Find financial literacy activities
Find activities that can help you teach and nurture the building blocks of financial capability across the curriculum.
These classroom activities can be completed within a single class period. Each activity comes with a teacher guide and supporting student material, so it’s easy to implement whether you’re an experienced personal finance teacher, integrating financial literacy into another subject area, or supplementing your existing financial education curriculum.
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Comparing financial aid offers
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students compare college costs and financial aid offers for three schools and explore how the choices they make can have a financial impact down the road.
Comparing higher education choices
Ideal for: Middle school (6-8), High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students explore higher education options by comparing similarities and differences between two colleges near where they live.
Creating a poster on life after high school
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students create a poster or infographic illustrating post-secondary education or workforce options they're interested in.
Earning money
Ideal for: Elementary school (K-1)
Students listen to a story about earning money and color pictures showing jobs that kids could do to earn money.
Exploring community colleges
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students learn about the benefits of community college and consider whether attending community college could be a good option to help them prepare for their future.
Exploring ways to protect what’s important to us
Ideal for: Elementary school (K-1), Elementary school (2-3), Elementary school (4-5)
Students draw a picture and answer open-ended questions based on a story about protecting ourselves and our property.
Learning how FAFSA works
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students learn about how the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) works by completing a simulation activity.
Making smart money trades
Ideal for: Elementary school (2-3)
Students listen to a story about making money trades and determine whether the values of different groups of coins and paper money are equal or unequal.
Matching interests and talents to careers
Ideal for: Elementary school (4-5)
Students match two people’s interests and talents to ideal careers and then write about their own interests, talents, and possible career choices.
Meeting your future self
Ideal for: Elementary school (4-5), Middle school (6-8)
Students imagine their lives in 10 years and write a fill-in-the-blank letter from their future selves to their current selves.