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Grades 9-12
Renting a Place to Live
In this personal finance lesson, students will compare rental options.
Key Concepts: Budgeting
Collection
Better Money Habits
Teach middle and high school students to navigate important life events using these practical, standards-aligned personal finance lessons with complementary videos from Better Money Habits . Each lesson utilizes CEE’s award-winning Financial Fitness for Life curriculum to help students learn how to make thoughtful, well-informed decisions about important topics such as budgeting, saving, credit, debt and meeting financial goals.
Lessons were developed by the Oklahoma Council for Economic Education, with funding from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.
Lesson
Grades 6-8
Meeting Financial Goals
In this lesson, students learn several basic steps to help them understand the importance of saving to meet future personal...
Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
Grades 6-8
Debit Cards vs Credit Cards
Using a Better Money Habits video, this lesson introduces students to the advantages and disadvantages of using debit cards and...
Key Concepts: Credit, Credit Rating, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…
Grades 6-8
How Does Your Family Save?
This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to discuss a family's regular shopping habits.
Key Concepts: Consumers, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Wants
Grades 9-12
Creating a Financial Safety Net
This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to explain why creating an emergency fund is important, especially when confronted...
Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Budgeting, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
Grades 9-12
Buying a Home
This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to help students compare the costs of renting or buying a place...
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
Grades 9-12
Getting Out of Debt
This lesson uses the Better Money Habits video Steps to Help You Get Out of Debt to explain the concept...
Key Concepts: Credit, Interest, Risk and Return
Grades 6-8, 9-12
The Basics of Saving and Budgeting
In this personal finance lesson, students will identify ways to spend and save to learn how to reach financial goals.
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Budgeting Basics
This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to reinforce budgeting concepts.
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Unplanned Spending
Grades 9-12
A Moving Experience: How Much Does it Cost?
This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to help students better understand the process of finding a place to...
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Deposit, Rent to Own
Professional Development
Grades 6-8
Bringing the Market to the Farm
Students learn how community supported agriculture (CSAs) is changing the relationship between the farmer and the consumer.
Key Concepts: Choice, Consumers, Goods and Services…
