the bank. In this bank lesson plan, students operate a bank and learn about saving, accounts, deposits, withdrawals,...