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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Understanding redlining
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students read a handout about the practice of redlining and answer questions about its impact on individuals and communities.
Playing a saving and spending game
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students discuss the importance of emergency savings and play a game to explore connections between saving, spending, and unexpected expenses.
Getting banked
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students select a local bank or credit union to research to learn about what to consider when choosing a financial institution.
Banking basics card game
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students play a game to learn about common banking products and services and to consider which ones they might use now and in the future.
Budgeting for fun in a rural setting
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students practice budgeting by planning for a fun overnight trip to a rural area.
Understanding prepaid cards
Ideal for: High school (11-12)
Students play a game and answer questions to learn about prepaid cards and explore whether they’d consider using them.
Playing a banking fact and fiction game
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students listen to statements about banking and then walk to one side of the room or the other if they think the statement is fact or fiction.
Planning your financial path to college graduation
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students use a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau college planning tool to explore college costs and options for covering those costs.
Learning how FAFSA works
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students learn about how the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) works by completing a simulation activity.
Understanding how much student debt you can afford
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students calculate how much they can afford in monthly student loan payments based on what their salary might be after graduating from college or another post-secondary institution.