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Lesson Plans Elementary and Middle School Students

Lesson Plans High School Students

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Lesson Plans and Resources for Pre K - K

 

 

 

Lesson Plans for Elementary and Middle School Students

Lesson Plans for High School Students

  • The Artist as Entrepreneur - This series of lessons is designed for high school students who are interested in learning more about art as a business.
  • Buy, Use, Toss? A Closer Look at the Things We Buy - Includes a series of ten fully-planned lessons designed for grades 9-12. Lead your students through an exploration of the production and consumption of goods - a system called the materials economy. Students critically analyze the sustainability of the steps of this system, determining how consumption can benefit people, economies, and environments.
  • Brass|Magazine Teacher Resource Center (TRC) - Search for classroom activities by keyword, subject or issue. Each lesson plan includes national and state (NY, OR, WI) standards for personal financial literacy.

    Wisconsin credit unions provide free to all 606 of Wisconsin's public high schools the brass|STUDENT PROGRAM. All of Wisconsin’s public high schools receive classroom sets of the magazine. If you have questions about whether or not your school is receiving brass, contact Laura Edmonston.Classroom sets of the magazine will be shipped to public schools in September, November and February. Teachers registered on the TRC will have access to the May Digital Edition.
  • Consumer Jungle - Helping turn high school students into savvy consumers without putting them to sleep.
  • EconEd Link - A premier source of classroom tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students
  • Economic Education Web - The 6-12 Economics navigation menus are organized so that you can locate resources by concept, by standard, or by lesson keyed to concept and standards
  • Hot Topics - Single class period discussion guides including a student reading handout, discussion questions, and suggested answers to help you help your students apply economic reasoning to the news and public policy issues of the day
  • Learning, Earning, and Investing - Offers a wide array of current data, investment education links, downloadable classroom visuals, interactive lessons and classroom-tested print lessons to teach the benefits of and strategies for long-term investing success.
  • Merrill Lynch Investing Pays Off Curriculum - Choose from Curriculum geared for ages 7-10, 11-14, or 15-18.
  • McREL - Grades 9-12. Organized under thematic topics. All lessons are standards based and use research proven instructional strategies.

  • National Endowment for Financial Education Clearinghouse - The materials listed on the Clearinghouse are sorted into subject areas on a variety of financial topics. Access teacher guides and classroom materials to provide financial education programs.

  • NEFE High School Financial Planning Program® - The HSFPP consists of a seven unit student manual, instructor's guide, and a dynamic suite of Web pages that offer a large, continually growing collection of resources, articles, and financial tools for teachers, students, and parents.

  • Online Activities - Various activities promoting financial literacy and economic understanding
  • YoungInvestor.com - Lessons for grades Pre-K to 12

 

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