Students will learn how to spot scam, find examples of online scams and learn how to recognize and protect themselves  from questionable behavior.

Students will learn about the four components of GDP and then explore how inflation impacts purchasing power over time. While playing an in-class game, students move around the classroom to guess how inflation has impacted a particular scenario.

Students learn the difference between short-term and long-term savings goals and apply their knowledge in an exercise-oriented game. 

Students learn credit terminology and analyze an actual loan application from a family member.

Students will be able to explain some ways our brains trick us into making (or not making) purchase decisions.

In this mini-unit, students learn basic vocabulary about insurance and then play an online game called “That’s a Bummer” to practice knowledge learned. Additional activities in this lesson include an insurance edpuzzle, video resources, reflection questions, and an insurance math worksheet.

This unit is intended to help students understand the importance of avoiding, reducing, and transfering risk. Insurance is the best way to manage risk. (Correlates with NEFE).

Students will play the interactive game called Stax and see if they can beat the market in a 20-year period. Reflection questions will be answered after game play.

This is a great resource to use with Financial Literacy students. It is a brief overview of Investing to help you get started on your unit in Investing.

https://np1.nearpod.com/sharePresentation.php?code=f760f7d935dc8dfaed1c1185d7955870-1&oc=user-created&utm_source=link

Students will play an online game called “SPENT” and experience what it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck. Game play will be followed with reflection questions and class discussion.

Reading an article, students learn about peer to peer payments. This lesson concludes with a blooket quiz played individually or as a class.

This is a comprehensive Personal Finance text which includes a wide range of pedagogical aids to keep students engaged and instructors on track. This book is arranged by learning objectives. The headings, summaries, reviews, and problems all link together via the learning objectives. This helps instructors to teach what they want, and to assign the problems that correspond to the learning objectives covered in class.Personal Finance includes personal finance planning problems with links to solutions, and personal application exercises, with links to their associated worksheet(s) or spreadsheet(s). In addition, the text boasts a large number of links to videos, podcasts, experts’ tips or blogs, and magazine articles to illustrate the practical applications for concepts covered in the text.

In this lesson, students will learn about retirement plan options such as 401K plans, Roth IRA's and pensions. 

This slideshow is to help you teach Financial Literacy Strand 1 Standard 3: Setting Goals.  Through this lesson, students will learn SMART Goals through examples and finally practice writting their own.  Picture from Pixaby

Students will actively assess their career aspirations, critically evaluate and compare diverse career opportunities aligned with their aptitudes and interests, and strategically plan their career path while gaining insight into the income potential associated with their chosen careers.

This lesson is designed to help Financial Literacy students understand and analyze the role of cultural, social, and emotional influences on financial behavior (Financial Literacy Strand 1 Standard 1).  Students will create a social media PSA to help others realize the important of controlling finances through cultural norms and emotional feelings.

Spent challenges players to survive the struggle of low-income living. Developed by McKinney to raise money for Urban Ministries of Durham, the game has become a hit in financial literacy classrooms.

I have used this website while teaching Strand 6 Standard 1 of Exploring Business and Marketing. https://www.uen.org/core/core.do?courseNum=520111
Strand 6
Employability - students will develop and demonstrate the necessary skills to gain and keep employment.

Standard 1
Job Skills - Students will develop skills to gain employment.

Students will explore communication and interviewing skills:
Appropriate dress
Hygiene
Facial expressions and posture
Prepare for interview questions (STAR method)
Effective ways to communicate (phone, email, text, in-person)
Human resources and employee rights.
Discrimination laws
Minimum wage

Students play the stockmarketgame.org in teams. After learning the basics, students research different companies and each team spends $100k on stocks. 

Students will define and explain the concepts of supply and demand, understand how changes in these factors influence prices, and analyze real-world scenarios.