With these activities, students apply knowledge gained to understand the costs of living on their own, practice in setting up budgets that include costs and interpreting and evaluating lease and rental agreements.

This resource provides an outline of the lesson which helps students understand the costs of living on their own, provides practice in setting up budgets that include such costs, and develop the skills and knowledge necessary to interpret and evaluate lease and rental agreements.

With this resource, students apply the knowledge learned from the lesson on buying a home and where and how to begin the process.

This guide provides an outline of the lesson which provides information on buying a home and where and how to begin the process.

In this lesson, students are given excerpts from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “fireside chats” and categorize
the excerpts according to economic problems. After identifying economic problems and FDR’s comments on the problems, students simulate a fireside chat by making a recording for the class. After listening to the recordings, students complete a simple consumer confidence survey concerning their reactions to the recording. To conclude the lesson, students identify and evaluate a current economic problem and apply the strategy of FDR to promote and build confidence in a proposed solution.

For this activity, students apply what they have learned about the different types of financial service products available and the features of each.

This guide provides an outline of the lesson where students learn about the different types of financial service products available and the features of each.

In this lesson, students learn about the role and functions of the Federal Reserve System. They participate
in an activity to learn how the purchase or sale of U.S. Treasury securities affects the supply of money and
credit in the economy. Finally, they discuss what the Fed learned about implementing monetary policy as
a result of the Great Depression.

Students apply what they have learned about various costs and features of credit cards and discuss the methods for calculating finance charges.

This guide provides an outline to the lesson which will make students aware of various costs and features of credit cards. Students will also discuss the methods for calculating finance charges.

For this activity, students apply what they learned to determine the operating costs of a motor vehicle.

This guide provides an overview of the lesson which teaches students to identify costs associated with owning and operating a motor vehicle.