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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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.
Understanding how insurance works: A case study about Lucy
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students read about how insurance works and then review a case study to see how insurance choices can affect personal finances for a young adult in a rural area.
Investigating types of fraud and identity theft
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students identify different types of fraud and identity theft in real-world scenarios.
Giving advice about consumer protection
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students put their developing understanding of fraud and identity theft to use as they play the role of a consumer affairs advice columnist responding to letters from readers.
Speaking publicly about consumer financial protection rights
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students research and write a speech focusing on a specific consumer right or consumer financial protection issue and related laws.
Playing a credit and debit game
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students play a game to practice and explore positive credit and debit card behaviors.
Cosigning loans and sharing credit
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students research credit and analyze scenarios on sharing credit cards and cosigning loans.
Differentiating between secured and unsecured loans
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students explore characteristics of secured or unsecured types of credit by playing a sorting game.
Distinguishing between credit myths and realities
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students analyze and make judgments about credit and borrowing statements to better understand the reality of debt.
Role-playing borrowing and lending
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students take on the role of a borrower or a lender to pose questions, apply formulas to calculate interest, and evaluate data to inform borrowing and lending decisions.