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Council for Economic Education

You Can BANK on This! (Part 4)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students assess both negative and positive incentives associated with credit card use. They identify profit as an economic incentive for banks to offer credit cards.
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Charge Cards!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify and define the various types of credit cards and credit card offers. In this credit cards activity, students identify the pros and cons of managing a credit card account. Students locate information on the Federal...
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Visa

Banking Services

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
From writing and depositing checks to comparing ATM and debit cards, pupils develop financially savvy practices and build foundational knowledge of the financial service products available through banking institutions. 
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Linear or Exponential?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your learners analyze various real-life contexts to decide if each is a linear or exponential model. This could be used as an assessment of learners' skills of discerning between a linear and an exponential model.
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Where the Red Fern Grows: A 4th Grade Literary Focus Unit

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the human and animal connection along with the idea that death is a part of the life cycle. They read "Where the Red Fern Grows." Students examine the feelings and emotions surrounding death and they discover the...
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PBS

The Yo-Yo Problem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What do yo-yos and pennies have to do with linear equations? Learn about writing and solving linear equations while considering the Yo-Yo Problem and Penny Pattern Exploration from the High School Math Project. Learners utilize algebra...
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Introducing the Classroom Economy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars discuss the definition of economics and study how current and historic societies have had economic systems. They determine necessary classroom jobs and attach ddaily or weekly salaries to those positions. Students are...
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The Stock Market: Risks & Rewards

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In order to better understand the US economy, learners read and interpret stock market price reports. They define profits and explain the role of profits in the American economic system for both firms and individual investors. Several...
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M & M Interesting

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars compute and collect interest payments in the form of M&M candies. In this mathematics instructional activity, students work in small groups to compute either simple or compound interest. They compare the growth of...
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Graphing It Out

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create bar graphs.  In this graphing lesson, students explore the concepts of net pay, gross pay, income and expenses.  They create a bar graph to designate financial outlay during a specified period.
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Banking on Family

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the meaning of a trust bank account. In this financial awareness lesson, students brainstorm ways they are trustworthy to their family and define the meaning of a trust bank account.
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ABC's Of Figuring Interest

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in a lesson of figuring interest. This is done in order to strengthen number calculation skills while computing the interest when buying different things. This done in conjunction with using credit to make...
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Lesson 3: What Happens When a Bank Makes a Loan?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students role-play to show how bank loans made to people can have an impact on others in the community. In small groups, they analyze hypothetical loans, using flow charts or other diagrams to describe the probable impact of each.
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Graphing Systems of Equations - Word Problemsr

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve word problems which involve graphing systems of equations. After discussing methods of solving word problems, the teacher demonstrates how to solve problems which involve graphing. They work together, at their desks, and...
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Interest Income

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify taxable interest income, and report taxable and tax-exempt interest income.
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Students Suffocate Under Tens of Thousands in Loans

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of student loans. In this student loans lesson, students read an article about the large amount of student loans today's students owe. Students discuss how higher loan payments and increased debt will affect...
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Hey, Mom! What's for Breakfast?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine how he world eats breakfast. In this food choices instructional activity, students work in groups to list breakfast foods and their ingredients and find goods and consumers on the list. The, students use the Internet...
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When People Steal From Me

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students identify the effects of theft to learn that stealing is wrong. In this stealing lesson, students discuss what it feels like to have something stolen. Students make a list of their six favorite things and list why they are...
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Shiloh Chapters 3 and 4

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this comprehension worksheet, students read chapters 3 and 4 of Shiloh and complete multiple choice questions. Students complete 14 questions.  
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Debt Slavery and Children in India, A Case Study

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the child labor situation in India. Using the internet, they research the conditions these students work under and how they are part of the debt slavery system. They read the Human Rights Watch and determine if...
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Discount, Sales Price, and Tax

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders calculate discount, sales price, and sales tax. They are given various problems to work out and even have to figure how much they would make if they were working on commission as well. Students have to figure out which...
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Risky Business - Or Not!

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the concept of the stock market. For this stock market lesson, students discuss the stock market and how it works. Students hypothesize what makes a stock price go up or down. Students watch a short video about the...
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Lender or Borrower Be?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study the costs and benefits of interest involved with borrowing and depositing at banks.
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Aluminum Altruism

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the value of recycling. They consider the importance of giving back to their school community. They calculate their earnings using multiplication and addition.