Fast Financial Literacy for Students

Fun and engaging financial literacy lessons for elementary students in 15 minutes or less.

Wants and Needs

15 minutes

What you'll learn

  • The difference between needs and wants
  • Understanding how to prioritize needs
  • How to budget for what you need and some of what you want

What you'll do

  1. Watch the Video →
  2. Work through the lesson plan here
  3. Finish the interactive activity here

Methods of Payment

15 minutes

What you'll learn

  • Difference between credit, cash and checks
  • Credit and interest
  • Savings and spending

What you'll do

  1. Watch the Video →
  2. Review Discussion Worksheet ↓
  3. Do the Word Search Worksheet ↓

Goods and Services

15 minutes

What you'll learn

  • Difference between goods and services
  • Definition of economic wants

What you'll do

  1. Watch the Video →
  2. Goods and Services Activity ↓
  3. Do the Crossword Worksheet ↓

Decision-Making

15 minutes

What you'll learn

  • How to weigh choices
  • Understanding costs and benefits
  • How to make a good decision

What you'll do

  1. Watch the Video →
  2. Work through the lesson plan here

Income and Spending

15 minutes

What you'll learn

  • What earnings are
  • Earnings and spending
  • Budgeting

What you'll do

  1. Watch the Video →
  2. Work through the lesson here

Saving, Credit, Planning

15 minutes

What you'll learn

  • Making choices + opportunity cost
  • Planning and saving for future purchases
  • Credit and interest

What you'll do

  1. Watch the Video →
  2. Do the Crossword Worksheet ↓
  3. Review Discussion Worksheet ↓

Scarcity, Limited Resources

15 minutes

What you'll learn

  • Definition of Resource
  • Difference between natural resources, human resources and capital resources

What you'll do

  1. Watch the Video →
  2. View Pirates Need Resources Lesson ↓
  3. Do the Cursive Writing Worksheet ↓

Opportunity Costs

15 minutes

What you'll learn

  • Definition of opportunity costs
  • Decision making
  • Evaluating choices

What you'll do

  1. Watch the Video →
  2. View Lesson One Worksheet ↓
  3. View Lesson Two Worksheet ↓

The Power of Delayed Gratification

15 minutes

What you'll learn

  • Definition of delayed gratification
  • That waiting can pay off
  • Making good choices

What you'll do

  1. Watch the Video →
  2. Work through the lesson plan here

Methods of Payment

15 minutes

What you'll learn

  • Methods of payment
  • The value of saving for something special

What you'll do

  1. Watch the Video →
  2. Work through the lesson plan here
Start Teaching Financial Literacy Confidently

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