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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 yourself against risk

    Updated

    Ideal for: Middle school (6-8)

    After reviewing a handout about insurance, students will match types of insurance to the scenarios they cover.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Protect (Managing risk, Using insurance)
    Activity duration:
    15-20 minutes

    Building block

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

  • Playing an insurance game

    Updated

    Ideal for: Middle school (6-8)

    Students play a game to explore types of insurance and how they help protect people.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Protect (Managing risk, Using insurance)
    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.