Student write a news analysis or editorial about Ohio schools possibly cutting busing, sports, and other extra-curricular activities. Students interview the district treasurer, and then interview community members. Students write about...

Young scholars participate in graphing data.  In this graphing data lesson, students make a stem and leaf plot of their summer activities.  Young scholars create numerous graphs on poster boards.  Students discuss the...

Have your young reporters research contributions of the ancient Egyptians, draft scripts, and broadcast their stories live on the Nile Network News. Depending on class size and age, topics may be brainstormed or assigned. The detailed...

For this infinitive adjective worksheet, students read about infinitives and adjectives, then find infinitives acting like adjectives in a set of 10 sentences. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.

Students explain assets, liabilities and expenses. They record information on income statements and balance sheets and brainstorm opportunities to make money work for them.

Students read a book and explore spending, saving, opportunity cost, and trade-offs. They keep a diary of expenses to track their spending and examine their opportunity costs.

Students discuss the issue of finance reform in political campaigns. Using the internet, they identify the positives and negatives of finance reform and research the problems associated with campaign fund-raising. They share their...

Students determine the steps in checking a credit report. They analyze a credit report. They create a plan to develop and/or improve credit history.

Students explore the role of government in the economy market. In this economics activity, students analyze the decision making and how it takes into consideration additional cost, benefits and public awareness of what they are trying to...

Students research their strengths and weaknesses and helps them make a career choice.

Pupils study a number of work and family management roles and techniques.

The final lesson in a series of six about the Great Depression focuses on the Federal Reserve's role in stabilizing the economy.

Learners analyze the banking services and complete related activities. In this banking lesson, students review the services available at a bank and interview people for about the banking services they use. Learners shop for checking...

Students watch a video that focusing on budgeting while completing worksheets that include charts. They brainstorm ideas for budgeting time and money. They culminate the activity by planning an order from two different restaurants.

Students define ratios and how they apply in a business context. They practice ratios through an activity that involves financial data.

Students 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.

Students study the basic economic trilogy (scarcity, choice, and costs). In this money management instructional activity, students use a scenario of a High School Prom to calculate how scarcity, choice and cost apply by completing...

Students participate in activities that teach them how to manage money. In this managing money lesson plan, students set long and short term goals for economic success by having discussions, identifying benefits of saving, and...

Fifth graders survey how to manage money and the importance of it. Students summarize that each day they have the opportunity to earn or lose money. Students provides many situations to present ways of paying bills and money management.

Students compare how people save money in financial institutions, after reading the story, The Hundred Penny Box. They analyze the advantages of regular saving and how savings grow with compounding.

Students identify the similarities and differences between an debit and credit card. In this debit or credit lesson plan, student explain the advantages and disadvantages of using cash and consumer credit to purchase good and services...

Young scholars use a chart to show how gaining interest is a beneficial part of having a savings account. In this banking lesson plan, students also learn about the workings of an ATM and a checking account.

Students develop a budget for a college student using all of the influences that the student would have.  In this budgeting lesson plan, students use real life examples to create a budget spreadsheet.  Students read and study...

In this World Habitat Day lesson plan, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the sentences,...