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.
Sonya explains the Military Lending Act
Ideal for: High school (11-12)
Students experience an interactive adventure, explore the Military Lending Act (MLA), and use a loan calculator to understand the impacts of high-interest loans.
Angela learns about the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
Ideal for: High school (11-12)
Students experience an interactive adventure and answer questions about the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA).
Sonya gives advice on large purchases
Ideal for: High school (11-12)
Students experience an interactive adventure and answer questions about what to consider when making a large purchase.
Including giving in your budget
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students explore how creating a budgeting rule can help people include giving in their monthly budgets.
Angela builds her credit
Ideal for: High school (11-12)
Students experience an interactive adventure, read a handout, and answer questions about how to build good credit.
Cruz buys a car
Ideal for: High school (11-12)
Students experience an interactive adventure and answer questions about the challenges of buying a car.
Dirk makes smart spending choices
Ideal for: High school (11-12)
Students experience an interactive adventure about smart spending practices for new servicemembers and then work as a group to write a short, persuasive speech about how to make smart spending choices.
James resists impulse spending
Ideal for: High school (11-12)
Students experience an interactive adventure exploring impulse spending and answer questions about their own financial habits.
Miya builds her wealth
Ideal for: High school (11-12)
Students experience an interactive adventure in how to build wealth, analyze needs and wants, explore investing, and reflect on how they can control their spending in the future.