Q T Pi Fashions - Learning About Credit Card Use
Credit cards are convenient, user friendly, and at times dangerous. In this lesson students learn the joys and dangers of using credit as they help...
Grade: 6-8 9-12    Published: 11/13/2002


U.S. Senate Mulls Over Bankruptcy Legislation
During the week of September 20, 1998, the US Senate agreed to debate a bill (S 1301), intended to make it more difficult for people of means to us...
Grade: 9-12    Published: 09/21/1998


Marketplace: Doing Business in Afghanistan
In May 2002, delegates from governments, international companies, and financial institutions met at a United Nations conference in Tehran to discuss t...
Grade: 6-8 9-12    Published: 02/26/2009


Focus on Economic Data: U.S. Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy, March 18, 2008
This lesson focuses on the March 18, 2008, announcement by the Federal Open Market Committee on the current Federal Reserve monetary policy actions an...
Grade: 9-12    Published: 04/03/2008


The Economics of Voting
Since the 1960's, many Americans eligible to vote have not bothered to do so- not even in presidential elections. Low rates of participation in voting...
Grade: 9-12    Published: 08/28/2009


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Your Credit Counts Challenge: Trainer's GuideYour Credit Counts Challenge: Trainer's Guide
Grade: 7-adult   Published: 2004
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Section 4: A Roof Over Your Head
Participants will understand the benefits and drawbacks of homeownership. Participants will understand the process of buying a home, from before house-hunting to closing and occupancy. Participants ...

Financial Fitness for Life: Bringing Home the Gold - Grades 9-12 - Teacher GuideFinancial Fitness for Life: Bringing Home the Gold - Grades 9-12 - Teacher Guide
Grade: 9-12   Published: 2001
2 of the 22 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below.


Theme 1: Lesson 2 - The Economic Way of Thinking
Lesson 2 introduces students to the economic reasoning process or the "economic way of thinking." Students reason through two situations, using The Handy Dandy Guide, a primer on economic reasoning.
Theme 4: Lesson 11 - What Is Credit?
Credit decisions are among the most important choices that young people will make. This lesson provides an overview of what credit is and some of the advantages and disadvantages of using credit. St...

Capstone: Exemplary Lessons for High School Economics - Teacher's GuideCapstone: Exemplary Lessons for High School Economics - Teacher's Guide
Grade: 9-12   Published: 2003
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Unit 2: Lesson 11 - Do Prices Matter to Consumers?
This lesson demonstrates how people use prices when they weight expected costs and expected benefits in making economic decisions. It helps students see how choosing a second-best good or service can...
Unit 3: Lesson 16 - Making Choices About Saving and Investing
This lesson introduces the distinction between savings and the investment. It demonstrates how the price of money --the interest rate--is critical to making the right savings and investment choices. ...
Unit 3: Lesson 18 - Credit Management
This lesson is designed to help students make good consumer-credit decisions. Although using credit is beneficial at times, it often carries higher costs than many people realize. This lesson discus...

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
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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...

 

 
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