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| Title: | 10 Questions to ask When Choosing A Financial Planner |
| Type of Material: | PDF or Print |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | This brochure provides a checklist of questions to ask while interviewing and evaluating several people before selecting your personal financial planner. Questions focus on topics such as the planner's experience, qualifications, services offered, payment for services, and whether the planner has been publicly disciplined by any government or professional regulatory organization. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | 40 Money Management Tips Every College Freshman Should Know |
| Type of Material: | Student Workbook |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | 40 MONEY MANAGEMENT TIPS EVERY COLLEGE STUDENT SHOULD KNOW helps students get organized and offers tips on financial aid, checking accounts, spending plans, dorms and apartments, savings, jobs and debt. A single copy may be downloaded from the website. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | A Consumer's Guide to E-Payments |
| Type of Material: | Brochure, Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Most consumers use credit or debit cards to pay for online purchases, but other payment methods, like e-wallets, are becoming more common. This FTC brochure provides tips on how to make your online transactions as safe and secure as possible. Although you cannot control fraud and deception on the Internet, you can take steps to recognize it, avoid it and report it. The brochure tells how.
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| Title: | A Financial Flower Garden |
| Type of Material: | Online Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | A FINANCIAL FLOWER GARDEN helps students expand their knowledge of whole number computation by solving multiplication and division problems. Students use online technology and other reference materials to research their projects. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources in personal finance.
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| Title: | A Gift for Mama: Lesson Plan |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | In this lesson, students read a story about a young girl, Sara. Having always made gifts, Sara wants to buy a gift for Mama. Students create/illustrate a booklet describing Sara's and their short-term savings goals. Lesson uses the children's book, A GIFT FOR MAMA, by Esther Hautzig. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | A Penny Saved |
| Type of Material: | cartoon-style booklet Also available in Spanish Language. |
| Price: | No Charge |
| Description: | "A Penny Saved" explains why and how people save, and the importance of saving to the U.S. economy. The booklet focuses on advantages and disadvantages of various savings methods, such as U.S. Savings Bonds, stocks, and mutual funds. The concept of compound interest is explained. All public info materials are for download only on the website, www.ny.frb.org Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Adding Pennies, Nickels and Dimes |
| Type of Material: | Online Lesson Plan |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | ADDING PENNIES, NICKELS AND DIMES activity has students add and organize the coins to display a variety of price values from real life examples. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources in personal finance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | AFSAEF MoneySKILL, Internet Personal Finance Course |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Personal Finance Curriculum |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | MoneySKILL, an online course in personal finance, is a highly interactive, reality-based internet curriculum. Its purpose is to teach students to make informed financial decisions. The course consists of 34 "How to" modules on income, money management, spending, credit, saving and investing. Each module is designed to be approximately 40 minutes in length and includes interactive quizzes to measure student learning. MoneySKILL includes two life simulation activities which ask students what they expect to get out of life: what kind of job, what kind of house, what kind of car, do they plan to marry, how many children, and how will they save and invest. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Ahorros para la universidad: Lo que puede hacer hoy para cubrir los costos universitarios |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | An easy-to-read introduction to savings tools for families preparing to make the investment in higher education. This four-page resource offers both parents and students tips on smart saving strategies and a brief description of the financial tools available, including 529 college savings plans, pre-paid tuition plans, and college rewards programs. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Alexander's Coin Conundrum |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | ALEXANDER'S COIN CONUNDRUM lesson is based on Judith Viorst's book "Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday". Students use several computation techniques to calculate how Alexander spends all of his money in no time at all. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources and classroom activities for personal finance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Ask Questions |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | ASK QUESTIONS suggests questions investors should ask about investments, the people who sell them, and what to do if problems arise. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Auto and Home Insurance Workbook (Teacher Version) |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Workbook |
| Price: | |
| Description: | AUTOMOBIhLE AND HOME INSURANCE workbook (Teacher version) provides 10 chapters of instruction covering insurance basics, managing risk, how policiy prices are calculated, and more. Students gain skills needed to be a savvy insurance consumer. The teacher version provides short quizes and answers, discussion questions, key terms, case studies and additional activities. Supplemental lesson plans are also available. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Auto Financing Road Map: A Guide for Teaching About Auto Financing in Your Community |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | AUTO FINANCING ROAD MAP will assist educators in teaching about auto financing. It offers information and tools needed to hold an auto financing workshop or class, or to incorporate auto financing know-how into existing financial literacy programs. CD includes PowerPoint Presentations, worksheets, quiz, handouts, and more. It provides answers to commonly asked questions that educators need to know when they teach about buying a car.
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| Title: | Auto Service Contracts |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Explains the differences between service contracts and warranties. Discusses key terms: cost, coverage, claims, and buyer responsibilities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Avoiding Credit and Charge Card Fraud |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Steps to make it more difficult for a crook to get your credit or charge card or card numbers. How to report losses and fraud. Tips for protecting yourself against fraud. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Avoiding Student Credit Card Debt |
| Price: | n/a |
| Description: | AVOIDING STUDENT CREDIT CARD DEBT is a free online article providing information about credit cards marketed to college students. Topics include card marketing techniques, interest rates, how to comparison shop for the best card, proper use of cards, and the importance of credit education.
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| Title: | Bank at School: A Teachers Guide for Comprehensive Learning |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, Lesson Plan, Teaching Guide, Activities |
| Price: | Free. Note: For out-of-state requests, documents can be downloaded and copied to accommodate classroom needs. ,0.00 |
| Description: | BANK AT SCHOOL TEACHER'S GUIDE is offered in cooperation with local banks to help students build financial skills. Schools open educational bank branches in the classroom and give students access to their own savings account. On "bank days", students can make deposits. The emphasis is on saving. The teacher's guide provides classroom lessons complete with benchmarks and activities to accompany the students' banking experience. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Banking on the Internet (about E-Banking) |
| Type of Material: | Web Site with printable information |
| Price: | free/online |
| Description: | BANKING ON THE INTERNET provides information about online banking that can help you manage savings and checking accounts, apply for loans, or pay bills quickly and easily. To enjoy the full benefits of on-line banking, you need to know what E-banking can offer, what questions to ask before signing up, and know how to get help if you need it. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Banzai |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Web-Based Materials,Web Program (use online), |
| Price: | |
| Description: | BANZAI is a free online application designed to introduce students to principles of personal finance using a series of scenarios developed in conjunction with experienced educators.
Banzai users hail from 38 states and three countries. The system is appropriate for business, CTE, accounting, and financial literacy courses. The content can be adapted for grades 8-12, post-secondary, and adult education. Free lesson plans, grading tools, and online support are included. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Barter vs. Money |
| Price: | Free online download |
| Description: | BARTER VS. MONEY is an online lesson plan for Grade 1. Students hear the teacher read the book SHEEP IN A SHOP by Nancy Shaw. They learn about choice, making decisions, trade, and the barter system. They complete worksheets on comparing barter to the use of money in economic trade and using money in problem-solving situations. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Becoming a Money Savvy Student |
| Type of Material: | Book |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | BECOMING A MONEY SAVVY STUDENT asserts that higher education opens unlimited opportunities, especially for young people who are the first in their family to go to college. NEFE and the United Negro College Fund created this publication, which addresses the skills students need to pay for college and to make the most of the money they have while in college. To receive a single copy of the publication, please submit a written request to NEFE. Include a return street address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Being Resourceful |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | BEING RESOURCEFUL activity asks students to create a product, then determine which human, capital, and natural resources will be needed in order to produce the selected item. Students explain the economic concepts of production and productive resources. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Bingo Brown and the Language of Love: A Lesson Plan |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | free |
| Description: | This lesson plan examines the use of credit, using the children's book, BINGO BROWN AND THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Borrowing and Lending |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Teaching Guide, Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | BORROWING AND LENDING is an online lesson plan for Grade Four. Students share the book "Ben and Me", by Robert Lawson, to learn about borrowing, lending, and interest. Students complete a worksheet about borrowing money, create a table that shows the advantages and disadvantages of borrowing money, and role-play borrowing and lending money. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Bright Futures: Making Choices & Meeting Financial Goals Through Saving |
| Type of Material: | Parent Workbook and Guide |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Financially disadvantaged parents, seeking a brighter future for their children through scholarship assistance, are given sound advice regarding saving and spending plans in this guide developed with Children's Scholarship Fund. A single copy of the publication may be obtained by submitting a request in writing. Please include a return street address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Bringing Up a Nation of Savers: Child's Activity |
| Type of Material: | Savings Activity |
| Price: | no cost |
| Description: | This activity encourages children to save money by providing a place for them to put the money while they accumulate it. A teacher or parent surpervises a child in converting an empty coffee can into a savings "piggy" bank using a colorful cut-out wrapper. Young children learn the importance of setting goals and saving to achieve their goals. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Building A Better Credit Report |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Explains how consumer reporting agencies work and your rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Explains how you can legally improve your credit report. Offers tips on dealing with debt. Cautions about credit-related scams and how to avoid them. Lists additional resources. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Building Native Communities INVESTING FOR THE FUTURE |
| Type of Material: | yes - you can order hard copies |
| Price: | Free while supplies last. Downloadable on web. |
| Description: | INVESTING FOR THE FUTURE is a workbook for Native American students, high school through adult. The workbook provides an overview of investing in an easy-to-use format. The interactive exercises can be used in classrooms, teacher education workshops, and for self-directed learning. The workbook introduces investment know-how through stories, exercises, and illustrations. Learners apply investment principles to their way of life, as they gain insights on investing for the future. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Building Wealth: A Beginner's Guide To Securing Your Financial Future |
| Type of Material: | CD-ROM |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | BUILDING WEALTH offers basic guidance to students, teachers, individuals and families. Through budgeting, saving, investing, and limiting the amount of debt you incur, it is possible to create personal wealth and reach your financial goals -- such as paying off debt, managing college expenses, buying a car or home, starting a business or simply saving for future goals. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Building Your Money Skills |
| Type of Material: | Book |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | BUILDING YOUR MONEY SKILLS is a plain language, basic financial guidebook for young adults, ages 16-24. Created by NEFE and YouthBuild USA, this publication examines the real-world importance of earnings, savings, spending, taxes, credit and money management. To receive a single copy, please submit a written request to NEFE. Please include a return street address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Business and Profit |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Teaching Guide, Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online,0.00 |
| Description: | BUSINESS AND PROFIT is an online lesson plan for Grade 3. Students use the book "Sluggers' Car Wash", by Stuart J. Murphy, to learn about services, production costs, making profits, and using money to make change.
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| Title: | Buying |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Teaching Guide, Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | BUYING is an online lesson plan for Grade 2. Using the book "Money Troubles" (Little Bill Books for Beginning Readers), by Bill Cosby, students learn about benefits and costs. Suggested activities and discussion questions are provided in the lesson plan. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Buying a New Car |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Discusses pricing terms, financing options, trade-ins, and service contracts. Includes a worksheet to help the buyer when buying a car. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Buying a Used Car |
| Type of Material: | Books |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Explains the Buyers Guide required on all used cars sold by dealers. Also discusses payment options, private sales, and car buying tips. Addresses warranties, service contracts and spoken promises. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Buying Time: The Facts About Pre-Paid Phone Cards |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Explains how pre-paid calling cards work. Lists common consumer complaints, and how to avoid them. How to buy telephone time and value. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Buying, Giving, and Using Gift Cards |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet,Web-Based Materials, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | BUYING, GIVING AND USING GIFT CARDS explains what to look for when you receive a gift card, especially the terms and conditions of the card's use. An example tip, treat the card as cash, and date and use the card as soon as you can, before the expiration date. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | C.W. Publications Annual Catalog |
| Type of Material: | |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Catalog of personal finance teaching materials and interactive simulations. Software, CD-Rom, activity units, videos, multi-media kits, mini-courses. Topics include money management, credit, spending, saving and more. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Can You Make Change For A Dollar? |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | In CAN YOU MAKE CHANGE FOR A DOLLAR lesson, students use reasoning and number sense skills to create a list of possible solutions to a word problem. They manipulate and use coin values, and identify developing patterns. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Car Ads: Reading Between the Lines |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Cautions consumers to read ads carefully about low interest rates and other special promotions. Provides lists of questions to ask dealers to help clarify offers and determine whether special promotions offer genuine value. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Careers & Opportunities in Collections |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Careers & Opportunities in Collections: This brochure provides information on different aspects on establishing a career within the collection industry. To download a free brochure, please go to www.acainternational.org and click on Consumer Resources/Brochures. To order in bulk, contact ACAs Member Services Department at (952) 926-6547. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | CashCourse |
| Type of Material: | Web Program (use online), |
| Price: | |
| Description: | CASHCOURSE is a free online resource for college-age students that universities can offer to their students. This turnkey program provides students with the resources necessary to cultivate positive money management habits. The website offers resources in areas such as financial basics, paying for college, college life and the world of work. Popular topics include moving off campus, buying a car, studying abroad and avoiding over-spending.
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| Title: | Catalog of Federal Reserve Public Information Materials |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Lists publications and audiovisual materials published by 12 Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors. Materials designed to increase understanding of Federal Reserve System, Monetary policy, financial markets and consumer finance. All public info materials are for download only on the website, www.ny.frb.org Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Cha-Ching! |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan Activity, Web Site |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | In CHA-CHING activity, students gain experience in the vendor and consumer roles. Students use play money to buy and sell products and keep track of spending and profits. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site offers many additional free educational resources in personal finance.
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| Title: | Characteristics and Functions of Money |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS OF MONEY is an online lesson plan for Grade Four. Students share the book "The Go-Around Dollar", by Barbara Johnston Adams, to learn about the features of money and how money is used. They complete worksheets on the characteristics and functions of money. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Check, Please |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | CHECK, PLEASE! lesson is based on Amy Axelrod's book "Pigs Will Be Pigs: Fun with Math and Money". Students calculate how much money the pigs find and spend. Then they determine how else to spend the money at a restaurant. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Checkbooklet |
| Type of Material: | Website Booklet, Printable version available Online only. |
| Price: | free online |
| Description: | CHECKBOOKLET Provides basic information about checking accounts and special types of checks. It also summarizes the advantages and risks involved in writing and receiving checks and suggests ways to avoid or minimize possible problems in accepting checks for payments. Available on-line only.
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| Title: | ChoiceNerd.com |
| Price: | 1,000 |
| Description: | Choicenerd.com is an online resource for students and young adults seeking basic personal finance information. The website addresses the following topics: establishing and maintaining good credit; purchasing an automobile; deciding between owning or renting a place to live; investing; budgeting; banking; gaining employment and much more. Provides links to financial tools such as online financial calculators.
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| Title: | Choosing a Career or Vocational School |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Explains that while many private career or vocational schools are reputable and teach skills necessary to get a job, others make promises they do not deliver. Describes common deceptive practices. Lists considerations students should make before enrolling. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Choosing A Credit Card: The Deal is in the Disclosures |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet,Web-Based Materials, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | CHOOSING A CREDIT CARD explains credit card terms, how your balance is calculated, and how to shop for the best deal. The FTC provides tips to help you become a more savvy consumer. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Citigroup Financial Education Curriculum |
| Type of Material: | CD - ROM |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | This free K-adult financial education curriculum, revised in 2006, is adaptable for schools, after-school programs and community-based organizations. The lessons address selected national standards in personal finance, math, social science, language arts and economics. English and Spanish versions of the curriculum are available online, on CD-ROM, or in a 3-ring binder. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Coin A Phrase |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Web Site |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | COIN A PHRASE activity invites students to look at Benjamin Franklin's views about money. Students develop a quote in Franklins style to reflect their own thoughts on money. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids offers free educational resources including games, cartoons, lesson plans, and classroom activities.
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| Title: | Cold Calling Alert |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | COLD CALLING ALERT addresses how to deal with unsolicited telephone calls selling investments, your legal rights, and how to evaluate an investment offered over the telephone. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Common Cents |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | COMMON SENSE lesson walks students through the basics of counting and using small U.S. coin denominations (penny, nickel, dime). The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Comparison Shopping |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | COMPARISON SHOPPING is an online lesson plan for Grade 2. Using the book "The Monster Money Book", by Loreen Leedy, students learn about budgets and comparison shopping.
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| Title: | Competition Counts: How Consumers Win When Businesses Compete |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | COMPETITION COUNTS explains that competition in America is about price, selection, and service. It benefits consumers by keeping prices low and the quality and choice of goods and services high. The Federal Trade Commission works for consumers by promoting competitive markets. People who have an antitrust complaint or information that may be helpful in an investigation are advised to contact the FTC. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Consumer Action Handbook |
| Type of Material: | catalog |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Information on consumer rights, unscrupulous practices and informed choices in the marketplace. Public and private sector resources are listed to help resolve complaints. Available online at www.consumeraction.gov Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Consumer Assistance Handbook |
| Type of Material: | Book |
| Price: | free |
| Description: | This handbook contains practical information for gas, electric, water, and telephone utility consumers. Topics include avoiding telephone scams such as slamming and cramming, eliminating calls from telemarketers, deciphering utility bills, reading gas/electric/water meters, energy and water conservation, and more. It also has a glossary of terms. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Consumer Central |
| Type of Material: | Bibliographies |
| Price: | Free + S&H |
| Description: | Consumer Central is a bibliography of consumer education brochures, arranged by topic. Consumers may order brochures by using the source information at the back of the book. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Consumer Credit Briefcase - CDRom |
| Type of Material: | CD, Mini-CD with pdf files |
| Price: | |
| Description: | CONSUMER CREDIT BRIEFCASE Mini-CD contains the PDF files for more that 50 consumer education materials on credit issues, including debt and bankruptcy, credit reports, buying and selling real estate; mortgages, credit cards and consumer loans and identity theft and information security. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Consumer Handbook to Credit Protection Laws |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Topics include credit laws and how they apply to the cost of credit, credit applications, credit records, billing errors, electronic funds and how and where to complain about credit problems. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Consumer Information Catalog |
| Type of Material: | Resource lists - catalogs |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | The free catalog published quarterly, lists more than 200 free and low-cost federal booklets on topics ranging from employment to health, from money management to housing, from food to child care. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Consumer Jungle |
| Type of Material: | Web Site; Simulation; game; role-play; Teaching Guide |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Consumer Jungle is an interactive, web-based program that helps high school students become literate, savvy consumers. Consumer Jungle provides engaging and relevant consumer education curricula covering a variety of topics such as credit cards, transportation, living on your own, telecommunications, and e-commerce fraud. Available only online at http://www.consumerjungle.org Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | ConsumerCents |
| Price: | Some publications are free and can be downloaded |
| Description: | ConsumerCents is a financial literacy education resource which consists of various tools and publications available in hard copy and can be downloaded online. The web site also includes online financial education training workshops, a monthly newsletter and financial calculators. Users must register in order to use this web site. For more information visit www.consumercents.com
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| Title: | Continuity Plans: Coming to You Like Clockwork |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Ads for "clubs" that automatically send you a product or service - like flowers, books, movies or software - they're on TV, in print and on the Internet. If you join one of these "continuity" plans, you agree to receive merchandise or services automatically at regular intervals, without advance notice, until you cancel. The pamphlet explains how to protect yourself and where to complain if you have a problem with your plan.
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| Title: | Counting Change and Changing Coins |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | COUNTING CHANGE AND CHANGING COINS is an online lesson plan for Grade 2. Using the book "The Penny Pot", by Stuart J. Murphy, students learn about choices, producers and consumers, and counting money. Activities and discussion questions are included.
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| Title: | Coupon Clippers |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | COUPON CLIPPERS is an online lesson plan for Grade 3. Students share the book "Pigs Go to Market: Fun with Math and Shopping", by Amy Axelrod, to learn about price, choice, and comparative shopping. They examine the information provided on manufacturers' coupons and play a "shopping spree" game. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Creative Coin Combinations |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | CREATIVE COIN COMBINATIONS focuses on counting coins and coin equivalencies up to fifty cents, making use of a literature connection. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Credit , ATM and Debit Cards: What To Do If They're Lost or Stolen |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Tips for protecting your credit and ATM cards, limiting your financial loss, and buying a registration service. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Credit and Your Consumer Rights |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Brief explanation of your consumer rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, the Electronic Fund Tranfer Act, and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Tips for solving credit problems. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Credit as Currency |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | In CREDIT AS CURRENCY lesson, students explain the use of currency as it relates to credit and banking systems, using ancient China as a context. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Credit Card Loss Protection Offers: They're the Real Steal |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Telephone scam artists will lie to get people to buy worthless credit card loss protection and insurance programs. If you didn't authorize a charge, don't pay it. Follow your credit card issuer's procedures for disputing charges you haven't authorized. According to the Federal Trade Commission, your liability for unauthorized charges is limited to $50. The brochure suggests ways to protect yourself against credit card fraud and identity theft.
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| Title: | Credit Crossroads: Divorce & Credit - Be sure you know the rules of the game |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Provides information to help separating couples avoid common mistakes made during the divorce process that may damage or destroy their credit. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Credit Crossroads: Home Buying & Credit - Is your credit on solid ground? |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Provides information and advice to help consumers make the complex process of buying a home the happy experience it should be. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Credit Crossroads: New Credit - Is the deck shuffled in your favour? |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Provides information about establishing first credit, making the right credit choices, and managing credit wisely. The brochure defines the various types of credit available to consumers and gives helpful definitions for common credit terms. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Credit for College |
| Type of Material: | Book |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | CREDIT FOR COLLEGE is designed to help high school students plan for their college education by applying learned money management skills. Topics include financial aid, checking accounts, credit cards, budgeting and taking responsibility for student loans. A single copy of the publication may be obtained by submitting a request in writing. Please include a return street address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Credit Matters |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | CREDIT MATTERS is geared toward young adults and first time credit users. It provides information on qualifying for a credit card, the importance of establishing a good credit history, getting the best deal, and calculating the cost of credit. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Credit Score Basics |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | THE BASICS OF RISK SCORING booklet explains the fundamentals of credit scores, how they work and how to get a better score. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Currency and Exchange Rates |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free online download |
| Description: | CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE RATES is an online lesson plan for Grade Five. Students share the book "The Story of Money", by Betsy Maestro, to learn about exchange and barter, the function of money, currency, and spending money. Students complete a worksheet and determine the value of the dollar in three different countries using current exchange rates, and they shop with cashless money. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Current Changes in Currency Design: Why a Newly Redesigned $50 Note? |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan |
| Price: | free of charge |
| Description: | CURRENT CHANGES IN CURRENCY DESIGN is a lesson plan designed to teach students about the features of the new $50 note. An activity related to personal finance involves a comparison of the change in purchasing power of money due to inflation between 1950 and the present time. The Consumer Price Index is explained. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Debt |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online,Free download online,0.00,0.00 |
| Description: | DEBT is a free downloadable online lesson plan for Grade 3. Students use the book "Four Dollars and Fifty Cents", by Eric A. Kimmel, to learn about credit, debt, and interest rates. They write a story about credit and debt and complete worksheets on calculating simple interest on loans. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Debt Collection FAQs: A Guide for Consumers |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Explains your rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, what debt collectors may and may not do if you owe money, and how and where to complain if you are harassed, threatened, or abused. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Debt Slapped: Student Guide |
| Type of Material: | Web-Based Materials, Web Program (use online), DVD |
| Price: | Download online |
| Description: | DEBT-SLAPPED: STUDENT GUIDE is a wake up call to high-school and college students about the life-altering consequences of taking on too much debt. The DVD helps students understand the pitfalls of credit card and student loan debt and suggests reasoned decisions and behavior change. The hip DVD appeals to media-savvy students, while its content provides empowerment. The free DVD and related worksheets can be downloaded online. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Do You Like to Spend or Save? |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan Activity, Website |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | In DO YOU LIKE TO SPEND OR SAVE lesson plan activity, students take a poll to see how their peers manage money. Then students graph their findings and discuss the survey results. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many free educational resources in personal finance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Do You Really Need It? |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | DO YOU REALLY NEED IT? is an online lesson plan for Grade Four. Students share several chapters of the book "The Boxcar Children", by Gertrude Chandler Warner, to learn about needs and wants and earning money. Students complete a worksheet on needs and wants, creat a spending plan, and determine ways they can earn money. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Dollars and Sense: Financial tools you can Use |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | free |
| Description: | DOLLARS AND SENSE addresses many money issues that students face, particularly as they approach and survive in college. Topics include managing money and debt, pinching pennies, cleaning up credit problems, student loans, and where to turn for help. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | DollarsfromSense.com |
| Type of Material: | Web Program (use online) |
| Price: | |
| Description: | DOLLARSFROMSENSE.COM is an interactive website that instructs college students and young adults on the basics of personal finance and investing. It encourages smart financial decisions early in adulthood. Users learn the dangers of credit card debt, considerations in accomplishing their short and long-term goals, and the basics of saving, investing, and retirement. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Don't Bet On It |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | NEFE and NCAA designed this booklet for student athletes and other related college personnel. The publication is available, free of charge, online at http://www.ncaa.org/gambling/dontbetonit. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Double Your Money |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | In DOUBLE YOUR MONEY lesson, students estimate and calculate the sum of very large numbers. Students experiment with the concept of exponential growth. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Earning an Income |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | EARNING AN INCOME is an online lesson plan for Grade Four. Students share several chapters from the book "Shoeshine Girl", by Clyde Robert Bulla, to learn about the role of money, labor, earning income, positive and negative incentives, and improving human capital and productivity. Students complete a worksheet on earning money, discuss possible careers, and complete an activity that shows the importance of learning and practicing new skills. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | E-Brochure: Understanding Credit Cards |
| Type of Material: | PDF downloadable |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | UNDERSTANDING CREDIT CARDS is a free online tool for people of all ages -- from young adults headed to college or work, to established borrowers thinking about using a credit card. It helps consumers know how credit cards work, learn about credit terms and laws, take steps to protect themselves against fraud and avoid the dangers of using credit unwisely. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | EconEdLink |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide,Lesson Plan,Web-Based Materials,Website |
| Price: | |
| Description: | ECONEDLINK is a free internet based library of economics and personal finance lesson plans for teachers and their students. The site includes over 570 lessons searchable by grade level, concept and economic standard. The lesson plans include a teacher version and a student version. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Economic Awareness Council Website Kids Page |
| Type of Material: | Web site, Worksheets, Templates, Crafts, Coloring Pages |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | THE ECONOMIC AWARENESS COUNCIL WEBSITE KIDS PAGE contains over 40 financial and economic education activity pages, craft templates, games, and coloring pages for kids. For example, a "Fast Facts" quiz asks, If you save a little over $1 a day for 40 years and earn 5% interest, how much will you have? Answer: $50,000. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Educación a tu Alcance |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | EDUCACION A TU ALCANCE is a comprehensive step-by-step guide in Spanish that provides students and families with information on the admissions and financial aid processes, an overview of the types of financial aid available, and a glossary of terms. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Electronic Banking |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Discusses a variety of electronic fund transfer (EFT) services: automated teller machines, direct deposit, pay-by-phone systems, personal computer banking, and point-of-sale transfers. Explains your legal rights and responsibilities regarding your EFT account. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Electronic Check Conversion |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | The next time you write a check to a local merchant, the cashier may give the check back to you after the transaction. Why? More merchants are using electronic check conversion, a service that converts a paper check into an electronic payment at the point of sale. The FTC brochure reminds consumers that there may be no "float" on the check. It suggests ways to monitor your bank account to avoid bounced checks and other problems. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK) |
| Price: | $0 |
| Description: | The EMERGENCY FINANCIAL FIRST AID KIT helps people prepare for and more quickly recover from a disaster or personal emergency. Regardless of income or financial assets, everyone needs to have their financial records in order. The kit provides space to record personal household information, professional advisors, credit/debit card information and insurance policies. The kit also includes a checklist of important legal documents and financial statements, and tips on electronic passwords and pins. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Extra Credit |
| Type of Material: | N/A |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | EXTRA CREDIT is an intermediate credit curriculum that is available in both English and Spanish. It covers advanced credit topics such as credit scores, debt management, and credit repair. Materials include instructor guide, participant guide, completion certificate, and overhead slides. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Fair Credit Billing |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Explains consumer rights and creditor responsibilities under Fair Credit Billing Act, the types of credit transactions and disputes that are covered, how to use the settlement procedure, and what happens while a bill is in dispute. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Fantasy Stock Market Game |
| Price: | 0 |
| Description: | FANTASY STOCK MARKET GAME is a free online game that allows players to invest in a wide variety of stocks and mutual funds. Players learn stock market investing basics with $10,000 of fantasy money. A new game begins every month. The website provides tips on investing, including how to research a company, the importance of diversification, and a checklist of criteria for stocks that players may want to buy. Daily stock prices can be found on this website, along with the daily gain or loss in the player's portfolio. Monthly gamewinners receive a reward. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Financial Education Challenge |
| Type of Material: | Online Teaching Guide, Lesson Plan, Online Game for Students |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | THE FINANCIAL EDUCATION CHALLENGE is an effective learning tool in three grade levels, elementary, middle and high school. Activities help students learn about topics such as saving and investing, budgeting and financial planning as well as how to make smart spending decisions in a social setting. A Brandeis University study found the Financial Education Challenge to be an engaging way to teach students about personal finance. Lessons are keyed to Jump$tart National Standards in Personal Finance as well as standards in social studies, economics and math. The online game for students extends their thinking about personal finance decisions. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Financial Fitness...It's Priceless: Public Policy Deliberation Guide |
| Type of Material: | Web-Based Materials |
| Price: | Free. May be downloaded online. |
| Description: | FINANCIAL FITNESS...IT'S PRICELESS is an academic paper addressing inadequate financial literacy and lack of financial security. Strategies for taking action to reduce problems are provided, including tools for convening a town forum on the issue. Advantages, limitations, and trade-offs of various approaches are identified. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Financial Literacy: TEACH IT! |
| Type of Material: | Video, Web-Based Materials, Lessons, Professional Development |
| Price: | Free on Internet |
| Description: | FINANCIAL LITERACY: TEACH IT! provides educators with twenty-one lessons and motivational resources on how to effectively teach financial literacy in elementary, middle and high school classrooms. Wisconsin's Standards for Personal Financial Literacy serve as the foundation for this multi-media resource. Online videos on the website show enthusiastic teachers and students interacting in the learning environment. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Financial Skills for Life |
| Type of Material: | Booklet, Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | This youth booklet was developed for Boys & Girls Clubs of America. It addresses financial goals and values, cash flow, paying yourself first, job-related financial decisions, using credit wisely, protection against loss, and time value of money. To receive a single copy of the publication, submit a request in writing. Please include your address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Focus on Finances: Preparing For Your Future |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet,Web-Based Materials, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | FOCUS ON FINANCES: PREPARING FOR YOUR FUTURE is a tool to help young people learn about credit, identity theft, and buying a new or used car. It explains what to know about warranties, service contracts, and pre-purchase independent inspection. It provides web addresses for further information on these topics. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Foster Care Series - See Description |
| Type of Material: | Student Workbook, Teaching Guide |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | This series of five booklets provides critical personal finance information for kids in foster care, ages 8 through 15. Developed in collaboration with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the series also provides mentoring guidance for foster caregivers. Titles include "Money Pals: Being Cool with Cash" and "I Know Where I'm Going (But Will My Cash Keep Up)". A single set of the publications may be obtained by submitting a request in writing. Please include a return street address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Franklin's Fortune |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | In FRANKLIN'S FORTUNE lesson, students learn that fifty cents in the past could buy much more than it can today. They construct graphs showing how the buying power of fifty cents has changed over time as well as graph how the price of a product has changed over time. Students will also write percentage increase rate problems. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers a variety of free educational resources and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Fraud Scene Investigator: Suitable Investments |
| Type of Material: | Web Program (use online), |
| Price: | |
| Description: | FRAUD SCENE INVESTIGATOR: SUITABLE INVESTMENTS is an online interactive investor education program that helps students learn how to detect and stop investment fraud, using the Internet. The FSI program helps students learn to use newspaper stock tables, research companies, and tell the difference between a true investment and a fraudulent sales pitch. A teacher's guide is also available online.
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| Title: | From the mixed-Up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: Lesson Plan |
| Type of Material: | On-line Lesson Plan, Student Workbook, Teaching Guide |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | This lesson is based on the book FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER. Students use the experiences of two children to learn about income, expenses, and the budget process. The book follows the adventures of the children who hide out in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Students learn about the need for income and the importance of planning and budgets. Students update the 1967 prices used in the book. They sort through expenses and income sources to construct their own weekly budget. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | FTC ConsumerLine - WWW.FTC.GOV |
| Type of Material: | WEB Site |
| Price: | 0 |
| Description: | ConsumerLine at www.ftc.gov is the online service of the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Consumer and Business Education. Offers full text of consumer publications on a wide range of categories. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | ftc.gov/MoneyMatters |
| Type of Material: | Web-Based Materials, Web Program (use online) |
| Price: | |
| Description: | The Federal Trade Commission's website www.ftc.gov/MoneyMatters is for people dealing with debt or scams, or struggling to find a job or to manage limited resources. Money Matters offers short, practical tips, videos, and links to reliable resources for more information. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Funny Money Riddle Rhymes |
| Type of Material: | Web site,Activity Page |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Get Financially Fit: The Big Weigh In: Take Financial Charge! |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free to download |
| Description: | GET FINANCIALLY FIT: THE BIG WEIGH IN: TAKE FINANCIAL CHARGE is the third of a three-brochure series for college students. This publication provides information on how to check your credit score and report, dealing with credit trouble, and protecting your financial future. Other titles in the series are "Get Financially Fit: The Warm Up: Get Ready for the Financial Challenge" and "Get Financially Fit: The Work Out: Take the Financial Fitness Challenge". Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Get Financially Fit: The Warm-Up: Get Ready for the Financial Fitness |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free to download |
| Description: | GET FINANCIALLY FIT: THE WARM UP: GET READY FOR THE FINANCIAL FITNESS CHALLENGE is the first of a three-brochure series for college students. This brochure provides information and advice on using credit wisely, managing your spending and savings, and identity theft. Other titles are"Get Financially Fit: The Work Out: Take the Financial Fitness Challenge" and "Get Financially Fit: The Big Weigh In: Take Financial Charge". Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Get Financially Fit: The Work Out: Take the Financial Fitness Challenge |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free to download |
| Description: | GET FINANCIALLY FIT: THE WORK OUT: TAKE THE FINANCIAL FITNESS CHALLENGE is the second of a three-brochure series for college students. This publication provides information on how to save and manage money, the costs and affects of the misuse of credit, and the problem of identity theft. Other titles in the series are "Get Financially Fit: The Warm Up: Get Ready for the Financial Challenge" and "Get Financially Fit: The Big Weigh In: Take Financial Charge". Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Get the Facts on Saving and Investing |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | An introduction to the basics of saving and investing. Includes self-assessment, investment choices, monitoring your progress and avoiding problems. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Getting Credit: What You Need to Know About Your Credit |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | A growing number of young adults use credit cards but many of them fail to manage their credit wisely. This FTC brochure provides tips on shopping for credit cards, using cards carefully, and keeping your credit record clean. The booklet explains credit reports and credit scores, how to protect your identity, improve your credit record, and what to do if you are a victim of identity theft.
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| Title: | Going To The Grocery Store |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE has students select low-cost food items from a store circular. Then they create coin combinations to show the cost of each item. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources in personal finance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Goods For You |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Web Site |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | In GOODS FOR YOU lesson, students explore a book and a game about farm life, while learning about goods and services. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change(TM) Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources in personal finance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Government Goods and Services |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | GOVERNMENT GOODS AND SERVICES is an online lesson plan for Grade Five. Students share several pages from the book "Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?", by Jean Fritz, to learn about the role of money, government goods and services, and paying for governement goods and services. Students complete worksheets on goods and services, and they examine sales receipts and a paycheck stub. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Great Minds Think: A Kid's Guide to Money |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, Workbook, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | GREAT MINDS THINK: A KID'S GUIDE TO MONEY is a free, self-directed, interactive booklet. It introduces concepts like earning, spending, and saving money in a fun way. While learning and practicing skills related to each topic, kids are encouraged to "Ask an Adult" about the choices they've made. Includes a certificate of completion. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Growing Your Money: Personal Financial Tools |
| Type of Material: | Video, Student Workbook, Teaching Guide |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | GROWING YOUR MONEY: PERSONAL FINANCIAL TOOLS is designed for adults who may want to go to school, pay off their debt, start a business or buy a home. The fact sheets, worksheets and video can be applicable to 11-12 grade students as well. Four major topic areas of the video and the curriculum are: "Developing A Spending Plan", "Working with Checking and Savings Accounts", "Using Credit and Your Credit Report", and "Getting a Loan".
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| Title: | Guide to Home Loans |
| Type of Material: | CD-ROM, Booklet/Workbook |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | GUIDE TO HOME LOANS, a CD, covers topics such as the basic steps to securing a home loan; an explanation of disclosure documents; tips on avoiding predatory loans; reverse mortgages; and a glossary of common mortgage terms. The CD includes information on how much people can afford for housing, home-buyer costs, mortgage calculators, and web links to helpful resources. A print version of the CD is also available. Provided by the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Hands on Banking / El futuro en tus manos |
| Type of Material: | Computer Software, Teaching Guide, Web Site, closed-captioned for hearing impaired |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | HANDS ON BANKING provides instruction in English and Spanish for four groups: kids (4th & 5th grade),teens (6th to 8th grade), high school and adults. Topics include budgeting, savings and checking accounts, credit, investing, homeownership and starting a small business. The lessons are correlated with selected national education standards for math, personal finance, and economics. The material can be used for self-paced individual learning as well as for classrooms and community groups. The program is available on the web and on CD-ROM. A printed Teacher's Guide is also available. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Help Wanted ... Finding a Job |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Describes six basic types of employment service firms. Urges consumers to find out what services a firm offers, how much the services cost, and who pays. Discusses consumer scams and how to avoid becoming a victim. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | High School Students and Credit Cards - A Recipe for Disaster? |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Free downloadable article |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND CREDIT CARDS: A RECIPE FOR DISASTER? focuses on educating parents about the importance of teaching teenagers how to manage credit. The article also provides tips to teens about the importance of using credit responsibly.
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| Title: | How a Financial Planner Can Help You...and How to Choose the Right One |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, free download from the web |
| Price: | |
| Description: | HOW A FINANCIAL PLANNER CAN HELP YOU is an introductory brochure to the financial planning process. It provides guidance on when to seek a financial planner and how to find one that's right for you. Events that might prompt young people to use a planner include marriage, the birth of a child, paying for college and saving for a first home. The booklet provides a checklist of items to ask a planner prior to purchasing the services. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | How Do I Make Change From A Dollar? |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | HOW DO I MAKE CHANGE FROM A DOLLAR allows students to practice counting, adding and subtracting amounts to make change in a class store. Students gain skill in the 'counting- up' method: starting with the cost of the item and counting up to the amount of money given. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources in personal finance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | How Do You Spend Your Money? |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY? is an online lesson plan for Grade Five. Students share several chapters from the book "Tarantula Shoes", by Tom Birdseye, to learn about saving, earning an income, trade-offs, cost-benefit analysis, and spending money wisely. They complete a worksheet on bargain shopping, decide which athletic shoe to buy, and discuss how to spend their money wisely. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | How Many/How Much |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Teaching Guide, Worksheets |
| Price: | Free Online Download |
| Description: | HOW MANY/HOW MUCH is an online lesson plan for Grade 1. Students listen to the teacher read the book MONSTER MONEY, by Grace Maccarone, to learn to recognize coins, know their value, and develop understanding of the concept of money as a medium of exchange.
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| Title: | How Much? |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | In the HOW MUCH lesson plan, students solve story problems that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with decimals. Students illustrate parts of a dollar as a fraction, decimal, or percentage. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | How To Buy Your Own Home: Teacher's Guide and Student Workbook |
| Type of Material: | Book,Student Workbook,Teaching Guide |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | "How to Buy Your Own Home" helps students prepare for homeownership. Call toll-free to receive a sample student workbook and teacher's guide. Covers topics such as home/buying, budgeting, the importance of credit, mortgage loans, how to establish a credit history and monthly expenses related to buying a home of your own. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | How To Do Your Banking |
| Price: | Free if sponsored by Financial Institution |
| Description: | HOW TO DO YOUR BANKING helps high school students develop basic personal finance concepts and banking skills. Students learn to prepare a budget, manage a checking account, and use electronic banking. They explore savings account choices and strategies, coupound interest, credit costs, and credit rating. Role-play simulations, sample forms, exercises and tests are included, as well as a supplemental CD and video. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | How We All Benefit From Insurance CD-ROM |
| Price: | Free to not-for-profit schools |
| Description: | A contemporary learning tool that makes it fun to learn about the insurance industry. Enter the Jourdon Insurtainment Complex and experience four movies illustrating how we all benefit from insurance. Play four games in the arcade to understand general insurance concepts. Visit the insurance jobs board to learn about industry job opportunities.
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| Title: | I Want It All |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | I WANT IT ALL is on online lesson plan for Grade 3. Students share the book "Pigs Will Be Pigs", by Amy Axelrod, to learn about unlimited wants, choice, and adding and counting money.
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| Title: | ID Theft: What's It All About? |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Explains how identity theft occurs, how to manage your persoal information, how to tell if you're a victim and what to do if you are, and where to go for more information. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Identity Theft...your good name gone bad! |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Identity theft is when someone obtains a person's identifying information and uses it illegally. The imposter can open new credit card accounts, drain your bank account, purchase a car, and on and on. The pamphlet describes the warning signs; how to protect yourself; and what to do if you become a victim of this rapidly growing crime. Pamphlet available on web site. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Identity Theft: Reduce Your Risk |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | IDENTITY THEFT: REDUCE YOUR RISK provides information on how to minimize the risk of identity theft and lists resources available to assist consumers that become victims. Produced in cooperation with the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and the Federal Trade Commission. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | I'm In The Money |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | The I'M IN THE MONEY game has students select and "purchase" classroom items that are for sale, then count out the coin cost for each purchase. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational materials in personal finance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | In Great Demand |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | The IN GREAT DEMAND senario asks students to explain the meaning of supply and demand. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers a variety of free educational resources and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Insurance Curriculum in a Box |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Teaching Guide, Video, Web site |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | INSURANCE CURRICULUM IN A BOX is a free online teaching guide that includes downloadable lesson outlines, a video clip, powerpoint presentations and student worksheets. Areas addressed include auto insurance, homeowner and renter insurance, life and health insurance, and careers in insurance. The curriculum materials allow the teacher to choose from 30, 60 or 120 minutes of classroom instruction on each of the major areas of insurance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Invertir Vale la Pena: ¡Nunca es demasiado temprano para empezar! |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | The INVESTING PAYS OFF curriculum (Spanish version) contains strategies to assist teens to gain skills in personal finance, leadership, entrepreneurship and business savvy. Skill-building sessions focus on real-world insights and measurable results. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | InVEST Automobile Insurance Manual for Teachers |
| Type of Material: | CD -- Teaching Guide |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | The InVEST Teacher's Manual accompanies the student workbook. This course may be taught within a business course or as a stand-alone class. The manual provides tools to teach basic business management skills with a focus on automobile insurance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | InVEST Automobile Insurance Manual student workbook |
| Type of Material: | CD |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | The InVEST student workbook accompanies the InVEST teacher's manual. This unit provides a simulation on operating an insurance agency that sells automobile insurance. Students learn about career opportunities available in the insurance industry. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Invest Wisely, Mutual Funds |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | INVEST WISELY, MUTUAL FUNDS provides basic information on how to select a brokerage firm and salesperson, and how to open an account. Provides names and addresses of securities regulators. Identifies warning signs of investment fraud. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Investing For Your Future |
| Type of Material: | Online Only: Book, Computer Software, Teaching Guide, Study Guide |
| Price: | Free online |
| Description: | INVESTING FOR YOUR FUTURE is a basic investing home study course that can also be used in high school or adult education classes. An accompanying Self-Study Guide can be used as a classroom Teaching Guide. A CD-ROM contains about 240 PowerPoint slides for a 6-week class. The CD also includes class marketing and evaluation materials. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Investing Pays Off: It's never too early to start (Level 1) |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Lesson Plans, Student Worksheets, Volunteer Workbook |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | The INVESTING PAYS OFF® curriculum contains 15 strategies to help youngsters ages 7 to 10 gain skills in personal finance, leadership, entrepreneurship, and business savvy. The strategies can be presented in a variety of settings, from classrooms to community centers and family living rooms. Skill-building sessions focus on real-world insights and measurable results. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Investing Pays Off: It's never too early to start (Level 2) |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Lesson Plans, Student Worksheets, Volunteer Workbook |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | The INVESTING PAYS OFF® curriculum contains 15 strategies to help young people ages 11 through 14 gain skills in personal finance, leadership, entrepreneurship, and business savvy. The strategies can be presented in a variety of settings, from classrooms to community centers and family living rooms. Skill-building sessions focus on real-world insights and measurable results. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Investing Pays Off: It's never too early to start (level 3) |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Lesson Plans, Student Worksheets, Volunteer Guide |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | The Investing Pays Off® curriculum contains 15 strategies to assist teens ages 15 through 18 gain skills in personal finance, leadership, entrepreneurship, and business savvy. The strategies can be used in a variety of settings, from classrooms to community centers and family living rooms. Skill-building sessions focus on real-world insights and measurable results. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | It All Adds Up |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Web Site |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | IT ALL ADDS UP is an online site for teens who want a head start on their financial future. Five interactive lessons show students the fundamentals of budgeting; saving and investing; preparing for college; buying a car; and credit. Lesson plans are designed for high school teachers and their students. Download the free lesson plans and student activities at http://www.italladdsup.org Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | It's On Sale |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Teaching Guide, Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | IT'S ON SALE is an online lesson plan for Grade 1. Students listen to the teacher read the book "The Great Pet Sale", by Mick Inkpen. They participate in activities and discussions to learn about bargains and sales, comparison shopping, and how commercials and advertisements attract customers.
Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | JA Banks in Action |
| Type of Material: | Simulation, Teaching Guide, Web Program (use online), Workbook, Simulation, JA Program Kit delivered by a JA volunteer |
| Price: | |
| Description: | JA BANKS IN ACTION is a volunteer-led program built around eight classroom sessions. Students learn the fundamentals of banking from a bank employee's perspective, then apply what they learn in a competitive environment using a computer simulation. Students also explore the history of banking, its products and services, short and long-term interest rates, loan applications, and careers in banking. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | JA Economics |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Workbook, Text book, student study guide, test bank, volunteer guide |
| Price: | |
| Description: | JA ECONOMICS is a one-semester course that examines the fundamental concepts of micro-, macro-, and international economics. A want-satisfaction chain is described, along with choice-making among alternatives. One of the 16 chapters focuses on "Consumers, Savers and Investors". Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | JA Economics for Success |
| Type of Material: | Game, Teaching Guide, CD, Poster or Calendar, Workbook, JA Program Kit delivered by JA volunteer |
| Price: | |
| Description: | JA ECONOMICS FOR SUCCESS explores personal finance and students' education and career options based on their skills, interests, and values. It also demonstrates the economic benefits of staying in school. Students learn fundamental business/economic concepts and learn important principles of financial literacy. Key topics include reflective decision-making, budgeting, credit and financial risk.
Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | JA Exploring Economics |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide,Lesson Plan,Workbook,JA Program Kit (hands-on materials for 7 class periods delivered by a JA volunteer) |
| Price: | |
| Description: | JA EXPLORING ECONOMICS tackles a complex subject and makes it accessible and fun for high school students through hands-on activities. JA Exploring Economics teaches concepts such as supply and demand, inflation, and international trade. It teaches students about command and market economies, and the effect that governments and individuals have on the global economy as well as on the price of a loaf of bread.
Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | JA More than Money |
| Type of Material: | Game, Teaching Guide, CD, Poster or Calendar, JA Program Kit (various materials for 6 one-hour sessions) |
| Price: | |
| Description: | JA MORE THAN MONEY is a six-sesson after-school program that teaches students about earning, spending, sharing, and saving money. It helps learners explore businesses they can start or jobs they can perform to earn money. Find more information at http://www.ja.org/programs/programs_elem_dollars_sense.shtml Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Jobs |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Teaching Guide, Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | JOBS is an online Lesson Plan for Grade 1. Students listen to the teacher read the book "Bear About Town", by Stella Blackstone. They participate in activities and discussions to learn about productive resources and jobs in the community. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Junior Achievement Presents: The NEFE High School Financial Planning Program |
| Type of Material: | Game, Teaching Guide, Poster or Calendar, Program Kit delivered by JA volunteer, Student handouts |
| Price: | |
| Description: | Junior Achievement Presents: THE NEFE HIGH SCHOOL FINANCIAL PLANNING PROGRAM gives students hands-on experience in financial planning, with guidance from a Junior Achievement volunteer. This program helps students gain skills to set financial goals and make informed financial decisions throughout their lives. Five sessions focus on budgeting, investing, credit, identity theft and insurance.
Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Just Starting Out |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | One copy free from www.choosetosave.org, $15 per 100 copies |
| Description: | JUST STARTING OUT is an easy-read brochure that introduces young people to tax-advantaged savings plans such as 401(k) and IRAs. Students learn that saving is a choice, and if you begin to save early and continue each year, you are planting the seeds of financial security. The free brochure includes a Choose To Save checklist.
Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Keeping Track of Our Money |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | KEEPING TRACK OF OUR MONEY is an online lesson plan for Grade 2. Using the book "How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty", by Nathan Zimelman, students learn about managing money and using record-keeping tools such as ledgers to track income, expenses, and balances. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Kermit the Hermit: Lesson Plan |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | free |
| Description: | This lesson plan examines decisions about spending and saving. The lesson uses the children's book, KERMIT THE HERMIT by Bill Peet. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Keys to Vehicle Leasing: A Consumer Guide |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Explains the differences between leasing and buying a car. Sample leasing form explains information required on a lease agreement, as well as buyer rights and responsibilities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Kids, Cash, Plastic and You |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet; Teaching Guide |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | A guidebook to help parents, teachers and caregivers teach young people basic money management skills, includes ten financial success principles. Provides information on the history of currency, how to budget and how financial institutions and products work. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Knowing and Understanding Your Credit |
| Type of Material: | Video; Booklet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR CREDIT video and booklet explain why having good credit is so important, especially when you want to buy a home. Topics include credit reports and credit scoring, creating a nontraditional credit history, using a budget, and using a checking and savings account to help manage your credit. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Knowledge Pay$ |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, Periodical Also available in Spanish Language. |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | KNOWLEDGE PAY$, from Visa U.S.A., has an easy-to-read magazine format. The free 1999 issue gives useful information about choosing and using credit, debit and smart cards, credit rights, bankruptcy, budgeting, and avoiding fraud. Additional sources of information and web addresses are provided. A Jump$tart article encourages personal finance education at home and school. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Labor, Choice and Sales Tax |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | LABOR, CHOICE AND SALES TAX is an online lesson plan for Grade 3. Students share the book "You Can't Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime", by Harriet Ziefert, to learn about earning money through labor, making choices, and paying sales tax.
Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Layaway: Another Way to Buy |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet,Web-Based Materials, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | LAYAWAY: ANOTHER WAY TO BUY explains how layaway purchase plans work. It recommends getting the merchant's layaway policy in writing, and keeping good records of the payments you make. What are the charges for using the plan, what is the minimum payment, and what is the refund or exchange policy? Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Leaders of Tomorrow: Financial Literacy and You |
| Type of Material: | Book, Student Workbook |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | LEADERS OF AMERICA: FINANCIAL LITERACY AHD YOU is designed to empower young people to manage money wisely. NEFE developed this booklet with the National Black MBA Association, Inc. to assist the association with its financial and leadership mentoring efforts. To receive a single copy of the publication, submit a written request to NEFE. Please include a return street address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Learn To Earn When You Tend To Spend |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | The LEARN TO EARN WHEN YOU TEND TO SPEND activity helps students explain the meanings of spending and earning and associate the correct mathematical function with each one. Students also learn to make change for a dollar. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Let's Go Shopping! |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | LET'S GO SHOPPING challenge students to apply their knowledge of adding coins to a real-life situation. Students create different coin combinations in order to buy their daily snack. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources in personal finance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Link & Learn Taxes |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide,Web site, |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | LINK & LEARN TAXES is an online tax return preparation training program. It offers basic and more advanced courses in tax return preparation. It is available year around, 24 hours a day. Link & Learn Taxes may be used by individuals wanting to learn how to prepare their own returns as well as by volunteers working in communities to provide free tax assistance. The courses provide tax law through real-world scenarios and tax return examples. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Lots of Lakes |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | In the LOTS OF LAKES activity, students explore the concept of "greater than" and "less than". They will manipulate counters to determine which number is larger than the other. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site offers free educational resources including games, cartoons, lesson plans and classroom activities.
Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Make Me an Offer |
| Type of Material: | Simulation, role-play, Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | MAKE ME AN OFFER, challenges students to identify goods that were traded between Lewis and Clark and the American Indians during the Corps of Discovery. Students also explore ways to carry out trade for their needs and wants in a class simulation. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site offers free educational resources including games, cartoons, lesson plans, and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Make your own bank |
| Type of Material: | Craft - template for child's saving place |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | MAKE YOUR OWN BANK is a craft that provides students with a template to make their own savings place. The template can be used in combination with a small box such as a tissue box. Template squares ask students to identify a savings goal, an amount that they need to save, and begin saving! Teachers and parents are reminded to discuss needs and wants as well as purchase decisions. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Making Cents of Her Life |
| Type of Material: | Web site, |
| Price: | Free on line |
| Description: | MAKING CENTS OF HER LIFE is an interactive web game featuring four characters of different age, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. Girls select a character and then proceed to help with their budget & life. At the end of the game, once girls have balanced their character's budget, they can enjoy a fun interactive activity or choose to play again with a different character. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Making Choices |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | MAKING CHOICES is an online lesson plan for Grade 2. Using the book "Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday", by Judith Viorst, students learn about opportunity costs, goods and services, incentives, and saving. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Making Good Sense 101 |
| Type of Material: | CD, |
| Price: | Free for single copies. |
| Description: | MAKING GOOD SENSE 101 is a CD-ROM program for high school seniors, college students, and other young adults. The CD provides important personal finance information and tools on budgeting, spending behaviors, credit, debt and savings. The CD's easy to read format is designed to be a handy money management reference that students can refer to often as they set up and monitor their financial affairs. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Making Money...Making Change |
| Type of Material: | Student Workbook |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | MAKING MONEY...MAKING CHANGE is designed to give working women, just starting out, a basic knowledge of money management, banking, credit, savings, housing, insurance and legal assistance. NEFE and Women in Community Service developed this publication with sponsorship from Bank of America. To receive a single copy, submit a written request to NEFE. Please include a return street address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Making the Most of Your Money |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Making the Most of Your Money: This handbook for young adults includes information on how to create a budget, the importance of savings, how to be a responsible credit card owner and to how to apply for loans. To download a free brochure, please go to www.acainternational.org and click on Consumer Resources/Brochures. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Making the Most of Your Money: Budgeting and Saving |
| Type of Material: | Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | This easy-to-read booklet outlines the basics of setting financial goals, creating a budget and saving money. It features a handy fold-out budget worksheet. View the text online at http://www.frbchi.org/consumerinformation/projectmoneysmart/budgetingandsaving.cfm. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Making The Right Money Moves |
| Price: | Free if sponsored by credit union |
| Description: | MAKING THE RIGHT MONEY MOVES helps high school students develop basic personal finance concepts and skills. Students learn to prepare a budget, manage a checking account, and use electronic funds. They explore savings account choices and strategies, compound interest, credit costs, and credit rating. Three role-play simulations, sample forms, exercises, and tests are included, plus a supplemental video and CD. Emphasis on credit unions as financial service providers. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Managing Debt, Building Wealth |
| Type of Material: | Pamphlet, Teaching Guide, Video Also available in Spanish Language. |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | A money management teaching aid that includes a video, leader's guide and consumer brochure for use by community educators who work with people experiencing debt problems. Topics include budgeting, saving, warning signs of too much debt, your credit history, bankruptcy, and finding assistance with debt problems. Video is available in English and Spanish, and the consumer brochure is available in English, Spanish and Chinese. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Managing My Money |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | Managing My Money is an online lesson plan for Grade 2. Using the book "The Berenstain Bears' Dollars and Sense", by Stan and Jan Berenstain, students learn about money management and checking accounts.
Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Market Prices |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | MARKET PRICES is an online lesson plan for Grade 2. Using the book "Arthur's Funny Money", by Lillian Hoban, students learn about business, price, and labor. Suggested activities and discussion topics are included in the lesson. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Marketocracy Market Teach |
| Type of Material: | Computer Software/CD-ROM, Teaching Guide, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | In-class materials and a website give teachers and students practice in the investment world. CD provides background information, lesson plans, worksheets, overhead masters, glossary, answer keys. Topics range from defining a stock through calculations involving stock transactions and trading in a virtual portfolio on Marketocracy website. Requires class registration. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Marketplace Choices |
| Subtitle: | Money Wise School Enrichment Program |
| Type of Material: | Pamphlets, Student Workbooks |
| Price: | Free to educators. |
| Description: | This student workbook is designed to teach students in grades 7-9 about consumer issues and money management. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Math Behind the Market |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide |
| Price: | FREE to game registrants |
| Description: | MATH BEHIND THE MARKET is a teaching tool to reinforce student learning in the mathematical concepts used in The Stock Market Game program. Unit 1 deals with how to convert fractions, mixed numbers and decimals. Unit 2 provides activities for use in adding, subtracting and multiplying decimals. Fully funded by the McGraw-Hill Companies and published by the Foundation for Investor Education, Math Behind the Market provides multiple opportunities to practice math skills in meaningful real world scenarios. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Maximizing Your Company Savings Plan |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | One copy free from www.choosetosave.org, $15 per 100 copies. |
| Description: | MAXIMIZING YOUR COMPANY SAVINGS PLAN is an easy-read brochure that advises young people to make the most of their employer-sponsored savings plans by joining the plan as soon as they are eligible. Its a chance to cut your tax bill and cash in on the free money from an employer contribution. Students learn that when they change jobs, they can choose to roll over their money into the next employers plan. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Meet Molly, An American Girl: Lesson Plan |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | free |
| Description: | In this lesson, students look at saving and spending decisions in 1944 through the eyes of Molly, a nine-year-old growing up during World War II. The lesson uses MEET MOLLY, AN AMERICAN GIRL, a book by Valerie Tripp. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Mental Money |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | MENTAL MONEY is an online lesson plan for Grade Three. Students share the book "Betcha!", by Stuart J. Murphy, to learn about using mental math while shopping, estimation techniques, and problem solving with money. They use rounding to complete a story and plan a game of estimation with prices. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Military Money Magazine |
| Type of Material: | Periodical |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | MILITARY MONEY is a free magazine that addresses the unique money management challenges of military families, such as building wealth on a military salary, dealing with deployment and periods of separation. High school students headed for military service will find the magazine of interest, as it addresses topics such as improving your credit, car purchase, and career advice when transitioning to the civilian world. The magazine is part of the Department of Defense's "Financial Readiness" campaign. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Mind Over Money: A Guide for Young Women |
| Type of Material: | Booklet, |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | This booklet is designed for young college women and used in YWCA college chapters. It contains practical ideas for making dollars stretch while in college and starting a career. A single copy may be obtained by submitting a written request. Please include your return address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Mind Your Finances e-Learning |
| Type of Material: | Web Site |
| Price: | Free to K-12 Educators |
| Description: | MIND YOUR FINANCES e-LEARNING is a credit and money management education program designed to teach students how to manage their money, credit and personal finances. The website includes topics such as organizing financial records, monitoring debt-to-income ratio, and requesting credit reports. Free downloads of educational materials are available from www.inchargefoundation.org/products?vdn=icef Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Mission: Possible! |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | MISSION POSSIBLE! is a free and comprehensive guide that includes useful tools, forms, checklists and financial aid information that students can use as they prepare for college beginning in the freshman year of high school. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | MONEY WI$E |
| Type of Material: | Book |
| Price: | free download |
| Description: | MONEY WI$E teaches people how to earn and keep more of their interest through easy to understand and apply financial tables, examples and explanations on making informed financial choices. Topics include the wonders of compound interest, tax-deferral, the time value of money, and how much you must earn to break even due to inflation. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Money In The Bank |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | MONEY IN THE BANK has students play a math game creating different coin combinations using pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources in personal finance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Money Match |
| Type of Material: | Activity, Game, Web Site |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | MONEY MATCH is a game students play with a partner. They review coin identification and learn the value of each coin. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources in personal finance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Money Math: Lessons for Life |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Lesson Plan, Available on the web |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Four lesson plans designed to teach middle-school mathematics students about personal finance.
Lesson 1: percents, saving, compound interest.
Lesson 2: measurements, expenses, budgets.
Lesson 3: applying data, problem solving, earning income, taxes.
Lesson 4: using computer spreadsheets, budgeting.
Available in print or download from the website. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Money Matters |
| Type of Material: | Lesson plan activity, Web Site |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | With MONEY MATTERS activity, students build a piggy bank and gain experience with coin denominations. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources in personal finance.
Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Money Rules |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, Bookmark |
| Price: | No charge |
| Description: | MONEY RULES is the first of a series of brochures available from America's Community Bankers, a national trade association of community banks. Each brochure is designed to help consumers save, budget, spend and borrow wisely. The brochure also lists online resources on financial topics. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Money Smart |
| Type of Material: | Book, Student Workbook, Teaching Guide. Also available online and on CD-ROM in self-study format. |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | The FDIC's MONEY SMART program includes 10 hard-copy training modules. Each module has an instructor's guide and a take-home booklet for class participants. The program is also available online and on CD-ROM in self-study format. Module titles: Bank on it, Borrowing Basics, Check it Out, Keep it Safe, Money Matters, Pay Yourself First, To Your Credit. Charge it Right, Loan to Own, and Your Own Home. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Money Smarts |
| Type of Material: | Book, Teaching Guide |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | NEFE and Girl Scouts of the USA teamed to create this resource guide for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts and Leaders. A single copy of the publication may be obtained by submitting a request in writing. Please include a return street address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Money Talks |
| Subtitle: | Helping High School and College Children Master the Financial Facts of Life |
| Type of Material: | Pamphlet |
| Price: | free |
| Description: | The booklet is designed for parents of high school and college aged students. It provides tips for helping students master the financial facts of life. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Money versus Trade |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | MONEY VERSUS TRADE is an online lesson plan for Grade 2. Using the book "Ox-Cart Man", by Donald Hall, students learn about barter and trade. They complete worksheets on the disadvantages of the barter system and plan a game of money exchange in a market simulation. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | MoneySmarts |
| Type of Material: | Web site, |
| Price: | Free online |
| Description: | MONEYSMARTS is an interactive website that builds on the idea that finances can be fun and exciting. Through engaging activities, that include quizzes and polls, geared toward ages 11-17, girls (and boys) can learn about four topic areas: earning, saving, spending and investing. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | MoneyTalk: Creating an Interest in Interest |
| Type of Material: | Pamphlet, Teaching Guide |
| Price: | no cost |
| Description: | This publication includes lessons and activities designed to help teachers and/or parents introduce and/or reinforce the concept of compound interest for teens between ages 14-17. The lessons help teens understand the concept of compound interest and recognize that saving and investing over time can help one stay ahead of inflation and achieve financial goals. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Mr. Popper's Penguins: Lesson Plan |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | free |
| Description: | This lesson addresses the topic of credit, with a focus on making careful credit decisions, the risks lenders face, the role of interest, and the credit user's responsibility to repay. Lesson uses the children's book MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS by Richard and Florence Atwater. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | MYMONEY.GOV |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, Spanish, Web Site |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | MYMONEY.GOV is the federal government's website dedicated to helping Americans understand more about their money -- how to save it, invest it, manage it. The website is managed by the twenty federal agencies that are members of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | National Council on Economic Education Publications Catalog |
| Type of Material: | On-line |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Lists the publications and audiovisual materials availaible from the National Council on Economic Education. Includes teaching guides, CD-ROM, and the "Financial Fitness for Life" series for K-12 classrooms. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, Web site |
| Price: | Single copies, free |
| Description: | The National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education delineate the personal finance knowledge and skills that K-12 students should possess to increase their personal finance knowledge continually as their responsibilities and opportunities change. The National Standards are intended to serve as a model, to represent the framework of an ideal personal finance curriculum. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Need Credit or Insurance? Your Credit Score Helps Determine What You'll Pay |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | NEED CREDIT OR INSURANCE? is a free FTC booklet that explains the system creditors and insurance companies use to help determine whether to grant you credit or insurance, and on what terms. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | NEFE High School Financial Planning Program |
| Type of Material: | Workbook, (Printed Format), Instructor's Guide (Printed Format) Online Games, Web sites |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | The NEFE HIGH SCHOOL FINANCIAL PLANNING PROGRAM, 2007 edition, provides teens with skills for responsible money management as adults. HSFPP focuses on performance-based learning with students performing seven core competencies. HEFPP was created by a team of educators and content experts. The Instructor's Manual, Student Guide and website are correlated to national personal finance standards, and are provided without cost to teachers, students and school systems. To receive an information kit go to: http://hsfpp.nefe.org/home/orderKit.cfm Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Negative Credit Can Squeeze a Job Search |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Bad credit can affect your ability to get more credit and to get or keep a job. Employers often use a credit report when they hire and evaluate employees for promotion, reassignment or retention. The FTC brochure provides information on your rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It advises consumers to make sure their credit reports are accurate and complete. The brochure tells how. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | NET CETERA: CHATTING WITH KIDS ABOUT BEING ONLINE is a guide to help parents protect and talk to kids about Internet opportunities and risks. The free booklet addresses cyberbullying, mobile phones, file sharing, security software, parental controls and protecting teen privacy. Its glossary defines words such as avatar, badware, blog, chat room, firewall, hacking, malware, phishing, spyware and more. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Next Generation: Insuring Your Future Second Edition |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Video |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | A multimedia insurance education program designed to educate high school students about the basics of life, health and disability income insurance. The program enables teachers to better prepare their students for the financial decisions they will face after graduation. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Not for a Billion Gazillion Dollars: Lesson Plan |
| Type of Material: | Online Lesson Plan, Teaching Guide |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Students read NOT FOR A BILLION GAZILLION DOLLARS, a book about a boy who wants a new computer program. He has no savings, and he's in debt to most of his classmates and his parents. His parents share their experiences of buying on credit and getting out of debt. Matthew uses his allowance to pay off his debts and save until he can buy the computer program. Students learn about the advantages and disadvantages of saving and credit. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | On the Money |
| Type of Material: | Video, Teaching Guide |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | ON THE MONEY highlights the rewards of money management and how it can give young people a head-start to financial independence. This video is part of the PBS series for teens titled "In The MIX". A teaching guide complements and reinforces key messages of the video. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Once Upon a Dime |
| Type of Material: | cartoon-style booklet |
| Price: | NoCharge |
| Description: | "Once upon a Dime" presents a a fable about the island kingdom of Mazuma and the growth of its economy from barter to a sophisticated modern system with its own central bank. It illustrates basic concepts of barter, money, banking and inflation. All public info materials are for download only on the website, www.ny.frb.org Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Online Gambling and Kids: A Bad Bet |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | The most common types of gambling for kids are reported to be card games and sports betting, but increasingly, kids gamble on the Internet. The FTC brochure explains the risks associated with kids gambling online. Many game operators operate from outside the U.S., beyond the jurisdiction of state or federal regulations about the age of the participants, or the type of game offered. It's easy for kids to access online gambling sites, especially if they have access to credit or debit cards. Some of the popular non-gambling websites carry ads and links to gambling sites.
Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | OUCH Students Get Stung Trying to Find $ for College |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Cautions students and their families about unscrupulous companies that guarantee or promise scholarships or grants. Legitimate companies never guarantee or promise scholarships or grants. Where to get more information about financing a college education. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Overcoming the Credit Barrier - Clearing the Way to Your Financial Goals |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet,Web-Based Materials, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | OVERCOMING THE CREDIT BARRIER is a challenge that affects all socioeconomic groups. This brochures offers a step-by-step approach to improving poor credit and how to correct credit report errors. It describes dredit counseling services and warns against "credit repair" and debt companies. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Passport to Fiscal Fitness |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Online Program |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | PASSPORT TO FISCAL FITNESS is a comprehensive approach to personal finance education for mature youth and adults. The free, online program is based on a Fiscal Fitness Life Cycle as impacted by cash flow, budget, credit, insurance, investments, benefits and estate planning. Useful worksheets, calculators and post-tests are imbedded in the program. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Paying for College |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | free |
| Description: | PAYING FOR COLLEGE provides student information necessary to apply for federal financial aid for college. Topics include grants, scholarships, student loans, tax breaks, and filling out the Free application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The booklet also provides saving tips and a list of additional resources and websites with information to help pay for college. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Pennies and Nickels and Dimes...Oh, My! |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Game, Web Site |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | In PENNIES, NICKELS AND DIMES...OH MY!, students gain experience determining the values of and comparing different coin denominations. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources in personal finance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Personal Disaster Preparedness Guide (PDPG) |
| Price: | $0 |
| Description: | The PERSONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS GUIDE assists people to prepare for and recover from a disaser or personal emergency. The guide provides space for recording basic information about your family members and how to reach local first responders. It suggests making a list of personal assets such as jewelry, photo equipment, computers and musical instruments. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Personal Finance and Financial Planning: A Web-Assisted Approach |
| Type of Material: | Computer Software/CD-ROM, Teaching Guide |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | This web-assisted guide is designed to aid teachers and students in the area of personal finance. The guide suggests web sites and a web search engine dealing with personal finance. Seven lessons ranging from the importance of personal finance and budgeting to saving and investing vehicles are included. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Personal Finance For Military Families: Basic Budgeting |
| Type of Material: | E-book, Downloadable from Web |
| Price: | Free Online |
| Description: | BASIC BUDGETING gives easy-to-use forms to help track your income and expenses and create a spending plan (budget). Worksheets include financial goals, cash flow, daily spending, and a net worth statement of current assets and liabilities. Designed for military service members, worksheets can be used in high school, college and adult classrooms and for self-study. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Personal Finance Program: Taking Control of Your Financial Future |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Teaching Guide, |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE is an instructional resource designed to teach personal finance to high school students. The 21 lessons provide a standards-based, student-centered focus on important topics in personal finance. Each lesson contains teaching strategies, student activities, and connections to relevant Internet websites. Developed for use in New York City schools, the resource can be adapted for use in a broad range of finanial literacy programs. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Personal Financial Literacy for Texas High Schools |
| Type of Material: | Hardcopy, CD |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY is approved by Texas Board of Education for Texas legislative requirements. Units include Credit Card Debt, Renting/Buying a home, Starting a Small Business, Investment Options, Saving for Retirement, Bankruptcy, Bank Accounts, Balancing a Checkbook, Loans (auto and student loans), Insurance, and Charitable Giving. The guide provides learning objectives, background information, student worksheets and further information websites. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Personal Financial Mentoring |
| Type of Material: | Booklet, Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | This booklet, developed in conjunction with the National Collaboration for Youth, helps youth development workers weave core personal financial topics into their interactions with young people. A single copy of the publication may be obtained by submitting a written request. Please include your return address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Personal Financial Responsibility |
| Type of Material: | Book |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | PERSONAL FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - FOUNDATION FOR A LIFETIME OF SERVICE is designed to help young people develop their individual potential while reaching out to help others. Practicing sound personal financial skills can enhance leadership and civic involvement. NEFE and City Year partnered to create this publication. To receive a single copy, please submit a request in writing to NEFE. Include a return street address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Personal Management |
| Type of Material: | Book |
| Price: | 0 |
| Description: | NEFE and Boy Scouts of America created this booklet, which is used by Boy Scouts working on their Personal Management merit badge, one of eleven badges required for Eagle rank. Copies of the publication may be purchased at local Boy Scout retail outlets. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Planet Orange and The Teachers Resource Center |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | PLANET ORANGE is a free, online program that promotes financial literacy and allows kids and their parents to explore basic financial topics such as saving, budgeting, investing and spending. The site includes a Teachers Resource Center which provides 18 downloadable lesson plans, and a Curriculum Matrix to assist teachers with their state standards related to personal finance.
Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | PlannerSearch Web Page |
| Type of Material: | Web Program (use online), Financial Planner Referral Service |
| Price: | 0 |
| Description: | PLANNERSEARCH is a web page where the user can connect with Certified Financial Planner (CFP) professionals who are members of the Financial Planning Association. Web users can search for a planner by zip code, radius, city and state, last name and even speciality. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Planning for the Costs of Higher Education |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, Web-Based Materials |
| Price: | |
| Description: | PLANNING FOR THE COSTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION provides advice to adults on how to save for a child's education. It includes several saving and investment options to consider, including custodial accounts and what to do when there is little time to save. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Plinky's Create a Card |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Game |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | In PLINKY'S CREATE A CARD game, students use a virtual allowance to purchase pictures in order to create their very own printable greeting card. Students gain experience with coin denominations and making change. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources in personal finance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Practical Money Skills for Life |
| Type of Material: | Web site, Computer Software/CD-ROM, Simulation, Teaching Guide, Video Also available in hard copy and in Spanish Language. |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | PRACTICAL MONEY SKILLS FOR LIFE is a free, web-based classroom resource for educators and parents. The web site offers classroom materials, quizzes, an interactive video and online calculators. The resource is designed to help teachers and parents incoporate money management skills into student learning at various grade levels. Also available on CD-ROM. (A smaller version of this resource can be ordered in hard copy by phoning the 800 number or by writing to the PO Box listed in the Ordering Information Box.) Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Prenotification Negative Option Plans |
| Type of Material: | Brochures, Pamphlets |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Explains how negative option plans work and your rights under Federal Trade Commission's Negative Option Rule. Lists factors a buyer should consider before subsrcribing to a plan. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Price |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Web site, Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | PRICE is an online Lesson Plan for Grade 1. Students listen to the teacher read the book "A Dollar for Penny", by Dr. Julie Glass. They participate in activities and discussions to learn about producers, consumers, and price. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Privacy Choices for Your Personal Financial Information |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | You've probably received privacy notices about your personal financial information from banks and other financial companies. The notice contains information about the company's data collection and information sharing policies. Federal privacy laws give you the right to stop some sharing of your personal financial information. The brochure explains what "opting out" means, what to do when you receive your privacy notices, and where else you can turn for help. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Production and Trade |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | PRODUCTION AND TRACE is an online lesson plan for Grade Five. Students share the book "Ox-Cart Man", by Donald Hall, to learn about goods and services, entrepreneurial risk, investment in human capital, and the circular flow of money. They complete activities on the traits of entrepreneurs, and on specialization. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Protecting Your Purchases |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | PROTECTING YOUR PURCHASES explains benefits that may be offered by some credit cards. Purchasing with a credit card can provide protection against no-return policies, free replacement of stolen or damaged items, lowest price guarantees, and extension of the manufacturer's warrenty. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Purchase Options for Consumers |
| Type of Material: | Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | This easy-to-read pamphlet provides basic information about types of payment methods, and the advantages and disadvantages of each. It covers topics such as cash, checks, credit cards, debit cards and electronic transactions. View the text online at http://www.frbchi.org/consumerinformation/projectmoneysmart/index.cfm. See "Types of payment methods." Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Quarter Combos |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan Activity, Web Site |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | QUARTER COMBO challenges students to come up with different combinations of 25 cents in this hands-on lesson plan activity. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources in personal finance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Reach Your Goals by Saving: A Poster |
| Type of Material: | Poster |
| Price: | No cost |
| Description: | This colorful poster highlights how money can grow over time and and how saving regularly enables one to meet personal goals. The poster presents three goal-setting scenarios as young persons save regularly for things such as a computer, for college costs, or in a mutual fund. The poster suggests an internet site that helps the student develop his or her own savings plan to reach a goal. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Reality Check |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Online calculator |
| Price: | No Cost |
| Description: | REALITY CHECK is a student online calculator that tells you how much income you will need when you are on your own to support the lifestyle you want. You fill out a checklist of lifestyle wants, including choice of shelter, transportation, food, utilities, entertainment and personal items. Then REALITY CHECK tells you how much income you will need to support your wants, lists a few jobs that fall into your desired pay scale, and the level of education you will need. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Rental Listings May be Red Herrings |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet,Web-Based Materials, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | RENTAL LISTINGS MAY BE RED HERRINGS cautions consumers who are searching for rental property to avoid being a victim of a rental scam. Signs of scams include asking you to wire money, and asking for a security deposit before you have signed the lease. Scammers may place fake or altered ads on websites to trick consumers into sending money for a place that doesn't exist. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Renting a Car |
| Type of Material: | Brochures, Pamphlets |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Outlines points to consider and questions to ask when you rent a car. Explains key terms: collision damage waiver, personal accident insurance, personal effects coverage, and fees such as mileage fees and airport surcharges. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Reports on Credit |
| Type of Material: | Brochures, pamphlets |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Ten issues provide detailed information about topics that affect consumer credit. Topics include basic questions about credit and credit reporting, reviewing your credit report, how lenders make and monitor credit decisions, and obligations when signing or cosigning a Loan, among others. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Right on the Money - Financial Know-How for College Students |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | RIGHT ON THE MONEY: FINANCIAL KNOW-HOW FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS helps high school and college students become savvy money managers and "you don't need a PhD in finance to do this". The booklet is free to anyone who helps educate students about their financial affairs. Topics include checking accounts, savings, credit cards, financing college and more. "Gaining financial skills can mean the difference between worrying about bills and knowing you have money in the bank." Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Risk, Responsibility, Reality: How Insurance Works |
| Price: | Free to Educators |
| Description: | RISK, RESPONSIBILITY, REALITY: HOW INSURANCE WORKS is a video and print program presented on DVD. This learning tool helps high school teachers teach the fundamentals of insurance and personal responsibility. The video provides a humorous look at how young adults learn about life with and without insurance. The teaching guide and lesson plan concepts are keyed to national content standards in several subject areas.
Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Saving |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | SAVING is an online lesson plan for Grade 3. Students share the book "If You Made a Million", by David M. Schwartz, to learn about spending, saving, interest, borrowing, and lending. Students complete a worksheet about money equivalencies, practice writing checks, and role-play saving and borrowing money. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Saving and Creating a Personal Budget |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | SAVING AND CREATING A PERSONAL BUDGET is an online lesson plan for Grade Five. Students share several chapters of the book "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler", by E.L. Konigsburg, to learn about the role of money, saving, and budgets. Students complete a worksheet about keeping track of expenses, analyze information about savings accounts, and create a budget. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Saving and Investing |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | SAVING AND INVESTING is an online lesson plan for Grade Five. Students share several chapters from the book "The Young Investor: Projects and Activities for Making Your Money Grow", by Katherine R. Bateman. Students complete worksheets on creating a portfolio, play a saving and investing game, and create a skit for a commercial that explains why it is important to invest. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Saving Fitness -- A Guide to Your Money and Your Financial Future |
| Type of Material: | Pamphlet |
| Price: | free |
| Description: | SAVINGS FITNESS is a free step-by-step guide to help American workers manage money and save for financial goals such as retirement and other needs along the way. Of interest to high school students and young adults, the booklet explains employer-based savings programs, what to do if you are self-employed, and the magic growth potential of saving and investing small amounts of money over long periods of time. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Saving for College: What You Can Do Today to Cover Your College Costs |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | SAVING FOR COLLEGE: WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY TO0 COVER YOUR COLLOEGE COSTSS is an easy-to-read introduction to savings tools for families preparing to make the investment in higher education. This four-page resource offers both parents and students tips on smart saving strategies and a brief description of the financial tools available, including 529 college savings plans, pre-paid tuition plans, and college rewards programs. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Saving with Mandy and Randy |
| Price: | Free, if sponsored by bank or credit union |
| Description: | SAVING WITH MANDY AND RANDY helps students in grades Kindergarten through through 3 learn that saving money is important and fun. This workbook combines a short coloring-book story with fourteen activity sheets. Students learn how to open and use a savings account, including an explanation of deposits, withdrawals, the savings register, savings statement and earned interest. Activity sheets include counting money, savings deposit tickets, a word puzzle, a maze and simple word problems. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Savings Accounts and Interest |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Teaching Guide, Worksheets |
| Price: | Free Download online |
| Description: | SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND INTEREST is an online lesson plan for Grade 1. Students listen to the teacher or parent read the book "Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Money", by Stan and Jan Berenstain, to learn about saving money, banks, and interest.
Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Savings and Budget |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | SAVINGS AND BUDGET is an online lesson plan for Grade 2. Using the book "The Case of the Shruken Allowance", by Joanne Rocklin, students learn about labor, earned income, saving, creating budgets, and equivalent amounts of money. Activities and discussion topics included. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Savings and Earnings |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online,0.00 |
| Description: | SAVINGS AND EARNINGS is an online lesson plan for Grade 4. Students share several chapters from the book "The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes: Have Wheels, Will Travel", by Anne Mazer, to learn about savings, earnings, and budgets. Students complete a worksheet on savings and earnings and create a budget. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Savings Plan |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide, |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | SAVINGS PLAN is an online lesson plan for Grade 3. Students share the book "Kermit the Hermit", by Bill Peet, to learn about the role of money, saving, needs and wants, and spending. Students complete a needs and wants worksheet, make a piggy bank, and create a savings plan. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Scarcity and Choice |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | SCARCITY AND CHOICE is an online lesson plan for Grade 2. Using the book "A Bargain for Frances", by Russell Hoban, students learn about scarcity, decision making, and exchange. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Secured Credit Card Marketing Scams |
| Type of Material: | Brochures, Pamphlets |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Explains the differences between secured and unsecured credit cards. Alerts consumers to deceptive ads and scams for secured cards, and how to avoid them. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Sense and Dollars Web site |
| Type of Material: | Web site |
| Price: | 0 |
| Description: | This web site helps middle and high school students learn basic concepts of personal finance and economics. Using the concepts of earning, spending, saving and investing as a framework, the site provides tutorials where students explore topics such as budgets, credit cards and interest rates then engage in real-life money problems that young people face. The site also offers guides for parents and teachers. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Shop: The Card You Pick Can Save you Money |
| Type of Material: | Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Defines credit cards terms and explains how issuers calculate finance charges. Discusses annual fees, grace periods and the Annual Percentage Rate (APR). Reports on FRB's survey of various credit plans. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Shopping |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Teaching Guide, Worksheets |
| Price: | Free Download online |
| Description: | SHOPPING is an online Lesson Plan for Grade l. Students listen to the teacher read the book "Just Shopping with Mom", by Mercer Mayer, They participate in activities and discussions about shopping and counting money. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Shopping Smarter |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | SHOPPING SMARTER is an online lesson plan for Grade 3. Students share the book "The Kids' Money Book", by Jamie Kyle McGillian, to learn about how to become smart consumers and know the dangers of credit-card debt. They complete activities on recognizing adevertisers' goals and understanding how interest is added on to debt. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Shopping Tips: Is That Deal for Real? |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, Web-Based Materials |
| Price: | |
| Description: | SHOPPING TIPS: IS THAT DEAL FOR REAL? provides suggestions to help you get the most for your money. Examples include comparing prices in stores and online, and asking about refund and return policies on sale items. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Short-Term and Long-Term Savings Goals |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free Download Online |
| Description: | SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM SAVINGS GOALS is an online lesson plan for Grade Five. Students share several chapters from the book "The Leaves in October", by Karen Ackerman, to learn about earning an income, saving, and setting short-term and long-term savings goals. Students complete a worksheet on earning money, complete an activity on savings goals, and practice entering items in a savings passbook. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Show Me the Future |
| Type of Material: | no, just online |
| Price: | |
| Description: | SHOW ME THE FUTURE is a financial literacy and life skills game, a simulation designed to help 12-20 year olds prepare for their futures. The game helps players understand the cost of living, budgeting,
the difference between wants and needs,
the importance of financial planning,
the need to set career goals, and
the value of higher education.
This game can be used in the classroom and at home. Users are encouraged to play over and over, as they will have different identities each time, helping them base their choices on varying circumstances.
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| Title: | Simple Strategies |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | In the "Simple Stategies" activity, students will solve mathematical word problems by using a variety of strategies. They will explore money concepts such as budgeting and spending. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site offers free educational resources including games, cartoons, lesson plans and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Simply Banking Teacher Guide and Student Booklet |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet,Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Activities |
| Price: | Free. Note: For out of state requests, documents can be downloaded and copied to accommodate classroom needs. |
| Description: | SIMPLY BANKING, a teacher guide with student booklet, presents simple facts students need to understand, along with activities to help learners put knowledge into practice. The teacher guide includes learning objectives, content standards, activities, worksheets and tests of student learning. These publications may be downloaded from the web and duplicated for classroom use. Or, hard copy may be ordered online. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Smart Borrowing |
| Type of Material: | DVD/Video, Workbook/Teaching Guide |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | The SMART BORROWING DVD/video and workbook is designed to teach students and adults what they need to know about borrowing money. Topics include how to determine your borrowing limits, compare the true costs of credit, and regain control over borrowing gone bad. Pitfalls to avoid regarding credit cards, payday loans, auto loans, mortgage refinancing and home equity lines of credit are addressed. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Smart Consumer |
| Subtitle: | Money Wise School Enrichment Program |
| Type of Material: | Pamphlet, Student Workbooks |
| Price: | Free to educators. |
| Description: | This student workbook is part of the Money Wise School Enrichment Program designed to teach resource management and consumer education to high school students. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Social Security and You: A Guide for Teaching |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guides; Videotape; WEB Site |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Provides information on your rights and responsibilities under the social security program; how to qualify for retirement, disability, or survivors benefits; Social Security tax obligation; how to use benefit estimate statements in planning financial security. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Spending Money |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | SPENDING MONEY is an online lesson plan for Grade Four. Students share one chapter from "Henry and Beezus", by Beverly Cleary, to learn about exchange, market, price, and spending. They complete a worksheet on checking accounts and analyze the costs of using a credit card. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Starting Your Own Business |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS is an online lesson plan for Grade Five. Students listen to several chapters from "The Toothpaste Millionaire", by Jean Merrill, to learn about starting a business and earning a profit. They complete worksheets on costs and profits, and play a game about the risks and incentives of starting a business. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | State Flower Show |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | In STATE FLOWER SHOW, students participate in a flower market scenario. They use a price list to solve mathematical word problems. Students use logic, add amounts of money, and make change using the price list. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Stone Fox: Lesson Plan |
| Type of Material: | Online Lesson Plan |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | In this lesson, students use the book, STONE FOX, to learn about income, capital, saving, taxes, and credit. Stone Fox tells the story of Little Willy, a ten year old who enters a challenging dog-sled race in hopes of winning money to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Stop-Think-Click: 7 Practices for Safer Computing |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | |
| Description: | SEVEN PRACTICES FOR SAFER COMPUTING helps students learn how to guard against Internet fraud, protect personal information, and use anti-virus and anti-spyware software and firewalls. The free publication provides safety tips when shopping online and when using social networking sites. It suggests protective measures when using wireless Internet access, and lists steps to take to minimize damage from identity theft. Glossary defines the techno terms. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Student Credit Card Debt: A Survival Guide |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Free online downloadable article |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | STUDENT CREDIT CARD DEBT, a free downloadable article, informs students of the devastating effects of too much credit card debt. It discusses opinions on the appropriate age for students to have cards. It provides ways to help college students avoid the credit card debt trap.
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| Title: | Student Credit Cards 101 |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Free online downloadable article |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | STUDENT CREDIT CARDS 101 includes tips on credit card usage and explains why credit card companies court college students. It reminds students that your credit record can affect your ability to get a car loan, a mortgage, and a job. College students give advice to the reader on topics such as changing spending behavior and taking a college course in personal finance.
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| Title: | Student Financial Handbook |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet,Web-Based Materials, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | STUDENT FINANCIAL HANDBOOK is an easy-to-use guide for students. It provides basic information about financial services, including checking, savings, online banking, credit cards, student loans, budgeting, identity theft and credit ratings. The Student Financial Handbook includes a glossary of financial terms, a list of sources of additional information, a college budget worksheet and a "test your knowledge quiz. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Student Loans: Avoiding Deceptive Offers |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet,Web-Based Materials, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | STUDENT LOANS: AVOIDING DECEPTIVE OFFERS, explains how to spot potentially deceptive claims or business practices some private companies may use to get your student loan business. It lists things to consider before consolidating federal student loans. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | SunAmerica Mutual Funds K.I.D.S. Program (Kids Investing for Dollars and Sense) |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide |
| Price: | free |
| Description: | The K.I.D.S. program provides teaching tools for addressing many of the basic components of financial planning, money management and saving. The Guide contains student objectives, lesson outlines, in-class activities, worksheets, assignments and assessment tools. The materials are free to educators and targeted to the 6th, 7th and 8th grades. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Super Shopper |
| Subtitle: | Money Wise School Enrichment Program |
| Type of Material: | Pamphlet, Student Workbooks |
| Price: | Free to educators. |
| Description: | School enrichment program designed to teach consumer skills and money management practices to third to fifth grade students. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Take Charge: Fighting Back Against Identity Theft |
| Type of Material: | Booklet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | This FTC publication will help you guard against and recover from identity theft. The booklet explains how thieves get your personal information and what to do if you are a victim. It addresses bank and credit card, ATM and debit card theft, mail and phone fraud and many other identity theft situations. The booklet provides a model affidavit, a form to help victims report information to many companies using one standard form. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Take It or Leave It |
| Type of Material: | Simulation,role-play , Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT lesson plan challenges students to distinguish between needs and wants in a class simulation based upon Lewis and Clarks Corps of Discovery. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers free educational resources including games, cartoons, lesson plans, and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Tarantula Shoes: Lesson Plan |
| Type of Material: | Online Lesson Plan, Teaching Guide |
| Price: | free |
| Description: | Students read TARANTULA SHOES, a book about a young man who wants a pair of basketball shoes promoted by a basketball star. They learn about spending, saving, opportunity cost, and trade-offs as they study Ryan's decisions throughout the book. Students keep a diary of expenses to track their spending and examine their opportunity costs. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Taxes |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | TAXES is an online lesson plan For Grade Four. Students share several chapters of the book "Stone Fox", by John Reynolds Gardiner, to learn about earning money, saving, credit, and taxes. Students complete a worksheet on taxes and paying off debts, analyze a paycheck, calculate sales tax, and discuss the importance of saving. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | TEN WAYS TO MAKE YOUR FRIENDS WISH THEY KNEW AS MUCH ABOUT MONEY AS YOU DO |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, Spanish |
| Price: | No Charge |
| Description: | This collection of 10 important personal financial action steps is targeted for teenagers and young adults. It provides quick summary information thats accessible and can stimulate awareness and interest. Download TEN WAYS from CA Coalition website at http://www.cajumpstart.org Users may copy and use the list as a handout for class or personal discussions. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Basics of Saving and Investing: Investor Education 2020 |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Investment Fraud Simulation |
| Price: | Free to download from IPT website |
| Description: | THE BASICS OF SAVING AND INVESTING is a teaching guide for use in high school, college and adult education settings. The four units are: Getting Started, Introduction to Financial Markets, Making an Investment Plan, and Investment Fraud. Designed with input from investor educators, the guide includes lesson plans, an investment fraud simulation, quizzes, overheads, suggested non-commercial links, and other teaching tools. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Berenstain Bear's Mad, Mad, Mad Toy Craze: Lesson Plan |
| Type of Material: | Online Lesson Plan, Teaching Guide |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | In this lesson, students use the book, THE BERENSTAIN BEARS' MAD, MAD, MAD TOY CRAZE to learn about spending, collecting, opportunity cost, saving, and speculating. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Money: Lesson Plan |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide; Lesson Plan |
| Price: | 0 |
| Description: | This lesson teaches about earning, spending, and saving using the children's book, The BERENSTAIN BEARS' TROUBLE WITH MONEY. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Centsables |
| Type of Material: | Web-Based Materials, |
| Price: | FREE from banks that participate on a sponsorship basis |
| Description: | The CENTSABLES website is a free resource to help kids learn financial skills in an entertaining fashion. Lively animation and easy-to-understand money topics and activities will help young learners become financially savvy while they earn, budget, spend, save and share their money. Offered by banks on a local sponsorship basis. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Economy and Consumer Confidence |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan |
| Price: | |
| Description: | THE ECONOMY AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE is a lesson plan designed to help students understand how important banks are and how they create money/credit by way of fractional reserves. Students will then take this information and form conclusions about what our government should do with respect to banks given the current economic downturn. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Essentials: Your guide to credit |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet,Web-Based Materials, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | THE ESSENTIALS: YOUR GUIDE TO CREDIT provides information to help college students understand credit card basics. It gives tips on using credit wisely, creating and maintaining a budget, and protecting personal identity. THE ESSENTIALS is available online at www.bankofamerica.com/essentials where students can also receive periodic financial literacy messages that provide relevant tips for managing credit. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Facts |
| Type of Material: | Monthly Newsletter with classroom activities |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | THE FACTS is a free online monthly newsletter from September through May. After registering your email address, you can download new, up-to-date, reproducible activities for personal finance, life skills, careers and social studies classrooms. For example, a recent issue addressed college costs, providing the framework for students to discuss advantages and disadvantages of various college options.
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| Title: | The Family Economics and Financial Education Project |
| Type of Material: | Simulation,Teaching Guide,Booklet/Pamphlet,Lesson Plan,Web-Based Materials,Poster or Calendar,Workbook,Simulation, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | The FAMILY ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL EDUCATION PROJECT, (FEFE) is a curriculum that consists of over 100 ready-to-teach lesson plans covering a variety of financial concepts. The project's mission is to provide educators with curriculum materials free of charge and the skills and confidence to effectively teach family economics and finance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The FoolProof Initiative |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Lesson Plan, Web Program (use online), |
| Price: | Provided free by credit unions to high schools and non-profits |
| Description: | THE FOOLPROOF INITIATIVE is a group of interactive, online lessons that teach young people about money, financial responsibility, and the realities of the free enterprise system. The program provides nine forty-five minute lessons to teachers for classroom use. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Future Belongs to Dreamers |
| Type of Material: | Student Workbook |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Developed with the I Have a Dream Foundation, this workbook focuses on values, goals, getting a first job, and spending and saving wisely. It helps dreamers think ahead about careers, college and financial aid. A single copy of the workbook may be obtained by submitting a written request. Please include your return address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Hundred Penny Box: Lesson Plan |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | free |
| Description: | This lesson plan explores the benefits of saving and interest compounding, using the popular children's book, THE HUNDRED PENNY BOX. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Leaves in October: Lesson Plan |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | In this lesson, students read a story about a family living in a shelter, using the children's book, THE LEAVES IN OCTOBER by Karen Akerman. The daughter and her friend sell tissue roses and share profits. One spends her income; the other saves her income. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Magic of Compounding |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | 0 |
| Description: | THE MAGIC OF COMPOUNDING is an easy-read brochure that shows young people how to achieve dramatic results with compound interest. You earn interest on the amount you save, and you continue to earn interest on the interest. The earlier you start, the less you have to save to reach your personal goal. With tax-advantaged savings, your money is not currently taxed as it grows, giving you even more money to save. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Mint |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Student Workbook, Teaching Guide, Web Site |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | THE MINT is an online guide for teenagers and for families and teachers to help teach children to be money smart. Information and interactive games for middle and high school students make personal finance come alive. Lesson plans address budgeting, credit, decision making and the risks and rewards of the stock market. Download the free lesson plans and student activities at http://www.themint.org Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Money Manual |
| Type of Material: | Book |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Success in college is not just a matter of doing well on exams. Students need to make wise choices with money in order to stay in school. The National Foundation for Financial Education and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund created this material to help promising students understand money management, financial aid, credit, saving, and paying back student loans. A single copy of the publication may be obtained by submitting a request in writing. Please include a return street address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Money Trail |
| Subtitle: | Money Wise School Enrichment Program |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, Student Workbook |
| Price: | Free to Educators |
| Description: | The Money Trail is designed to help K-2 students understand the concept of money and how it is used to purchase goods and services. Part of an educational Money Wise series. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Psychology of Money |
| Type of Material: | E-Book |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MONEY focuses on reasons and remedies for the habits and behaviors people have about money. It looks at internal and external factors that impact financial decisions. While this free online publication is designed for military service members and their families, it provides easy-to-read information for high school, college and adult classrooms. Includes exercises in a question format to stimulate thinking about money behavior. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Role of Money |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | THE ROLE OF MONEY is an online lesson plan for Grade Four. Students read a chapter from the book "Double Fudge", by Judy Blume, to learn how money is produced and how people can get money. They complete a worksheet about earning money, play a game about the value of money, and design their own money. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Story of Consumer Credit |
| Type of Material: | cartoon-style book, booklet. Also available in Spanish Language. |
| Price: | NoCharge |
| Description: | "The Story of Consumer Credit" shows the benefits of using credit as well as problems that can result from misuse of credit. It lists factors to consider when shopping for a credit card, such as interest rate and annual fee. The booklet explains how to establish a credit history, and lists credit laws designed to protect consumers. All public info materials are for download only on the website, www.ny.frb.org Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Story of Monetary Policy |
| Type of Material: | cartoon-style booklet |
| Price: | NoCharge |
| Description: | "The Story of Monetary Policy" uses non-technical language to explain the meaning and purpose of monetary policy, how the Federal Reserve makes monetary policy, what factors the Fed considers in making policy. It explains how the tools of monetary policy work -- open market operations, reserve requirements, and the discount rate. All puclic info materials are for download only on the website, www.ny.frb.org Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Story of Money |
| Type of Material: | cartoon-style booklet |
| Price: | NoCharge |
| Description: | "The Story of Money" explains the purposes of money in a modern economy, the characteristics of items used as money, the way the banking system creates money, and the reasons the Federal Reserve System influences the money supply. All public info materials are for download only on the website, www.ny.frb.org Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | The Value of Exchange |
| Type of Material: | Simulation, role-play, Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | THE VALUE OF EXCHANGE lesson plan challenges students to explore the currency systems of different cultures. Students will also engage in a bartering scenario, based on a historical scenario from Lewis and Clarks Corps of Discovery, to determine the value of items for trade. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | the.Dollar: iPhone Launch |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | THE.DOLLAR iPHONE LAUNCH lesson plan investigates the notion that when consumers buy stock in businesses or purchase the products that those businesses produce, they are casting a vote for that business or product and against the business and products of the competitors. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | There's a Lot to Learn about Money |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | THERE'S A lOT TO LEARN ABOUT MONEY promises that you can take charge of your financial future. The booklet provides simple tips on how to set goals, develop a budget, start saving, manage credit, protect your credit rating, compare interest rates on loans, and get reliable information. Order online from New York Fed website listed in the Ordering Information Box. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Thrive by Five: Teaching Your Preschooler About Spending and Saving |
| Type of Material: | PDF and MS Word files only |
| Price: | None |
| Description: | THRIVE BY FIVE is a series of simple activities and resources for parents and professionals who work with preschool children. The parent-and-child tested ideas help young children learn how money works, what money can do, and how a family uses money. Among the topics are: having fun does not have to cost money, and when money is spent, it is gone. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Tips for Kids |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Student Worksheets, Computer Software, Video, Web Site, Posters |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | TIPS FOR KIDS puts students in real life situations where they get a head start on understanding personal finance, economics, business and employment challenges and skills. The modules, designed for middle school and older, can be integrated into almost any subject area. A lively video provides a convincing overview of what kids need to know about money management in real world economic experiences.
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| Title: | Trading Pennies and Nickels |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | TRADING PENNIES AND NICKELS activity gives students practice with sorting coins into designated denominations. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources in personal finance. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Twelve Common Questions About Consumer Credit and Direct Marketing |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet Also available in Spanish Language. |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Provides answers to the most often asked questions about credit, credit reporting, and direct marketing, covering topics ranging from how to get a copy of your credit report to how your name gets on a mailing list. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Understanding Taxes |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Simulation, Lesson Plans |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | UNDERSTANDING TAXES, the online version, explores the "hows and whys" of taxes in the United States. Students learn about the history of taxes and make real world applications to their financial lives. Six themes address topics such as your role as a taxpayer, and fairness in taxes. Thirty-six lesson plans include topics such as payroll taxes, your first job, and tip income. Background information eliminates the need for extensive outside research. Lessons are correlated to state and national standards. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change (TM) Web site |
| Type of Material: | Simulation, Games, Web Site, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan, Cartoons |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers FREE educational resources including games, cartoons, lesson plans, and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | USA.gov |
| Type of Material: | Web Site |
| Price: | 0 |
| Description: | USA.gov is the U.S. Government's official web portal. USA.gov makes it easy for the public to get U.S. Government information and services on the web. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Using a Credit Card: Your Rights and Responsibilities |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet,Web-Based Materials, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | USING A CREDIT CARD: YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES can help you use credit cards safely and avoid a credit calamady. It explains the specifics of your credit rights and responsibilities under the law regarding refunds, errors on your bill, how to dispute a charge, and unauthorized charges. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Using Credit |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free online download |
| Description: | USING CREDIT is an online lesson plan for Grade Five. Students share several chapters from the book "Not for a Billion Gazillion Dollars", by Paula Danzinger, to learn about earning money, saving, credit, and debt. Students complete a worksheet on spending habits, determine whether or not they should purchase items with cash or credit, and analyze a credit card statement. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Using Credit and Spending Money Wisely |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | USING CREDIT AND SPENDING MONEY WISELY is an online lesson plan for Grade Four. Students share several chapters of the book "Mr. Popper's Penguins", by Richard and Florence Atwater, to learn about earning money, cost, credit, and spending money wisely. Students complete a worksheet to determine how much it costs to care for a pet, complete an activity on credit, and play a saving and spending game. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Vehicle Repossession: Understanding the Rules of the Road |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Discusses your creditor's rights in seizing and reselling your car for nonpayment, and explains deficiency -- the difference between what you owe on your loan and what your creditor gets for reselling your car. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Wants and Needs |
| Price: | Free Online Download |
| Description: | WANTS AND NEEDS in an online lesson plan for Grade 1. Students listen to the teacher read the book SOMETHING GOOD, by Robert Munsch, to learn about unlimited wants, limited resources, choice, and counting money. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Wealth |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | WEALTH is an online lesson plan for grade 3. Students share the book "The Day I Was Rich (Little Bill Books for Beginning Readers)", by Bill Cosby, to learn about the role of money, the concept of wealth, and taxes. Students complete activities on working with large sums of money. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Weaving Your Future With Money and Wisdom |
| Type of Material: | Book |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | WEAVING YOUR FUTURE WITH MONEY AND WISDOM, created by NEFE and United National Indian Tribal Youth, focuses on Native American youth and the financial choices they face. Topics identified by tribal youth leaders include creating a spending plan, easy ways to save, rethinking vehicles, everyday buying and bill paying, saving for short and long-term goals, keeping debt under control, and finding a career or vocation. To receive a single copy of the publication, submit a written request to NEFE. Please include a return street address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | What to do When You Receive a Collection Notice |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | What To Do When You Receive A Collection Notice provides suggestions as to how consumers can successfully work with debt collectors to resolve payment problems quickly and fairly. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | What You Need to Know About Auto Financing |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet, |
| Price: | |
| Description: | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW provides an overview of the auto financing process, with tips on what to do before, during, and after financing a vehicle. For example, "Compare annual percentage rates and other financing terms from multiple sources. If you encounter financial difficulty, talk to your creditors. Be aware that repossession can occur if you fail to make timely payments." Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | What You Should Know About Financial Planning |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | free |
| Description: | This brochure describes the financial planning process and its benefits to individuals. It identifies types of financial advisors and highlights the importance of the consumer's role in the financial planning process. The brochure answers common questions about financial planning and provides a list of common mistakes consumers make. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | What's a Per-Cent? |
| Type of Material: | Lesson plan Activity, Web Site |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | WHAT'S A PER-"CENT"? activity teaches students how to create percents from fractions by sorting coins of different denominations. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources in personal finance.
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| Title: | What's It Worth? |
| Type of Material: | Web Site, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | WHAT'S IT WORTH? is a hands-on coin lesson for young children. Students play games and work with coins to practice coin and value recognition, find coin combinations and add coins. The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids) offers many additional free educational resources and classroom activities. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | What's the Price? |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | WHAT'S THE PRICE is an online lesson plan for Grade Four. Students share the book "Pigs Go to Market: Fun with Math and Shopping", by Amy Axelrod, to learn about price and comparative shopping. Students complete a worksheet on price, analyze the unit price of several items, and compare prices at local grocery stores. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Why Open an IRA |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | 0 |
| Description: | WHY OPEN AN IRA is an easy-read brochure that describes the ABCs of IRAs. Learners are reminded that there are penalties for early withdrawal before age 59-1/2, but with a Roth IRA, contributions and qualified earnings are free from federal tax. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Wise Shoppers |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan,Teaching Guide,Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | WISE SHOPPERS is an online lesson plan for Grade Five. Students share several chapters from the book "Millions", by Frank Cottrell Boyce, to learn about currency and the function of money. They examine their own risk tolerance; play a comparison-shopping game; and lean how to be a wise consumer.
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| Title: | With Open Arms: Embracing a Bright Financial Future for You and Your Child with Disabilities and Other Special Needs |
| Type of Material: | Parent Workbook and Guide |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | This publication is designed for parents of children with disabilities. Developed with Easter Seals, it provides insight into personal financial issues for disabled and special needs children. A single copy of the publication may be obtained by submitting a request in writing. Please include a return street address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Women and Money Workbook |
| Type of Material: | Web-Based Materials, |
| Price: | free |
| Description: | THE WOMEN AND MONEY WORKBOOK provides a free basic foundation for money education. It is revised annually and can be downloaded instantly. It contains information and advice onbudgeting, credit and debt, elder care, entrepreneurship, estate planning, home ownership, identity theft, insurance, investments, kids and money, retirement planning and supportive financial attitudes. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Work |
| Type of Material: | Lesson Plan, Teaching Guide, Worksheets |
| Price: | Free download online |
| Description: | WORK is an online lesson plan for Grade 1. Students listen to the teacher read the book "Charlie Needs a Cloak", by Tomie dePaola. They participate in activities and discussions as they learn about productive resources, labor, and income.
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| Title: | WWW.FEDERALRESERVEEDUCATION.ORG |
| Type of Material: | Web Site with printable downloads |
| Price: | free/online |
| Description: | WWW.FEDERALRESERVEEDUCATION.ORG provides valuable information for students and teachers who are interested in personal finance. It gives a historical overview of the Federal Reserve Board, its purposes and functions. The site also has useful links to personal financial education materials and Federal Reserve Bank Education Sites. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | www.investingforstudents.org |
| Type of Material: | Web site |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | The INVESTING FOR STUDENTS website offers a plan for students to save a small amount of money every day then invest their money monthly via commission-free DRIP investing. Students experience the power of saving, compounding and reinvesting earnings as they learn about the market. By continuing the process over a lifetime, people can gain significant wealth to meet long-term financial goals. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | www.managingmymoney.com |
| Type of Material: | Web Site |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | MANAGING MY MONEY is a website designed to address the financial literacy needs of low-income persons. It targets persons served by Local Community Action Agencies. The Community Action Partnership and the National Endowment for Financial Education developed this comprehensive website. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Yard Sale: A Lesson Plan |
| Type of Material: | Teaching Guide, Lesson Plan |
| Price: | free |
| Description: | Based on the children's book, YARD SALE, this lesson discusses spending decisions of the animals in the story. Students learn a decision-making process and how to identify their opportunity cost. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | YouAreHere - FTC Microsite for Kids |
| Type of Material: | Simulation,Lesson Plan,Web Program (use online),Educational website with games, lessons, and fact sheets for parents and teachers. |
| Price: | |
| Description: | YOUAREHERE - FTC MICROSITE FOR KIDS takes kids to the virtual shopping mall where they find games and activities that let them experience advertising, competition, and the mission of the Federal Trade Commission. Animated guides help kids navigate through fun activities with lessons embedded. Teachers find fact sheets with background information and activities to reinforce the main messages. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Young Adult Community Education Kit |
| Type of Material: | Kit, Brochures, Teaching Aids |
| Price: | First 20 FREE |
| Description: | Community Education Kit: This user-friendly kit includes brochures, handouts and worksheets addressing common financial issues and concerns for individuals between the ages of 16-21. Topics addressed include budgeting, saving, and using credit wisely. Trainer kits include a PowerPoint presentation, Other speaker aids are available to assist educators or other professionals in developing a presentation on personal finance.
Twenty Community Education Kits per company or individual are available free of charge each year. Additional kits are available to educators for $2.50 each.
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| Title: | Your Access to Free Credit Reports |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | YOUR ACCESS TO FREE CREDIT REPORTS explains how and when consumers living in various regions of the US can request their free credit report. The process began with the Western states on December 1, 2004. The booklet can be requested either on the Web, by toll-free telephone, or by US mail. A copy of a standard credit report request form is included in the brochure and on the Web. Other consumer rights under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT Act) are addressed. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Your Financial Organizer |
| Type of Material: | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | YOUR FINANCIAL ORGANIZER is a take-action booklet, a tool young people and adults can use to put their finances in order. It provides two basic financial planning worksheets: a Net Worth and a Cash Flow Statement. The ORGANIZER suggests making a list of your bank accounts, insurance policies and other important financial documents. It provides a checklist on how long to keep financial records. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Your Rights Under the FDCPA |
| Type of Material: | brochure |
| Price: | FREE |
| Description: | Your Rights Under the FDCPA: The federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act was enacted in 1977 to protect consumers from unfair and abusive collection practices. This two-page brochure provides general information on what third-party debt collectors can and cannot do when attempting to collect a debt. To download a free brochure, please go to www.acainternational.org and click on Consumers.
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| Title: | Your Spending, Your Savings, Your Future |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | This publication helps adults learn to use money wisely and take control of their financial situation. Teachers and parents will discover ways to improve their personal financial skills. Copies of the publication may be obtained by submitting a written request. Please include your return address, and allow three to four weeks for delivery. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Zenvesting: The Art of Abundance and Managing Money |
| Type of Material: | Book, |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | ZENVESTING is a synthesis of practical money management strategies and spiritual principles. From budgeting to socially responsible mutual funds, the author addresses topics such as dollar-cost averaging, insurance, retirement, estate planning, and seeking professional advice. The "do-it-yourself" format includes worksheets to design portfolios to meet various investment needs -- aggressive, growth, balanced, yield and capital preservation. Further Information and Order/link >> |
| Title: | Zillions Online www.zillions.org |
| Type of Material: | free web site |
| Price: | Free |
| Description: | Zillions Online (Consumer Reports online for kids) replaces Zillions magazine with a life-skills website kids can access for free. The site launched in September, 2000 and continues Zillions' tradition of providing young consumers with reliable, useful information, education and guidance.
Zillions Online Class Support: Teachers may register to receive email notification of new features and special classroom participation projects as well as student worksheets to guide web use and learning.
Consumer Reports classroom program allows high school students to benefit from the consumer and financial information in Consumer Reports magazine at reduced bulk rates for schools. To order check www.zillionsedcenter.org
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