Other
St. Petersburg Times: Money Stuff
This resource makes finance and all aspects of managing money understandable, including budgets, banking, credit, buying a car, and more.
Other
Finance Authority of Maine: Claim Your Future
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...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Every Penny Counts
Lesson that helps students understand that people must make choices about the goods and services they purchase. Students recognize the prices indicate what people pay for goods and services, learn to compare prices, and understand that...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Mobile Phones Matter
A lesson exploring whether or not mobile phones matter when it comes to financial management and financial decision-making.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Opportunity Cost
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...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Work, Earnings and Economics: Using Lyddie by Katherine Paterson
In reading and discussing Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson, students examine basic economic concepts and explore the growth of labor unions and the role of government in a market economy.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Buying vs. Renting
Have you given any thought to where you will live when you are "on your own" - out in the world earning a living? You will have many decisions to make as you look for a place to call home. In this instructional activity, your basic...
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Warren G. Harding: Domestic Affairs
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.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: What Do You Get for Your $1,818,600,000,000?
Using MS Excel and data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis web site on federal government spending, students will compare the amounts spent on various sectors and programs over a range of years.
A&E Television
History.com: How the Great Depression Became the Golden Age for Monopoly
When times got tough during the Great Depression, people played board games -- especially the game that's all about making money. The success of Monopoly befuddled many. Why, in a time of great financial despair, would families and...
Curated OER
Social Studies for Kids: Needs vs. Wants: Basic Economics
This website examines the difference between needs and wants, offers the chance for the student to make a budget, and discusses personal finance with an emphasis on income and expenses.
Curated OER
Social Studies for Kids: Needs vs. Wants: Basic Economics
This website examines the difference between needs and wants, offers the chance for the student to make a budget, and discusses personal finance with an emphasis on income and expenses.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Can You Survive in the Real World?
Living in the real world is expensive and sometimes hard for a new college graduate to adjust to. This lesson plan will allow students to see the importance and need of budgeting money. Students will have to make choices and research...
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: The Pickle Patch Bathtub [Pdf]
A instructional activity based on The Pickle Patch Bathtub by Frances Kennedy, where students learn about making choices in how to spend money, and how to set goals and develop a savings plan.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering for the Earth
Young students are introduced to the complex systems of the Earth through numerous lessons on its natural resources, processes, weather, climate and landforms. Key earth science topics include rocks, soils and minerals, water and natural...
Other
Stock Market Game World Wide
Over the course of 10 weeks, participants invest a hypothetical $100,000 in Nasdaq, Amex, and NYSE-listed common stocks. They research stocks, study how the financial markets work, choose their portfolios, manage budgets, follow...
Other
Stock Market Game World Wide
Over the course of 10 weeks, participants invest a hypothetical $100,000 in Nasdaq, Amex, and NYSE-listed common stocks. They research stocks, study how the financial markets work, choose their portfolios, manage budgets, follow...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Tall, Sturdy Building
Build the tallest tower possible from stale marshmallows and spaghetti, which will support the weight of a toy gorilla. Make improvements on the design so that it is as stable as possible while keeping the cost of materials within a...