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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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Preventing fraud and identity theft

  • Protecting yourself as a consumer

    Updated

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

    Students research consumer rights to respond to real-life scenarios that demonstrate the importance of consumer protection laws.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Protect (Managing risk, Preventing fraud and identity theft)
    Activity duration:
    45-60 minutes

    Building block

    • Financial knowledge and decision-making skills

  • Examining the statistics on fraud and identity theft

    Updated

    Ideal for: Middle school (6-8), High school (9-10), High school (11-12)

    Students research the federal government’s statistics on fraud and identity theft in the United States and in their state.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Protect (Preventing fraud and identity theft)
    Activity duration:
    45-60 minutes

    Building block

    • Executive function
    • Financial knowledge and decision-making skills

  • Protecting your Social Security number

    Updated

    Ideal for: Middle school (6-8)

    Students read about the importance of protecting their Social Security number and decide if statements about Social Security numbers are true or false.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Protect (Preventing fraud and identity theft)
    Activity duration:
    45-60 minutes

    Building block

    • Executive function
    • Financial habits and norms

  • Investigating types of fraud and identity theft

    Updated

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

    Students identify different types of fraud and identity theft in real-world scenarios.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Protect (Managing risk, Preventing fraud and identity theft)
    Activity duration:
    45-60 minutes

    Building block

    • Financial knowledge and decision-making skills

  • Defining fraud and identity theft

    Updated

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

    Students define key terms related to fraud and identity theft and create a word wall in the classroom.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Protect (Managing risk, Preventing fraud and identity theft)
    Activity duration:
    15-20 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.