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 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.
Understanding jobs, teens, and taxes
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students read a handout about taxes and respond to questions to explore the relationship between working and taxes.
Becoming familiar with taxes
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students match tax types to definitions and then apply their knowledge to tax scenarios.
Investigating taxes in your life
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students play a game to explore how tax revenues pay for various activities and services they encounter in daily life.
Investigating payroll tax and federal income tax withholding
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students analyze W-4 forms and pay stubs in order to better understand payroll taxes and federal income tax withholding.
Examining elements of a paycheck
Ideal for: Middle school (6-8)
Students review a sample pay stub to understand the real-world effect of taxes and deductions on the amount of money workers take home.
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 receive.