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Count Your Credit
Students begin the lesson by discussing credit cards, interest rates and budgets. With a partner, they complete a webquest in which they can determine the minimum payment on different amounts and interest rates on their make-believe...
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Expensive Choices
Eighth graders work in pairs to discover how to prioritize expenses in a budget.
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Buying and Financing the Car of Your Dreams
Eighth graders go to one of a number of web sites (provided by the teacher in a hotlist) to find a car they would like to buy if they were old enough. They would then be provided with the necessary information to compute monthly payments...
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Solving Problems Involving Percents
In this math worksheet, students solve the problems that involve the percents. Then they apply the operations to the word problems.
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Slow Times Mean Pay Cuts For Many
Students explore the concept of a slowing economy. For this slowing economy lesson, students discuss the trickle-down effects of a slowing economy. Students create an estimated budget for living expenses after high school. Students...
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Visual 1: The Cost of Credit
In this money management learning exercise, students examine an advertisement for a bike and respond to 3 questions that require them to calculate percentages
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Credit Cards
Teach adolescents to use credit responsibly. The 32nd installment of a 35-part module covers how to calculate credit card payments using a geometric series. It teaches terminology and concepts necessary to understand credit card debt.
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Financial Dieters Make Progress
Students give financial advice. In this financial lesson, students read real-life financial problems. They explore the problem and make recommendations for a financial remedy.
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Needs and Wants
Students examine the difference between psychological needs and wants to control spending.
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Saving Makes Cents
Students identify ways families save money. For this financial lesson, students read the book A Chair for My Mother and discuss ways to save money. Students identify coin values and practice counting money.
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Elementary Statistics in Life
Students examine newspapers for graphs. They collect and sort data that is of interest to them. They enter data into a database and make comparisons using the information.
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Proof Sheet
In this career worksheet, students identify and calculate their expenses if they had an apartment. They figure how much money they should save each month and budget.
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EBT-rimental
Students engage in a lesson that gives them the tools needed to become knowledgeable credit consumers. The companion website for the ITV program TV-411 is used to provide learners with an interactive experience of what credit has to offer.
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Under the Bed or in the Bank?
Students explore personal finance. In this consumer /financial mathematics lesson, students compare interest rates as they explore savings.
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Family Financial Profile
Students investigate the cost of living. In this financial awareness lesson, students play a game to simulate various family situations and their incomes. Students choose activity cards and record information on their family profile...
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Moving Out
Students determine their cost of living. In this determining their cost of living lesson, students think of ten necessary things they would need if they moved out of their parents house. Students research the cost of renting an...
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Houses and Cars and Loans
Students create a spreadsheet to track their spending. In this algebra lesson, students use loan formulas to calculate the payback amount plus interest on a loan. They calculate how much money they would need to buy a car and house.
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The Circle Graph
In this circle graph activity, students complete problems involving many circle graphs including a compass rose, degrees, and more. Students complete 7 activities.
Council for Economic Education
You Can BANK on This! (Part 4)
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.