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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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Making money
High school (9-10)
High school (11-12)

  • Calculating the numbers in your paycheck

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    Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)

    Students review a pay stub from a sample paycheck to understand the real-world effect of taxes and deductions on the amount of money they take home.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Earn (Getting paid, Making money, Paying taxes)
    Activity duration:
    45-60 minutes

    Building block

    • Financial habits and norms
    • Financial knowledge and decision-making skills

  • Exploring life after high school in science

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    Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)

    Students research a career in science on the U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored careeronestop.org website to gain insights on what that career involves and how they might prepare for it.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Earn (Making money)
    Activity duration:
    45-60 minutes

    Building block

    • Financial knowledge and decision-making skills

  • Exploring life after high school in the arts

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    Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)

    Students research a career in the arts on the U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored careeronestop.org website to gain insights on what that career involves and how they might prepare for it.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Earn (Making money)
    Activity duration:
    45-60 minutes

    Building block

    • Financial knowledge and decision-making skills

  • Exploring life after high school in the humanities

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    Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)

    Students research a career in the humanities on the U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored careeronestop.org website to gain insights on what that career involves and how they might prepare for it.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Earn (Making money)
    Activity duration:
    45-60 minutes

    Building block

    • Financial knowledge and decision-making skills

  • Creating a poster on life after high school

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    Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)

    Students create a poster or infographic illustrating post-secondary education or workforce options that are available to them.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Earn (Making money)
    Activity duration:
    45-60 minutes

    Building block

    • Financial knowledge and decision-making skills
Activities align with the My Money Five principles introduced by the statutorily created federal Financial Literacy and Education Commission.