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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Exploring the minimum wage
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students conduct research on a U.S. Department of Labor webpage to learn about the minimum wage and some laws affecting workers.
Understanding jobs, teens, and taxes
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students review Internal Revenue Service webpages and respond to questions to explore the relationship between working and taxes.
Investigating payroll tax and federal income tax withholding
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students analyze W-4 forms and paystubs in order to better understand payroll taxes and federal income tax withholding.
Understanding taxes and your paycheck
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students analyze statements about taxes to better understand how taxes affect people’s paychecks.
Calculating the numbers in your paycheck
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students review a pay stub from a sample paycheck to understand the real-world effect of taxes and deductions on the amount of money they take home.