Classroom Resources by Grades
The Personal Finance Lab
Personal Finance Lab offers personal finance curriculum and lessons for use in the classroom. Lessons include budgeting, economics, career development, accounting, and more.
Helpful Links for Educators
Grades K -2:
We are Consumers and Producers Lesson
- Producers and consumers interactive learning lesson
- I can wash dishes PDF
- We are producers and consumers PDF
- Gift coupon PDF
- Handout
- Quiz
- Simulations
- Bernstein Bears saving simulation game
- Bunny Money story
- Answer key
Grades 3 – 5:
Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees Lesson
- Ways for Heather to earn money
- Allowance survey
- Answer key
- Earnings plan
- Lemonade in Winter, book
- Survival Guide for money smarts
Grades 6 – 8:
- Personal finance
- Plan and develop entrepreneurial activities
- Interactive story
- Lesson and worksheet
- Simulations
Grade 9 – 12:
Budgeting for Income and Expenses
- Activity
- Teacher checklist
- Budgeting video
- Student worksheet
- Answer key
Opportunity Cost, Spending decisions
- Lesson
- TEDTV Marshmallow Video Training
- Compound interest calculator
- Lesson & quizlet
Financial Management: Credit and Loans
- Webinar
- PowerPoint slides
Financial Institutions and Services Lesson
- Lesson and slides
- Quiz – Financial Services
- Simulation, comparing savings accounts
The Great Recession Simulation
- Simulation and video
- Saving and borrowing lesson
- Participation video series
- Quiz
Consumer Choice and Decision Making Video Series and Quiz
- Video
- Quiz
Comparing Savings Accounts Activity
- Activity
- Teacher checklist
- Video
- Answer key
- Teacher checklist
- Activity
- Comparing credit card offers video
- Evaluating credit card offers worksheet
- Evaluating credit card offers step-by-step screenshots
- Evaluating credit card offers answer key
