Celebrate #FinLitMonth with us by finding ideas for you and your students!

Grades: 6-8, 9-12

Explore Our New Teen Girl Learning Series

CEE’s program, Invest in Girls, in collaboration with Fidelity Investments, is excited to launch our new Teen Girl Learning Series. This series of videos with activities and conversation-starters are created for joint viewing by parents and teens and are designed to teach the core concepts of personal finance and spark valuable conversation. Share with your students and their parents to encourage meaningful discussion about financial education at home.
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Grades: 9-12

Celebrate FinLitMonth with CEE's Personal Finance Standards Webinar Series

Celebrate #FinLitMonth with our Personal Finance Webinar Series, sponsored by Intuit for Education. Gain foundational knowledge of the six personal finance national standards and practical classroom ideas to engage your students in this webinar series led by CEE’s highly rated master teacher Dr. Cynthia Fitzthum.
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Grades: 9-12

Celebrate Personal Finance Month: Join Our Personal Finance Bootcamp!

Get your brain muscles warmed-up for this year’s Personal Finance Bootcamp. This one-day bootcamp will cover the six National Standards in Personal Finance Education which include saving, earning income, spending, investing, managing credit, and managing risk. The bootcamp is broken up into two sessions, a morning session and an afternoon session. Join your colleagues for an interactive and fun day of personal finance filled with turn-key lessons, group discussions, activities, and game play.
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Grades: Higher Education, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Teachers: Your Chance to Earn $1,000 Cash Award

The John Morton Excellence in the Teaching of Economics Awards honor teachers of any subject who use exemplary teaching techniques that improve their students’ economic understanding, in and out of the classroom. Annually an award of $1,000 is given to one teacher in each of the following categories: Elementary (Grades K-5), Middle/Junior High (Grades 6-8), and High School (Grades 9-12). Application deadline: Friday, June 21, 2024
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Grades: Higher Education, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Celebrate #FinLitMonth With Us!

At CEE, every month is Financial Literacy Month, but we're happy there's a dedicated month for the rest of the country to celebrate! This April, we have ideas for you on how you can celebrate Financial Literacy Month, whether you're a teacher, a student, or just want to get financially savvy!
LET'S MAKE THIS THE BEST #FINLITMONTH!

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Grades 9-12

Can We End Housing Insecurity?

Students compare the economic costs and benefits of helping people who are experiencing housing insecurity and consider the ethical implications.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Role of Government
90 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Should Private Companies Operate Prisons?

Students analyze and rank the four general goals of corrections to help them determine their personal beliefs about what prisons...
Key Concepts: Incentives, Opportunity Cost, Profit…
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Can You Be Fashionable and Ethical?

Students “produce” blue jeans and make business choices about production to simulate the decision of changing from more expensive, but...
Key Concepts: Costs of Production, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Externalities…
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

What Can We Do About Pollution?

Students play charades to mimic noise pollution and consider the question "what can be done if someone's choices are putting...
Key Concepts: Externalities, Markets and Prices, Role of Government
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

What is the Most Ethical Way to Fund Public Schools?

Students analyze documents, create a school-funding graphic organizer, and write an email to their state representative with their plan to...
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost, Role of Government
90 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Compound Interest Video and Quiz

In this personal finance video, students will learn about compound interest and play a Kahoot! game.
Key Concepts: Compounding, Economic Institutions, Interest
10 mins
Video
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On This Day in Economic History

August 17 1939

On this day in 1939, the American economy started to get ready for wartime status. Initially, the stock market took a hit from fears of the German invasion of Poland, but soon the economy started to grow because of the millions of dollars spent on defense manufacturing and other defense programs. With all of the new products being made, the unemployment rate dropped significantly.