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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Grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Free K-12 Teacher Webinars
The webinars cover multiple topics on how to integrate personal finance and economics in the classroom. Teachers will earn continuing ed credits and will leave with relevant lessons, resources and tools that can be implemented the next day.
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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
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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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…
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
Math in the Real World
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Cybersecurity and Economics: Goldi and the Three Passwords
In this lesson, students learn about how to create good passwords and the risks of not do…
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Grades 6-8, 9-12
Calculating Simple Interest
How do banks calculate the amount of interest paid on a loan? In this lesson, students will…
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Grades 9-12
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Are the Presidential Candidates Telling the Whole Story?
Compelling question:
Are the presidential candidates telling the whole story about th…
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Grades 3-5
Appily Ever After Video
Ana has a big problem. She accidentally spent almost $100 on in-app purchases while playing …
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Grades 9-12
Income Distribution
Students create an income distribution for a fictitious country to learn about quintiles. Th…
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In This Day in Economic History
November
20
1967
On this day in 1967 President Lyndon Johnson announced the formation of the National Commission on Product Safety. This new agency was charged with exploring the efficacy of Federal consumer protection legislation and safeguarding the public against "hazardous products."