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Organization for Community Networks

Academy Curricular Exchange: Consumer Borrowing and Saving

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan which has students learning the realities of borrowing and saving money.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Buy a Bond, James: A Lesson on Us Savings Bonds

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site is extremely informative for teaching children the value of saving money. "You will write a persuasive letter telling why people use savings bonds as a way to save their money."
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Saving Money 2

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
The purpose of this task is for students to relate addition and subtraction problems to money and to situations and goals related to saving money. A problem is given that will contain multiple solutions, this allows students to think...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 1: Saving Money for Your Future

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Tips for learning the value of saving money to achieve your financial goals.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Evaluating Savings Scenarios

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By analyzing real-world scenarios, students practice making informed decisions about savings tools to meet financial situations and needs. Includes teaching guide, a handout on options for saving money, and a student worksheet that can...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: A Penny Saved Is a Penny at 4.7% Earned

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This is a lesson from EconEdLink where students learn about saving money. Includes activities and materials.
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Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Lesson Two: Spending Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson introduces children to the concept of dividing their money into categories, namely "save," "spend," and "share" and presents activities that will help them understand that money is limited in quantity and must be divided for...
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Saving Each Payday

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use a real-world simulation to learn how saving a little money each payday can be a successful strategy for saving. Includes teaching guide and student worksheet that can be filled in on a computer.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Exploring Savings Habits

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about the benefits of forming their own savings habits and explore what it looks like to save a percentage of income.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 2: Money Planning

For Teachers K - 1st
What can we do with money? Deciding on the best use of our money requires planning. Students will identify ways that money can be used: spending, saving, and giving.
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Practical Money Skills

Visa: Practical Money Skills: Lesson Plans for Grades 7 8

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Fourteen financial literacy lesson plans for middle school students cover topics such as budgeting, living on your own, the influence of advertising, and saving and investing.
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Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Lessons: Grades 3 6

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Four fiancial literacy lessons on allowances, money responsibility, saving, and comparison shopping. Lessons can be evaluated separately or as a group.
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University of Nebraska Omaha

University of Omaha: Why We Save [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
Why do people need to save money? This lesson plan is geared for Kindergarten through 2nd grade and helps students understand the reasons for saving.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Climbing the Savings Mountain

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discover how saving money can be compared to a mountain climb. The climb can be fast or slow, safe or hazardous, scenic or thrilling. You will find out that there is more than one way to get to the top!
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Saving for Post Secondary Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use an online compound interest calculator to answer questions and create charts that show the value of saving money over time for future education goals.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 2.nbt Saving Money 1

For Teachers 2nd
In this lesson plan students use strategies based on place value to add and subtract within 100.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 2: Saving Money by Finding the Better Buy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will be able to make economically sound purchasing decisions by using unit pricing, calculating discounts, and analyzing fixed and variable costs.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Loans and Savings

For Teachers 6th Standards
What are loans and how do they work? How do banks encourage people to save money? Students work on these questions in the context of the College Project.
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Learning to Give

Learning to Give: Spend, Save or Donate

For Teachers K - 1st
This instructional activity will introduce vocabulary terms spend, save and donate. As a class, they will discuss, sing and perform the song "You Can Bank on Me. " The students will learn reasons that people choose to donate.
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PBS

Pbs: Types of Savings

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Research and explore the many types of savings.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Less Than Zero [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson accompanies a story by Stuart J. Murphy called Less Than Zero and teaches students about how to manage their money by saving it and setting goals for themselves.
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Other

Finra Investor Education Foundation: Introduction to Earning Interest 11 & 12

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students will know and be able to use the formula for calculating compound interest and understand the effect of compounding on savings in this lesson.
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Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Lessons: College

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ten financial literacy lesson plans allow college students to build on their skills and cover topics such as budgeting, living on your own, managing credit cards, cars and loans, and saving and investing.
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Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Lessons: Special Needs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ten customizable financial lessons designed for special needs students.

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