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Personal Finance in Schools is Crucial

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Unlike many math classes in school, personal finance is one that every student can apply to his or her life as an adult. It will be a necessity when facing obstacles like purchasing a car or home, taking on a student loan, obtaining a credit card, or making any other decision related to one’s personal finances. The number of U.S.

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16 Online Resources to Promote Financial Literacy

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Pick the ones best suited to your group ( Check here for updates to the list ): BizKids –games to teach business and finance Cash Crunch –games for youngers and olders (HS and college) Financial Football –as fun as it sounds Financial Literacy Quizzes –in a variety of financial topics for high schoolers Gen I Revolution Life on Minimum Wage (a game–through (..)

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Preparing Students for Future Careers with Soft Skills Training on Financial Decisions

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Teaching Them About Different Types of Loans By Stimulating An SBA Loan After you get the hypothetical small businesses going, the next financial lesson to introduce includes scaling their businesses using different financing methods. The first step is defining what they are. Equity requirement: Sufficient equity is necessary.

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24 Online Resources About Economics

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Here are popular online resources to teach about Economics ( click for updates to this list) 12 Days of Christmas –find the cost and price change of the 12 gifts 60-seconds Adventures in Economics –videos from Open University Banzai –financial literacy (free) online program Basic Economic Terms Basic Economics Jumbled BizKids –games to teach business (..)

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Resources to Teach Taxes

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Teaching kids economics and finance –lots of varied resources. More on teaching economics and finance. Lots of websites for economics and finance. Rate-zip –how to teach financial topics to K-12. Time is Money –this Chrome add-on converts prices on a webpage to hours worked. 15 Websites to Teach Financial Literacy.

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15+ Websites to Teach Financial Literacy

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When kids read that America’s $28 trillion+ debt is accepted by many experts as ‘business as usual’, I wonder how that news will affect their future personal finance decisions. BizKids –games to teach business and finance. Personal Finance for MS. Personal Finance Lab –stock market game. Next Gen Personal Finance.

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Resources to Teach Taxes

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Teaching kids economics and finance –lots of varied resources. More on teaching economics and finance. Lots of websites for economics and finance. Rate-zip –how to teach financial topics to K-12. Time is Money –this Chrome add-on converts prices on a webpage to hours worked. 15 Websites to Teach Financial Literacy.

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