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: 9-12
New! Financial Fitness for Life, Third Edition for grades 9-12!
We’ve updated our best-selling personal finance resource that helps you prepare your students to make sound economic decisions in the ways of income, spending, saving, borrowing, investing, and managing money!
The new Third Editions of Financial Fitness for Life (FFFL), for teachers and students grades 9-12, provide completely up-to-date content aligned to the latest personal finance and Common Core standards, including real-world situations to engage your students.
Coming soon: FFFL 9-12 lesson plan activities delivered through educational technology tools, including Kahoot! and Quizlet, free to use on EconEdLink.
Order now!
The new Third Editions of Financial Fitness for Life (FFFL), for teachers and students grades 9-12, provide completely up-to-date content aligned to the latest personal finance and Common Core standards, including real-world situations to engage your students.
Coming soon: FFFL 9-12 lesson plan activities delivered through educational technology tools, including Kahoot! and Quizlet, free to use on EconEdLink.
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!
REGISTER NOW
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!
Sign up for Free EconEdLink Membership
Join thousands of teachers today who use EconEdLink every day.
Browse Lessons, Tools, & Videos by Grade Level
Featured Collections
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…
Featured Resources
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
Featured Teaching the News
On This Day in Economic History
July
21
1970
After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam across the Nile River in Egypt was completed on July 21, 1970. More than two miles long at its crest, the massive $1 billion dam ended the cycle of flood and drought in the Nile River region, and exploited a tremendous source of renewable energy.