Grades 9-12
Building Good Credit Scores
This lesson uses the Better Money Habit video Does Carrying a Balance on Your Credit Card…
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Better Money Habits
Teach middle and high school students to navigate important life events using these practical, standards-aligned personal finance lessons with complementary videos from Better Money Habits . Each lesson utilizes CEE’s award-winning Financial Fitness for Life curriculum to help students learn how to make thoughtful, well-informed decisions about important topics such as budgeting, saving, credit, debt and meeting financial goals.
Lessons were developed by the Oklahoma Council for Economic Education, with funding from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.
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Grades 6-8
Building a Better Budget
This lesson uses the Better Money Habits video How to Set a Budget and Stick to It to rei…
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Grades 9-12
Renting a Place to Live
This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to help students will learn about the costs …
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Grades 6-8
How Does Your Family Save?
This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to discuss a family's regular shopping h…
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Grades 6-8
What Car Should I Buy?
This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to explain the basic decisions involved in b…
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Grades 6-8
Establishing Credit
Using two Better Money Habits videos, this lesson increases student understanding of the …
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Grades 6-8
Debit Cards vs Credit Cards
Using a Better Money Habits video, this lesson introduces students to the advantages and …
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Grades 6-8
Setting Goals
This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to reinforce student understanding of settin…
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Grades 6-8
Checking Out Checking Accounts
This lesson uses a Better Money Habits poster to help students examine the features of ch…
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Grades 6-8
Meeting Financial Goals
In this lesson, students learn several basic steps to help them understand the importance…
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Grades 9-12
Creating a Financial Safety Net
This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to explain why creating an emergency fund is…
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Grades 9-12
Owning a Car
Using a Better Money Habits video, this lesson introduces students to the various costs a…
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Grades 9-12
Buying a Home
This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to help students compare the costs of rentin…
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Grades 9-12
Credit Reports and Credit Scores
Using a Better Money Habits video, this lesson explains the differences between credit re…
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Grades 9-12
Budgeting Basics
This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to reinforce budgeting concepts.
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Grades 9-12
The Basics of Saving and Budgeting
This lesson generates a class discussion on the importance of setting financial goals by …
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Grades 9-12
A Moving Experience: How Much Does it Cost?
This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to help students better understand the proce…
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Grades 9-12
Getting Out of Debt
This lesson uses the Better Money Habits video Steps to Help You Get Out of Debt to expla…
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