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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Mapping your money journey (middle and high school)
Ideal for: Middle school (6-8), High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students complete a short survey to find out about their current money skills and explore things they can do to manage money better.
Storing my savings
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students read descriptions of common places to store their money and weigh the benefits and risks of each to decide which one(s) fit their financial goals.
Understanding jobs, teens, and taxes
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students read a handout about taxes and respond to questions to explore the relationship between working and taxes.
Understanding taxes and your paycheck
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students analyze statements about taxes to better understand how taxes affect people’s paychecks.
Becoming familiar with taxes
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students match tax types to definitions and then apply their knowledge to tax scenarios.
Understanding redlining
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students read a handout about the practice of redlining and answer questions about its impact on individuals and communities.
Writing about giving
Ideal for: Middle school (6-8), High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students discuss giving to a charitable organization, research local groups, and write a persuasive letter about that organization.
Including giving in your budget
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students explore how creating a budgeting rule can help people include giving in their monthly budgets.
Exploring entrepreneurship
Ideal for: Elementary school (4-5), Middle school (6-8)
Students read a book about starting a business, think of an idea for a product they can create or improve, and design a plan for selling it.
Drawing your own business comic strip
Ideal for: Elementary school (4-5), Middle school (6-8)
Students explore entrepreneurship by reading a story about entrepreneurs and drawing a comic strip about starting a business.