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Federal Reserve Bank

Financial Literacy Infographic Scavenger Hunt

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
A lesson in personal finance can be the most valuable part of a high school education. Connect the basics of banking with informational reading skills in a lesson that prompts teenagers to answer a series of questions based on...
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Curated OER

Interest Calculation and Spreadsheets

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students, while in the computer lab working on a spreadsheet program, calculate interest and accumulated value of a savings plan. They follow specific directives on how to create their spreadsheets. At the end of the instructional...
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Curated OER

Historical Mathematicians Project

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students, in small groups, use the Internet and other traditional sources to research historically significant mathematicians, write a paper, and creatively present research in class.
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Curated OER

Study Skills Increase Success in High School Mathematics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Although your pupils are older, they must be taught how to effectively learn and retain mathematics.
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Other

Choose to Save: The Magic of Compounding

For Students 9th - 10th
[PDF] Encourages students to start saving early and explains the power of compound interest.
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Other

Critical Thinking Community: Remodeling Lessons for High School

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learn to re-model your lesson plans to include room for critical thought and higher levels of learning. Re-modeled lessons cite specific critical thinking strategies. Wonderful examples include "Vitalizing Vapid Vocabulary," "To Kill A...
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Saving for Post Secondary Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use an online compound interest calculator to answer questions and create charts that show the value of saving money over time for future education goals.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Benefits of Investing Early

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The students will see how compounding returns make investing at a young age pay off.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Play Ball

For Students 9th - 10th
Make a table to figure out if a baseball valued at $3000 in 1927 is worth more than a baseball valued at $3 million in 1999. Which is a better investment?

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