When I was conducting research for this website, I stumbled across a great many tools which can be used in the classroom to add to learning. As this is an online website, I am limited in assignments and activities which may require the guidance and support of a teacher. This website is meant to be a beginning point for students to answer basic questions, then dig further using the resources provided. For any teachers interested in running financial literacy lessons in the classroom, I highly recommend the following resources.
Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF)
This was my absolute favorite resource from which I attained a great deal of information. It's curriculum units are built for high school students and are easily used in the classroom. They provide teacher packets (with objectives and standards), student activity packets, resources and projects for your classroom use. It is extremely user friendly and I highly recommend it, especially for its assessment activities.
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National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)
Much like NGPF this website's goal is to provide students with a comprehensive online education on financial literacy. The account is free and their learning modules are well worth exploring. The account is free to create and it should definitely be perused through for lessons and activities to enrich your classroom!
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Everfi
Much like the previous two websites, Everfi seeks to empower students with the knowledge and skills to make basic life decisions surrounding topics never taught in schools. They recognize the problem of graduates lacking financial literacy education and provide lessons and activities in a very wide range. Their lessons include activities for K-12 learners to Higher Education. This is a great site to reach a wide range of students and allow them to begin learning these skills from a young age.
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Khan Academy
This website is a highly used and well known resource for students and teachers. Not only does it provide students with lessons to prepare them for the SAT (for free!!), but it also encourages math skills and knowledge which they will need in their day to day life. Much like Everfi it provides lessons and activities for a very wide range of classes making this amazing resources accessible to teachers ranging from the elementary to the secondary levels.
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MyMoney.Gov
This educational tool is somewhat lower level compared to all the previous websites. However, don't let its simplicity deter you, there are good little tid-bits tossed around. It's language and information is somewhat simple and broad strokes making it a perfect site to use when introducing topics.
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H&R Block Budget Challenge
This is an activity you can register your classroom and students into. Your class will practice real-world money management skills such as paying bills, managing expenses, saving money, investing in retirement, and much more. Your classroom will compete with other classrooms who are competing in the same challenge that academic year. This can bring an exciting challenge to your classroom, especially since students love competitive activities. It is an incredibly fun, engaging, and educational program in which you can involve your students.
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The Actuarial Foundation
The Actuarial Foundation provides a great deal of useful sources and tools for students in various grade levels. I encourage exploring the website in its entirety. The link in the image to the left of this takes you to a page containing four pdf curriculum books on the following topics: Banking, Financing, Investing, and Succeeding. The information within is very useful with work for students to complete. I used the information in these books for certain parts of this website.
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Edutopia
This resource as an amazing collection of educational information on a variety of topics, including financial literacy. It's a good place to get started and find useful links to games and informational tools which you can use in the classroom or provide to students.
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JumpStart Clearing House
This website is an incredibly warehouse of resources all concerning financial education. When starting the research to create this website this was square one. I filtered through what I found most useful, but I highly recommend sifting through it for hidden gems of articles and activities for students to use. A large majority of the sources I used to research my module topics were found in the JumpStart clearing house.
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