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Buying Goods and Services Standards and Resources

To buy or not to buy, that is the question. Because goods and services are scarce, people cannot buy all of the goods and services they want, they must make choices. Student should understand different payment methods, charitable donations, and the role of government and other institutions to provide consumer information. 

Use the News to teach about buying decisions

Check out the standards-alignments for our Use the News activities for Buying. Some of our latest lessons include student guides!
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How does this news influence your buying decisions?
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What do dog weddings have to do with donating to charity?
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How do gas prices impact decisions?
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What does the Grim Reaper have to do with buying bacon?
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Why should you conduct research before you buy goods?
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Should you rent or should you buy?
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How do environmental concerns influence your buying?
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Who protects us from polluters?
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Do you have wallet wisdom?
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What can drive your buying costs up?
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Would you buy a self-driving car?
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Five things not to say when buying a car . . .

 lessons and resources

The Federal Reserve has some excellent lessons and resources
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Financial Freedom

​Florida teachers, order free copies of Financial Freedom for your students. We have included a Buying standards alignment for Chapter 1, 5, and 8.
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Download the ch1-managing-money-lesson instructional guide for the chapter, which include teacher instructions and standards alignment for Financial Literacy and ELA.
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PRACTICAL MONEY SKILLS Resources and calculators:

Check out the smart shopping texts and the financial calculators below!
  1. Auto 
  2. Budget/Goals 
  3. Family and Life 
  4. College 
  5. Mortgage​

In addition, check out the texts on smart shopping.
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How to spend your money wisely texts

Better Money Habits

Better Money Habits has some excellent resources to engage students in inquiry-based learning about Buying:
  1. Home Ownership
  2. Buying an Automobile
  3. College
  4. Personal Banking​

Next Generation personal Finance (NGPF)

NGPF has some lessons under the Saving for College unit. For standards alignments, check out our matrix for Florida Standards below. 
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Econedlink has some lesson plans

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Can you make a budget?
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How can deceptive advertising influence you?
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What do you know about loans?
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How do I make a consumer complaint?
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What organizations help consumers?
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How does the government help consumers?
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Will you pay by cash, check, debit, or credit?
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Do you want to buy a car?
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What are the costs of owning a car?
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Should you rent or buy a home?
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What are the costs of renting a place to live?
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What are the costs of renting vs buying?
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  • Home
    • Financial advice videos
    • Archive Fin Lit Resources >
      • Big Money for Little Kids
      • COVID-19 ARTICLES
      • Disney Gifs and Clips
      • Financial Friday Resources for Teachers
      • Money in a Minute
      • Nearpod Lessons
  • Income
    • Income- Archive >
      • Standards for Earning Income
  • Buy
    • Standards for Buying
  • Save
    • Standards for Saving
  • Credit
    • Standards for Credit
  • Invest
    • Standards for Investing
  • Protect
    • Standards for Protecting and Insuring
  • Blog