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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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  • Protecting your identity online

    Updated

    Ideal for: Middle school (6-8)

    Students answer true-or-false questions about safe online behaviors and consider ways to protect themselves online.

    Key information

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

    Building block

    • Executive function
    • Financial habits and norms

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