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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.

We are updating the activities to match the new National Standards for Personal Financial Education. The standards in the activity PDF files may not match the website until these updates are complete.

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Showing 11 matches out of 270 activities

Showing 11 matches out of 270 activities

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Preventing fraud and identity theft
High school (9-10)
High school (11-12)

  • Speaking publicly about consumer financial protection rights

    Updated

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

    Students research and write a speech focusing on a specific consumer right or consumer financial protection issue and related laws.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Protect (Managing risk, Preventing fraud and identity theft)
    Activity duration:
    75-90 minutes

    Building block

    • Executive function
    • Financial knowledge and decision-making skills

  • Reporting fraud or identity theft to authorities

    Updated

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

    Students match fraud and identity theft crime descriptions with appropriate action steps to take in the event of a real-life crime.

    Key information

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

    Building block

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

  • Acting out fraud and identity theft

    Updated

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

    Students develop and act out skits depicting possible fraud and identity theft and ask classmates to guess which type of crime is occurring.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Protect (Managing risk, Preventing fraud and identity theft)
    Activity duration:
    75-90 minutes

    Building block

    • Financial knowledge and decision-making skills

  • Giving advice about consumer protection

    Updated

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

    Students put their developing understanding of fraud and identity theft to use as they play the role of a consumer affairs advice columnist responding to letters from readers.

    Key information

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

    Building block

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

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