Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Analyzing Federal Reserve Data
How do you assess the health of the economy? In these lessons, students will analyze data in real time by linkin…
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Financial Literacy Month
Join the Council for Economic Education in highlighting smart financial decision-making throughout Financial Literacy Month in April by sharing an important financial decision you've made. We'd love to hear from you and your students!
How have you used your money to benefit yourself or others? Did you give it to a friend, family member or an organization in need? Did you save it for an emergency fund... use it for a vacation with a friend... to treat a child in your life to an especially fun day... to be able to change careers or start a new business...to pursue a new interest... to join a gym to get back in shape.
Share your story on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn with the hashtag #dollarandadreamand tag @CouncilEconEd. We'll feature a number of stories throughout April.
Find out more on our site!
How have you used your money to benefit yourself or others? Did you give it to a friend, family member or an organization in need? Did you save it for an emergency fund... use it for a vacation with a friend... to treat a child in your life to an especially fun day... to be able to change careers or start a new business...to pursue a new interest... to join a gym to get back in shape.
Share your story on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn with the hashtag #dollarandadreamand tag @CouncilEconEd. We'll feature a number of stories throughout April.
Grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
The 58th Annual Financial Literacy & Economic Education Conference
Registration is now open for our 58th Annual Financial Literacy and Economic Education Conference, October 4-5, 2019 in Los Angeles, California! Our annual conference is the country’s premier event for educators to exchange ideas while learning about opportunities to incorporate personal finance and economics into your K-12 classroom. Join us for workshops, panels, exhibits, award presentations, and more!
Right now, we’re running an EARLY BIRD SPECIAL FOR TEACHERS, offering 10% off of the K-12 educator registration price up until May 1st. Register this month to save!
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Right now, we’re running an EARLY BIRD SPECIAL FOR TEACHERS, offering 10% off of the K-12 educator registration price up until May 1st. Register this month to save!
Grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
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Financial IQ quiz
The Council for Economic Education (CEE) is excited to be part of CNBC’s Invest in You: Ready. Set. Grow., a financial wellness and education initiative in partnership with Acorns. Our first contribution to Invest in You: Ready. Set. Grow. is the “Financial IQ” quiz published with an introduction by Gabriel Tanglao, a recipient of our Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Teaching Champion award.
Take the 10-question quiz here
Grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Cybersecurity, Personal Finance and Economics
How do students avoid running up a bill on their parents’ credit cards while they’re using an app? How do you recognize false information on the internet? These are a sample of the questions answered in these cybersecurity lessons where students will explore basic concepts personal finance and economics.
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
Math in the real world
A collection of lessons and activities that teach important personal finance and economic concepts in the context of math lessons.
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Grades 9-12
Preparing Your Form 1040
In this personal finance lesson, students will use an IRS Form 1040 to calculate personal income tax.
Key Concepts: Taxes
Grades 6-8
Tic Tac Taxes
In this economics lesson, students will learn about taxes and the reason for taxes.
Key Concepts: Taxes
Grades 9-12
Sports Economics: To Build or Not to Build
In this economics lesson, students will examine a public-private partnership to learn about opportunity cost.
Key Concepts: Opportunity Cost, Roles of Government, Taxes
Grades 3-5
Goods and Services: Some are Private, Some are Not
In this economics lesson, students will create a bulletin board town to learn about taxes.
Key Concepts: Taxes
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Productivity Video and Quiz
In this economics video, students will learn about productivity and play a Kahoot! game.
Key Concepts: Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization, Productivity
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On This Day in Economic History
April
23
1985
The Coca-Cola Company announced that it was changing the formula for Coke, a project it had kept a secret for years. However, the "New Coke" never caught on with soda drinkers, and the whole project was a huge flop. Coke returned to its original recipe less than 3 months later.