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Bank of America: 8 Simple Ways to Save Money

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses eight way to save money including recording spending, saving for a goal, making a budget, plan on saving, choose something to save for, and pick the right tools.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Using a Person's Budget to Understand the Balance of Payments

For Students 9th - 10th
Just like a personal budget, the balance of payments uses the sources of funds and uses of funds to track the movement of money. For this article, we use a young wizard's budget to make the balance of payments more relatable. This...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Business & Personal Finance: Module 1: Financial Planning

For Students 9th - 10th
This self-guided course is designed to give you the tools necessary to help manage money and plan for your financial future. Topics discussed are setting goals, making financial decisions, setting a budget, information on careers and...
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: The Debt Fixer

For Students 9th - 10th
Although it's a game simulation here, in real life Congress and U.S. citizens must make hard decisions to stabilize the economy. Authors may be biased toward a certain political party, but nevertheless, the exercise in making tough...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Authentic Writing and Math Problem Solving Using Shopping Lists

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
We're going shopping in this integrated lesson. Learners must make a budget, create a shopping list, and act out grocery shopping utilizing their problem solving and writing skills. A comprehensive lesson with printable worksheets,...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Plan, Save, Succeed! Achieving Financial Literacy Goals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers will understand how a budget is created and how it can support good financial decision-making. They will begin to consider the role that saving plays in financial planning.
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PBS

Pbs: Career Choices

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Investigate how an individual's career choice might affect their financial future.
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Finance Authority of Maine: Claim Your Future

For Students 9th - 10th
This game can be played individually or as a class. Students make adult decisions about spending money, based on income from a particular career. This could help students decide on a career, as well as learning how to budget their...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Opportunity Cost

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Consumers are faced with tough choices because so many innovative and exciting products and services are available. Therefore, engraining a decision-making process that includes considering of opportunity cost is necessary to shape...
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University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Warren G. Harding: Domestic Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
Warren G. Harding's handling of domestic affairs and the appointments made for his cabinet were a combination of good governance and terrible choice of friends. Read about his problems.

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