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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Discovering the benefits of investing early
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students use an online calculator and answer questions to learn about the value of investing early.
Playing an investment game
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students work in groups to explore real-world scenarios that can affect stock investments.
Comparing stock investments
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students learn how calculating capital gains and capital losses can help them evaluate stock investments.
Creating a poster on life after high school
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students create a poster or infographic illustrating post-secondary education or workforce options they're interested in.
Exploring community colleges
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students learn about the benefits of community college and consider whether attending community college could be a good option to help them prepare for their future.
Learning how FAFSA works
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students learn about how the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) works by completing a simulation activity.
Understanding how much student debt you can afford
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students calculate how much they can afford in monthly student loan payments based on what their salary might be after graduating from college or another post-secondary institution.
Using a student loan calculator
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students use a student loan calculator to calculate monthly loan payments and how much they can save on total loan costs by paying a little extra each month.
Communicating ways to pay for higher education
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students research ways to pay for their higher education and create a brochure to record their findings.
Comparing financial aid offers
Ideal for: High school (9-10), High school (11-12)
Students compare college costs and financial aid offers for three schools and explore how the choices they make can have a financial impact down the road.