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…
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 June 1st. Register this month to save!
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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.
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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: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Investing in a College Education
Every high school student is faced with one of the most important decisions of their lives: whether to go to col…
Grades: 6-8, 9-12
Math in the Real World
Many economics and personal finance concepts overlap with math curriculum, but economics and personal finance te…
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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
May
27
1935
In yet another blow to President Roosevelt's New Deal agenda, the Supreme Court held the National Industry Recovery Act to be unconstitutional. Undeterred, Roosevelt soon launched another round of legislation, what he called the Second New Deal.