Resources for Earning Income
What’s on your stub, bub? The Biz Kids use a modern American pay stub to explore deductions for social security and workmen’s compensation to the 401(k) plans of today—it’s all there on the stub.
Use segments of this Biz Kid$ video to help your students understand the perplexing world of paychecks and depressing reality of deductions! For more great ideas, check out the Biz Kid$ lesson. |
Income:
The Mint on Earning Income.
Biz Kid$ Income and Careers Lesson and Careers Videos, and Entrepreneurship Videos.
Hands-on-Banking Earning Income.
Careers:
O*Net Online for Career Information
Facts.org for Florida-specific career info
Career Information from the College Board
ION Future: STEM career exploration game
Wages:
EconEdLink Wages Lesson
EconEdLink Henry Ford Productivity Case Study Lessons
Bureau of Labor Statistics: provides wage data by Area and Occupation
Learn about salaries of different occupations on the national database of pay differences
Consider some factors that influence salaries.
Unemployment:
Federal Reserve Video Lesson on Unemployment
Taxes:
Use Taxation Nation, from We the Economy, to teach about taxes.
Types of Taxes definitions and explanations
Biz Kid$ video about how taxes impact a young person's life
Higher Education
Use the Loan Calculator Tool (referenced in Financial Freedom, p. 110) to understand how much annual income you need to repay without hardship.
Article from the New York Federal Reserve addressing the costs and benefits of college.
Data on changing college costs from the National Center for Education Statistics
The Khan Academy on the financial costs and benefits of college.
New York Times article on the price of dropping out of college.
Financial aid shopping worksheet
Websites from Financial Freedom Chapter 3: Searching for a Job and Earning Income
Put Together a Resume Working for Yourself Taxes, Licenses and Insurance
The Mint on Earning Income.
Biz Kid$ Income and Careers Lesson and Careers Videos, and Entrepreneurship Videos.
Hands-on-Banking Earning Income.
Careers:
O*Net Online for Career Information
Facts.org for Florida-specific career info
Career Information from the College Board
ION Future: STEM career exploration game
Wages:
EconEdLink Wages Lesson
EconEdLink Henry Ford Productivity Case Study Lessons
Bureau of Labor Statistics: provides wage data by Area and Occupation
Learn about salaries of different occupations on the national database of pay differences
Consider some factors that influence salaries.
Unemployment:
Federal Reserve Video Lesson on Unemployment
Taxes:
Use Taxation Nation, from We the Economy, to teach about taxes.
Types of Taxes definitions and explanations
Biz Kid$ video about how taxes impact a young person's life
Higher Education
Use the Loan Calculator Tool (referenced in Financial Freedom, p. 110) to understand how much annual income you need to repay without hardship.
Article from the New York Federal Reserve addressing the costs and benefits of college.
Data on changing college costs from the National Center for Education Statistics
The Khan Academy on the financial costs and benefits of college.
New York Times article on the price of dropping out of college.
Financial aid shopping worksheet
Websites from Financial Freedom Chapter 3: Searching for a Job and Earning Income
Put Together a Resume Working for Yourself Taxes, Licenses and Insurance