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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Brainstorming household budgets
Ideal for: Middle school (6-8)
Students review monthly incomes and household expenses to practice making budget decisions, including about housing and roommates.
Budgeting for needs and wants
Ideal for: Middle school (6-8)
Students explore the difference between needs and wants and practice making budget choices.
Creating a monthly household budget
Ideal for: Middle school (6-8)
Students determine how to balance their needs and wants when budgeting for household bills.
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.
Paying bills
Ideal for: Middle school (6-8)
Students explore different payment methods while using a Venn diagram.
Playing an insurance game
Ideal for: Middle school (6-8)
Students play a game to explore types of insurance and how they help protect people.
Protecting your identity online
Ideal for: Middle school (6-8)
Students answer true-or-false questions about safe online behaviors and consider ways to protect themselves online.
Protecting yourself against risk
Ideal for: Middle school (6-8)
After reviewing a handout about insurance, students will match types of insurance to the scenarios they cover.
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.