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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

How Labor Got Its Day If you asked students what comes to mind first when they think of Labor Day, what do you think they would say? The last days of summer? A family picni... Grade: 3-5    Published: 02/04/2008

Giving Credit This lesson introduces the role and importance of the 3 C’s -- capacity, character, and collateral – to being granted credit. An online st... Grade: 3-5    Published: 12/02/2003

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

Cowboy Bob Builds a Community A cowboy rides into a ghost town and decides that it needs to be rebuilt. Students will select the necessary things that a town needs in order for it ... Grade: 3-5    Published: 05/21/2008

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Financial Fitness for Life: Steps to Financial Fitness - Grades 3-5 - Teacher Guide Grade: 3-5   Published: 2001 3 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... Theme 2: Lesson 5 - Why? How? Where? This lesson provides some practical activities to extend students' understanding about how to make saving choices. Children set a goal, determine a strategy for saving, and decide how they will save ...

Exploring the Marketplace: The Community Publishing Company - Teacher Resource Manual Grade: 3-4   Published: 1989 5 of the 35 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below. 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 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 32: Choice Making Once the books have been sold, the class decides what to do with the money left over (if any) after paying back the loan or credit and any other expenses incurred in the business. The teacher emphasi... 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... Lesson 21: Resources for the Publishing Company In this lesson, you and your class begin to make decisions about the kid of book you will produce. The class also speculates on the resources necessary to produce the book and the cost of the resourc...