Just One Resource - CALCULATE: Completing a 1040
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[The Resource] CALCULATE: Completing a 1040
The Gist: Students practice filling out a 1040 form to file a tax return!
The Best Parts:
Students will file the 1040 for 4 different individuals, each with their own profile and situation. ...
Just One Resource - ANALYZE: How America Gives
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[The Resource] ANALYZE: How America Gives
The Gist: Using The Chronicle of Philanthropy site, students will explore American financial charitable giving throughout the country’s 50 largest metropolitan areas. Combining data from the Internal Revenue...
Just One Resource - INTERACTIVE: Eight Questions to Ask Before Picking a College
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[The Resource] INTERACTIVE: Eight Questions to Ask Before Picking a College
The Gist: College is one of the biggest decisions and investments a parent and student will make. As your students get ready for winter vacation with their families, it might be a...
Just One Resource - COMPARE: Charities
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[The Resource] COMPARE: Charities
The Gist: During this season of giving, it's important to look closely at how charities, nonprofits and organizations use people's donations. With this activity, your students will research organizations and causes that they are...
Just One Resource - PROJECT: You Decide! Who Gets the Job?
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[The Resource] PROJECT: You Decide! Who Gets the Job?
The Gist: In this project, students assume the role of a hiring manager at MusicBeat, a company that produces high-quality headphones. They have to review the resumes and cover letters of three potential...
Just One Resource - ANALYZE: Advertising Campaigns
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[The Resource] ANALYZE: Advertising Campaigns
The Gist: This entrepreneurship activity gives students the opportunity to identify mediums of advertising and analyze the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, making them more aware of how ads affect them, as well...
Just One Resource - PROJECT: Plan a Friendsgiving Dinner
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[The Resource] PROJECT: Plan a Friendsgiving Dinner
The Gist: In this Common Core Standards-aligned project, students plan a potluck Friendsgiving dinner, comparison shop for ingredients, and create an expense report via spreadsheet to track their “spending",...
Just One Resource - INTERACTIVE: What is a Millennial?
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[The Resource] INTERACTIVE: What is a Millennial?
The Gist: Your students will explore how trends among the Millennial generation regarding their experiences with technological change, globalization, and economic disruption reshape their spending habits and the...
Just One Resource - CASE STUDY: Have Diploma. Got Job?
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[The Resource] CASE STUDY: Have Diploma. Got Job?
The Gist: Your students get the chance to be in a career counselor's shoes and troubleshoot with college students on how to land a job!
The Best Parts:
Sample student profiles and resumes: You will find two...
Just One Resource - INTERACTIVE: Invest With STAX!
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[The Resource] INTERACTIVE: Invest With STAX!
The Gist: Your students will get to make 20 years worth of investing decisions...in 20 minutes. Are you ready??
The Best Parts:
More than just individual stocks: Students get a more holistic view of investment...
Just One Resource - CALCULATE: Impact of Credit Score on Loans
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[The Resource] CALCULATE: Impact of Credit Scores on Loans
The Gist: This activity allows students to understand how a low, medium, and high credit score can impact the terms of future loans such as an auto loan, a mortgage, and more!
The Best Parts:...
Just One Resource - ANALYZE: Should I Insure This Group?
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[The Resource] ANALYZE: Should I Insure This Group?
The Gist: Insurance can be...well, let's face it...a boring challenging topic to teach students. So, here's a fun way to introduce how insurance works, from the insurance company's perspective. Students step...
Just One Resource - ANALYZE: The Influence of Advertisements
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[The Resource] ANALYZE: The Influence of Advertisements
The Gist: Everyday, we are bombarded with advertisements that try to convince us to do something, buy something, eat something, look a certain way, and more. This activity introduces students to 6 ways ads try to...
Just One Resource - RESEARCH: FAFSA Deadlines
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[The Resource] RESEARCH: FAFSA Deadlines
The Gist: The FAFSA filing period just opened up on October 1st, and this is the perfect activity to have your students do so they can navigate the different deadlines they have to meet!
The Best Parts:
Teachers...
Just One Resource - ANALYZE: Change a Bad Financial Habit
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[The Resource] ANALYZE: Change a Bad Financial Habit
The Gist: Do you ever buy that daily coffee and think, "It's just for today, or this week!", but it ends up being a habitual expense? Preview the revamped Financial Pitfalls unit, as this NEW behavioral...
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