With this activity, students learn how to research which financial institutions offer the best services, what needs to be done before opening a checking account.
In this lesson, students identify pros and cons of different payment methods-including cash, checks, debit cards, prepaid cards, and person-to-person payments-and select an appropriate form of payment for given contexts.
With this activity, students learn how to reconcile a checkbook by completing practice activities.
With this lesson, students explain how saving is linked to overall wealth, describe how saving and investing are different, understand fundamentals of saving such as reasons for saving, how much to save, and strategies to enable savings, and acknowledge the role of delayed gratification in saving.
For this activity, students conduct online research to determine how much of their income they should save each month and to identify the strategies which are most effective for saving money.
For this activity, students analyze three graphs to learn more about saving for retirement and answer questions.
For this activity, students create a spreadsheet to determine how much money Allen Iverson would have today if he had saved a small percentage of his salary every season and invested it in an index fund of the S&P 500.
For this activity, students choose between two financial options and provide an explanation for their choice.
For this activity, students choose between two financial options providing an explanation for their choice and completing an activity using the financial options.
In this lesson, students identify important criteria to consider when selecting a checking account, make a systematic and informed decision by gathering, evaluating, and comparing information, and prepare to open a checking account.
In this lesson, students compare different savings vehicles such as a savings account, CD, and money market account. Students also identify important criteria to consider when selecting a savings account and make a systematic and informed decision by gathering, evaluating, and comparing information.
For this activity, students conduct research to find a savings account that would be the best for them.
For this activity, students conduct research to find a savings account that would be the best for them.
For this activity, students perform calculations to determine how much money they would have in 30 years if they saved small amounts.
In this lesson, students identify everyday obstacles Americans experience when trying to save money, understand why it is important to maintain an emergency fund, describe their own savings goals, and estimate the cost of medium-and long-term goals and devise smaller, periodic savings goals to reach them.
For this activity, students write a letter for a family member or friend explaining their savings goals and to request their support to keep students accountable.
For this activity, students brainstorm and prioritze saving goals for their future and respond to questions.