Description
These middle school personal finance and consumer math lessons, activities, and worksheets include everything you need to teach beginner personal finance skills to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Topics include consumer math skills, wages, paychecks, budgeting, banking, saving, and more!
This bundle of resources can be used individually throughout the year or as a complete quarter-length unit to ensure students learn the essential skills they’ll need as they start earning and spending their own money.
Perfect for a Quarter-Length Unit on Personal Finance or Stand-Alone Elective
These resources will last a full quarter (40-50 class periods). This makes them perfect for incorporating financial literacy skills into an existing math, social studies, or family/consumer sciences course or for a stand-alone personal finance elective.
Emphasizes the Skills Students Need to Become Financially Savvy Teens
The resources in this bundle provide students with exposure to the topics in personal finance they’ll use every day as teenagers. Topics include everyday consumer skills, paychecks, budgeting, banking, and more.
Focuses on Promoting Real-World Math Skills
Lessons and activities in this bundle naturally integrate math skills students will need to confidently make their own financial decisions.
Provides Opportunities for Students to Independently Explore the Costs of Living Independently
This bundle includes eight exploratory activities in which students will research financial options and the costs of living independently. Topics include grocery costs, banking options, car payments, and more. Several activities are included in paper (PDF) and digital Google formats.
Offers Experience Working with Realistic Financial Documents
Students will have the opportunity to use and interpret the financial documents they’ll use as adults, including pay stubs, bank statements, and more.
Easy-Prep Lessons & Engaging Practice Activities
Lessons are complete with Google Slides and guided notes for easy instruction! Students are also provided engaging opportunities for discussion and practice with worksheets, station activities, task cards, and more. Just print the materials needed for each lesson, and you’re ready to go!
Pacing Guide, Study Guide, and Quiz Included
The bonus file on this bundle includes a suggested pacing guide. A study guide and cumulative quiz are also included. The quiz is provided as a PDF and a self-grading Google Form.
What’s Included:
Consumer Math Skills – 7 to 9 Class Periods
Wages & Paychecks – 5 Class Periods
Budgeting – 10 to 11 Class Periods
Banking & Saving – 5 to 7 Class Periods
Bonus Activities – 11 Class Periods
Study Guide, Crossword Puzzle, & Quiz – 3 Class Periods
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Editable Versions of Study Guide and Quiz Included
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Quiz Included as a PDF and Self-Grading Google Form
Looking for a high school curriculum? You can find the full semester Understanding Personal Finance Curriculum here.
**You’ll need a Google Account to access the files and Google Slides. The Google Slides and PDFs in this resource are not editable.**
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