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  • The Tea Leaf
    Your Guide to Understanding Today’s Economy …since 1976
  • Gen i Revolution
    A free online personal finance game for middle and high school teachers and their students. "Gen i Revolution" is based on the 'Learning, Earning and Investing' Program, as well as content from 'Your Credit Counts' and 'Financial Fitness for Life.' (Because it is primarily based on LEI, you may have heard it referred to as 'LEI: The Game.')

  • Peter Russell's World Clock
    World Clock showing birth and death rates, plus oil usage.

  • Economy for Kids
    In this special collection, you'll find advice on how to talk to your students and ideas on how to incorporate this topic into your curriculum.

  • NEFE High School Portal
    The National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) provides a wealth of information and resources to help you teach your students how to get from "here" to "there" financially.

  • Family Economics & Financial Education
    FEFE provides free curriculum materials to help educators effectively teach family economics and finance to their students.

  • Hands On Banking
    Wells Fargo Bank created this extensive resource for kids, teens, high school students and adults. It also includes a Teacher's Guide.

  • Identity Theft
    Information from the Better Business Bureau.

  • Consumer Jungle
    Helping turn high school students into savvy consumers without putting them to sleep.

  • EconEdLink
    A Thinkfinity resource created by the National Council on Economic Education.

  • Practical Money Skills for Life
    A free Web site designed to help educators, parents and students practice better money management for life.

  • The Stock Market Game
    Help your students learn about the stock market by giving them the opportunity to invest a hypothetical $100,000 in a real-time portfolio.

  • American Bankruptcy Institute
    The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) is the largest non-partisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency.

  • Online Financial Tools
    Free and easy online calculators and financial tools.

  • ConsumerCents Materials
    Educators can download FREE financial literacy materials -- but a registration is required. Financial topics include: Setting Financial Goals, Spending Plans, Organizing Personal & Financial Records, Checking Accounts, Debt Management, Credit Report.
  • Banzai 
    Merge classroom learning with real-world experience as students learn to make wise spending decisions. Banzai is a web-based tool that is free for you and your students!
  • Bill My Parents
    Now teens can have the freedom to shop online, but parents still control what is purchased. No more handing over a credit card. With BillMyParents, confidential credit card information is never shared with a child. Driven through simple email alerts, Parents approve or deny each item a child requests through a secure account on the BillMyParents website.
  • Building Wealth 
    A personal finance education resource which presents an overview of personal wealth-building strategies that includes setting financial goals, budgeting, saving and investing, managing debt, and understanding credit reports and credit scores.
  • CNN Money 101 
    A step by step guide to gaining control of your financial life.
  • Dave Ramsey 
    We provide unique tools to help educators effectively teach students the basics of personal finance. Using methods that are both entertaining and engaging, our curriculum provides the next generation a solid foundation on which they can build their financial future.
  • Financial Times 
    FT.com delivers in-depth global news and financial information, as it happens.
  • Financing Your Future 
    A complete personal finance program on DVD for high school teachers and their students.
  • Insurance Education Initiative Educator Resources 
    Teaches teens and young adults the importance of insurance coverage to further prepare them for life's journey.
  • Jump$tart Coalition: National 
    Jump$tart is a national coalition of organizations dedicated to improving the financial literacy of kindergarten through college-age youth by providing advocacy, research, standards and educational resources.
  • Jump$tart Coalition: Utah 
    The Utah Jump$tart Coalition is comprised of over 50 organizations, government agencies, financial institutions, and corporations. Working together they are able to join forces to improve the personal financial literacy of Utah's youth.
  • Katrina's Classroom 
    Financial Lessons from a Hurricane.
  • Money Talks 
    Money Talks for Teens is a bilingual (English/Spanish) money management curriculum aimed at teens 14-18 years old and the adults who work with them.
  • National Endowment for Financial Education 
    The National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE®) is the only private, nonprofit, national foundation wholly dedicated to improving the financial well-being of all Americans.
  • New York Stock Exchange 
    A free investor education program specifically designed for middle-school and high-school students. The program includes eight reproducible and customizable activities.
  • Oklahoma State Office of Education 
    Finacial literacy student materials.
  • Practical Money Skills 
    Educators, parents, and students can access free educational resources including personal finance articles, games, lesson plans, and more.
  • Smart Stocks 
    SmartStocks.com provides a live stock game using real stock quotes. Learn how to trade online and invest in the stock market without risking your hard earned money.
  • Stanford Marshmallow Study 
    Stanford University psychology researcher Michael Mischel demonstrates how important self-discipline is to lifelong success
  • The Money Circle 
    The Money Circle curriculum target audience in high school students ranging from 9th to 12th grade.
  • UEN: General Financial Literacy (includes State Core) 
    Core standards for the General Financial Literacy class.
  • Virtual Stock Exchange 
    Virtual Stock Exchange is a free stock market game from MarketWatch.
  • Your Money or Your Life 
    Your Money or Your Life equates frugality with freedom, smarts, and maximal pleasure for each dollar spent.

  • Types of Personal Bankruptcy
    Information about personal bankruptcy from the Money Management web site.

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