Banks & Interest
Illustrate factors to consider when selecting a bank.
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31-45 min
Your Budget Plan
OVERVIEW
In this lesson, students work in pairs to participate in a "Track Star" game that illustrates positive and negative spending behaviors. Students learn effective and ineffective budgeting behaviors, and generate a list of budgeting principles.
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VIDEO Q&A
0-15 MIN
Banks and Alternatives 101: Tax Refund Fees
This video assignment assignment examines offers by tax preparers to get your refund faster than normal.
MODULES
16-30 MIN
Your Budget Plan | It's Your Paycheck Lesson 4
Analyze effective budgeting behaviors.
READING Q&A
16-30 MIN
Smart Phones and Budget Changes
Learn how phones have changed our lives and our budgets.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
31-45 MIN
Making Choices and Identifying Costs (Lesson 1B)
Introduce the PACED decisionmaking model.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
31-45 MIN
Making a Budget—It Is All Spending! (Lesson 5A)
Discover that all elements of a budget are essentially spending on goods and services.
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It's Your Paycheck
Use active learning lessons to teach personal finance and economics.
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Invest in Yourself
Identify ways to invest in human capital.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
1 HOUR+
W Is for Wages, W4, and W2
Learn what FICA, federal income taxes are, and about Form W-4 and Form W-2.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
1 HOUR+
Cash the Check and Track the Dough
Learn about checking accounts, savings accounts, and check-cashing services
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
31-45 MIN
Savvy Savers
Calculate compound interest to identify the benefits of saving in interest-bearing accounts.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
1 HOUR+
Credit History, Credit Reports, and Credit Scores
Learn about credit history, credit reports, and credit-reporting agencies.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
Creditors' Criteria and Borrowers' Rights and Responsibilities
Students learn about credit rights and responsibilities.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
How Much Are You Really Paying for that Loan?
Learn what a payday loan is and the high cost involved in using such a loan
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
To Rent-to-Own or Not to Rent-to-Own?
Review the elements of a contract.
