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Cutting Expenses

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore budgeting. In this finance and math lesson, students brainstorm ways in which households could save money. Students view websites that give cost reducing ideas. Students complete an expense comparison chart and use the...
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Building the Aggregate Expenditures Model

For Teachers 10th - 12th
A good accompaniment to an economics lesson, this presentation explores the aggregate expenditures model, detailing the relationship between consumption and saving using graphs and charts. Additional information includes investments and...
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Practical Money Skills

Living on Your Own

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Independent living can be fun, but also overwhelming if you don't know how to budget your income and expenses. Go over the ways that kids can manage their money as they take a huge step into adulthood with a project-based instructional...
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Planning A Household Budget

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners experience real life by utilizing math skills to plan a household budget and enhance their financial planning skills.
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Home, House and Household Exercise

For Students 4th - 5th
In this word choice worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 18 sentences with the word that will best complete the thought: home, house, or household.
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The Money Game

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders investigate the amount of money that families use throughout the year.  In this economic and math lesson, 11th graders participate in a money bingo game.  Students analyze the needs and wants for a household. 
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7 Ways for Gen Xers to Help Secure Their Retirement

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of budgeting. In this budgeting lesson plan, students read an article about preparing for retirement. Students create a budget of household expenses during retirement and create a savings plan for that budget.
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Budgeting Makes a Difference!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners develop a budget for either a single parent, or a household with two adults and a child. They develop a list of expenses, and create a PowerPoint presentation.
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The Expenditure Sheet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners differentiate between expenditure and income. In this algebra lesson, students create a spreadsheet labeling the date, item and amount as they track their expenses. They format the cells of the spreadsheet to do all the...
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Consumer Economics: Building a Budget

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
I think most of us adults could use a tip or two on how to budget our personal finances. Pass on some valuable knowledge to your pupils as they move into the real world. The presentation provides three easy steps to creating a personal...
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Desperation: The Great Depression

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examined the feelings of hopelessness that can result from losing their income, much like one-third of Americans experienced during the Depression in a small group lesson of a mock household. Students create a household...
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Choosing My Lifestyle

For Teachers 10th Standards
How much does it cost to live the life your dream life? Scholars explore the pitfalls of personal finance through planning, discussion, and research. The first lesson in a five-part series tasks individuals with determining an...
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Balancing a Budget

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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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Water Pollution

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders observe and record what happens when household products are added to a tank of water to depict water pollution. They brainstorm ideas of how to clean the contaminate out of the water before watching demonstrations of...
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The Art of Budgeting

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students create a plan to achieve personal and financial goals. In this budgeting goals lesson, students identify their sources of income and discuss being financially independent. Students record their monthly expenditures and present a...
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Family Income

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine income statistics from the 2001 Census for four types of families in Canada. They appreciate the cost of running a household and the importance of tailoring expenses to match income.
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Worksheet
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Closed Economy Expenditure Model Test

For Students 10th - 11th
In this economics worksheet, students answer questions relating to consumption, investment, and expenditures in a model of a closed economy.  The eight page worksheet contains forty multiple choice questions.  Answers are not included. 
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Budgeting for the Future

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders determine the net amount of an income for a fictional job. They must determine their net worth minus standard deductions. Students must then determine their monthly budget including, groceries, credit, and rent.
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Reality Store: How to Plan a Budget, Pay Bills, and Manage Your Money

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students plan a budget and pay bills when they visit the "Reality Store," a series of classroom studying stations. The use of paying bills and running a class store is used to help students grasp the concept of business.
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Getting Help: Food Stamps and Nutrition Programs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here is another lesson regarding the law. This time, the laws that dictate eligibility for food stamps is the focus. After an initial discussion about the basics of the laws, learners do a case study of a family who is applying for food...
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The Art of Budgeting

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Class members learn how to set up and maintain a personal budget through discussion, financial planning worksheets, and a brief PowerPoint presentation.
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Worksheet
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My Test Book: Reading Pie Charts

For Students 5th - 7th
In this math skills worksheet, students solve 9 multiple choice math problems that require them to read and interpret charts. Students may view the correct answers.
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Balancing a Budget

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate money management.  In this secondary mathematics lesson, students participate in a cost-of-living budget simulation in which they calculate monthly and yearly projected costs.  Students investigate housing cost,...
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Financial Planning

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners research possible careers. They determine typical starting income for the career. Using collected information, students develop a budget for their starting income. Learners consider car payments and research the process of...