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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Calculating the numbers in your paycheck
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students review a pay stub from a sample paycheck to understand the real-world effect of taxes and deductions on the amount of money they receive.
Investigating taxes in your life
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students play a game to explore how tax revenues pay for various activities and services they encounter in daily life.
Playing a banking fact and fiction game
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students listen to statements about banking and then walk to one side of the room or the other if they think the statement is fact or fiction.
Planning your financial path to college graduation
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students use a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau college planning tool to explore college costs and options for covering those costs.
Comparing saving and investing
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students explore the differences between saving and investing and answer questions about which one they’d use to reach different financial goals.
Discovering the benefits of investing early
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students use an online calculator and answer questions to learn about the value of investing early.
Playing an investment game
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students work in groups to explore real-world scenarios that can affect stock investments.
Comparing stock investments
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students learn how calculating capital gains and capital losses can help them evaluate stock investments.
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.
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.