Resource Type: High school activities

  • Spending scenarios

    Students consider everyday spending decisions by working through real-world scenarios. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Fine arts and performing arts, Social studies or history Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 15-20 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Jun 09, 2022 Big idea People face spending decisions…

  • Analyzing budgets

    Students analyze case studies and apply the 50-30-20 rule of budgeting. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things, Paying bills) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Math Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 75-90 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Jun 02, 2022 Big idea Budgeting helps ensure that you’ll have enough money for…

  • Bouncing ball budgets

    Through an interactive game, students share spending decisions they’ve made in the past and start to think about their spending habits in new ways. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Physical education or health Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 15-20 minutes Back to All Activities Updated…

  • Budgeting games for world languages

    Through an interactive game, students practice speaking in the language they’re studying as they share spending decisions they’ve made in the past and start to think about their spending habits in new ways. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Math, Physical education or health, World languages Grade Level High school…

  • Categorizing expenses

    Students work with a partner to brainstorm typical household expenses and then categorize those expenses as either fixed or variable. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things, Paying bills) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Math Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 15-20 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Jun 02, 2022 Big idea…

  • Categorizing expenses in any language

    Students brainstorm typical household expenses and collaborate to come up with the proper terms in their target language. They then categorize those expenses as either fixed or variable. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things, Paying bills) Subject World languages Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 15-20 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Jun…

  • Choosing how to get paid

    Students explore and compare common payment methods and pay periods that employers use. They apply their learning by voting on their preferred methods in a class poll. Topic Earn (Getting paid), Save and invest (Banking options), Spend (Paying bills) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Social studies or history Grade Level High school (9-10), High…

  • Creating a savings first aid kit

    Students learn the importance of developing an emergency savings fund to deal with unexpected challenges and unplanned expenses. Topic Save and invest (Banking options, Building emergency savings, Choosing how to save, Saving for long-term goals, Saving for short-term goals) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Math, Social studies or history Grade Level High school (9-10),…

  • Differentiating fixed and variable expenses

    Using real-world scenarios, students identify fixed and variable expenses and reflect on how they are similar and different. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things, Paying bills) Subject CTE (Career and technical education) Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Jun 02, 2022 Big idea To manage your…

  • Saving each payday

    Students use a real-world simulation to learn how saving a little money each payday can be a successful strategy for saving. Topic Save and invest (Banking options, Choosing how to save, Saving for long-term goals, Saving for short-term goals) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Math Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration…