Big Banks, Piggy Banks
When choosing a place to put their money, people consider how safe there money will be, how easy it is to access, and whether it will earn more mon...
Grade: K-2 3-5    Published: 11/04/2003


You Can BANK on This! (Part 3)
Building on the first two lessons in the series, this lesson deals with savings and interest.
Grade: 3-5    Published: 07/25/2005


You Can BANK on This! (Part 4)
This lesson deals with credit and wraps up this unit on finance.
Grade: 3-5    Published: 06/22/2005


Credit for Beginners
This lesson focuses on teaching students the basics about credit. It explains why credit is important, how to keep good credit and several of the te...
Grade: 9-12    Published: 06/20/2005


You Can BANK on This! (Part 2)
As in the first 'You Can BANK on This,' you will learn that banking should not be confusing - it should be INTERESTING! Lesson Two will continue lear...
Grade: 3-5    Published: 06/20/2005


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Choices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 2-4 - Teacher's Resource ManualChoices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 2-4 - Teacher's Resource Manual
Grade: 2-4   Published: 2001
5 of the 18 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below.


Unit 1: Lesson 1 - Scarcity
It is a paradox that people who learn to accept and deal with scarcity often achieve much more than those who don't accept it. The inability to deal with scarcity leads to problems with money, educat...
Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Alternatives
In working on Choices and Changes, students should learn that they can ordinarily respond to events in their lives by alternative means, and that it is up to them in these cases to find an alternative...
Unit 1: Lesson 3 - Alternatives Have Advantages and Disadvantages
In this lesson students will: Realize that alternatives have advantages and disadvantages; Accept responsibility for advantages and disadvantages of alternatives selected; And identify the advantages ...
Unit 1: Lesson 5 - Opportunity Cost
In this lesson students will: Recognize the importance of identifying the opportunity cost of a potential choice; Use the concept of opportunity cost before making decisions; Avoid using the word "fre...
Unit 1: Lesson 4 - Choice
In this lesson, students should recognize that they have the power to choose and that they do make many choices. Many people feel powerless because they think they don't make choices.

Choices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 5-6 - Teacher's Resource ManualChoices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 5-6 - Teacher's Resource Manual
Grade: 5-6   Published: 2001
4 of the 15 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below.


Unit 2: Lesson 4 - How Can I Make Decisions About My Future?
In the mid-1700s thousands of Europeans traveled to North America seeking adventure, freedom, and economic opportunity. The risk of deciding to travel across the Atlantic Ocean in a wooden ship was g...
Unit 4: Lesson 10 - What Are the Advantages of Working with Others to Produce?
Students read historical fiction set in 1855 in the Oregon Territory. The story illustrates the results of people working interdependently. The students identify ways in which the characters in the ...
Unit 3: Lesson 9 - What Results When People Use Improved Physical Capital Resources?
Students learn that using technologies increase production during a business simulation.
Unit 5: Lesson 13 - Why Should I Set Goals and Plan to Achieve My Goals?
Students create lists of their personal goals and prioritize the goals on their lists. They identify the goals that will require development of their human capital. They identify ways in which they ...

Financial Fitness for Life: Steps to Financial Fitness - Grades 3-5 - Teacher GuideFinancial Fitness for Life: Steps to Financial Fitness - Grades 3-5 - Teacher Guide
Grade: 3-5   Published: 2001
2 of the 16 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below.


Theme 3: Lesson 13 - Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?
In this lesson, students role-play how they would respond to various lending situations and analyze how to make better decisions about lending. By assuming the role of lender, students will analyze t...
Theme 2: Lesson 4 - The Grasshopper and the Ant
In this lesson, children use an adaptation of Aesop's fable, "The Grasshopper and the Ant," to learn about the trade-off between satisfying wants today and planning for the future. Children use the f...

Exploring the Marketplace: The Community Publishing Company - Teacher Resource ManualExploring the Marketplace: The Community Publishing Company - Teacher Resource Manual
Grade: 3-4   Published: 1989
3 of the 35 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below.


Lesson 25: Obtaining a Bank Loan
This and the following lesson are designed to familiarize students with that process of obtaining a loan from a bank. You may choose either to invite a banker to visit the classroom or take a study t...
Lesson 26: Study Trip
This optional lesson gives students the experience of visiting a bank to obtain a loan for their business. The lesson requires advance planning.
Lesson 24: Obtaining Resources on Credit
You must decide whether the publishing company will obtain the resources (materials) from the school principal on credit, or obtain a loan from a bank to buy the resources. If you decide to obtain th...

Financial Fitness for Life: Pocket Power - Grades K-2 - Teacher GuideFinancial Fitness for Life: Pocket Power - Grades K-2 - Teacher Guide
Grade: K-2   Published: 2001
1 of the 16 lessons are related to this lesson. It is listed below.


Theme 5: Lesson 16 - We Manage Our Money
Students participating in a game demonstrate their knowledge of income, spending, saving, and credit decisions. They make individual books about money management and review previously taught concepts...

 

 
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