Resource Type: High school activities
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Creating a buying plan
Students practice creating a buying plan and apply this strategy to provide buying advice to others. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), English or language arts, Social studies or history Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 75-90 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Jun 09, 2022 Big…
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Making spending decisions
Students practice a commonly used decision-making model called PACED to help make spending decisions. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Social studies or history Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Jun 09, 2022 Big idea Common decision-making models can help…
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Reflecting on needs versus wants
By thinking about their own expenses, students explore how differentiating between needs and wants can inform daily financial decisions and rules to live by. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), English or language arts, Social studies or history Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 45-60 minutes Back…
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Identifying the missing credit score category
After reviewing basic facts about the lending process and credit scores, students play a game to reinforce their understanding of what goes into a credit score. Topic Borrow (Getting loans, Managing credit) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Math, Social studies or history Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 45-60 minutes Back…
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Promoting global credit practices
Students write a social marketing advertisement in the language they’re studying to promote good practices for building credit. Topic Borrow (Getting loans, Managing credit) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), World languages Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 75-90 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Jun 30, 2022 Big idea When lenders…
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Qualifying for loans
Students apply their understanding of secured or unsecured loans as they write a description of an individual who may or may not qualify for each type of credit. Topic Borrow (Getting loans, Managing credit) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), English or language arts, Social studies or history Grade Level High school (9-10), High school…
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Reading about credit scores
By analyzing a text about credit scores, students learn about lending practices and how credit scores influence the ability to borrow money. Topic Borrow (Getting loans, Managing credit) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), English or language arts, Social studies or history Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to…
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Deciding which car and car loan you can afford
In this simulation activity, students calculate monthly installment loan payments and total costs for three different cars to apply a common strategy for purchasing big-ticket items. Topic Borrow (Getting loans, Managing credit) 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…
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Defining debt consolidation
Students work collaboratively to match questions with their answers to better understand key concepts and important rules to live by related to debt consolidation and borrowing. Topic Borrow (Getting loans, Managing credit) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Math, Social studies or history Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 15-20 minutes Back…
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Determining how down payments affect loans
Students calculate how monthly payments for installment loans change based on the size of the down payment. Topic Borrow (Getting loans, Managing credit) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Math Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Jun 23, 2022 Big idea Installment loans can help…