Resources and Downloads for Financial Literacy
Explore resources and downloads for educators seeking to help students learn financial concepts, practice money management, and build strong financial decision-making and economic-reasoning skills.
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Edutopia's flagship series highlights practices and case studies from K–12 schools and districts that are improving the way students learn. Below, find downloads used by practitioners at featured schools, and dive into real-world examples of teaching and learning financial literacy.
Piggy-Bank Friday: Life Skills Through Financial Literacy: Through the Piggy-Bank Friday program, K–5 students at Walter Bracken STEAM Academy in Las Vegas, Nevada, have saved over $30,000 in one year. Watch the video, read about their practice, and take a look at this featured download:
Financial Literacy Makes School Relevant: The Ariel Community Academy, a public K–8 school on the South Side of Chicago, has been achieving remarkable success thanks to a number of effective strategies, particularly a financial-literacy program. Watch a video, and learn about the components of their K–8 curriculum to see how they do it. Then explore some of this school’s resources and downloads; a few highlights from their Goods and Services Unit, organized according to Bloom’s Taxonomy, are linked below.