Find financial literacy activities
Find activities that can help you teach and nurture the building blocks of financial capability across the curriculum.
These classroom activities can be completed within a single class period. Each activity comes with a teacher guide and supporting student material, so it’s easy to implement whether you’re an experienced personal finance teacher, integrating financial literacy into another subject area, or supplementing your existing financial education curriculum.
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Playing a credit and debit game
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students play a game to practice and explore positive credit and debit card behaviors.
Cosigning loans and sharing credit
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students research credit and analyze scenarios on sharing credit cards and cosigning loans.
Differentiating between secured and unsecured loans
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students explore characteristics of secured or unsecured types of credit by playing a sorting game.
Distinguishing between credit myths and realities
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students analyze and make judgments about credit and borrowing statements to better understand the reality of debt.
Role-playing borrowing and lending
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students take on the role of a borrower or a lender to pose questions, apply formulas to calculate interest, and evaluate data to inform borrowing and lending decisions.