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Saving Standards and Resources

Saving money: Easy to say but hard to do! At different points in their lives, people make different choices about saving. Consider concepts such as compound interest, the difference between real and nominal interest rates, present versus future value, and benefit programs. According to the Council for Economic Education, students should learn about the role of government agencies in protecting savings deposits. For example, recall the bank run in It's a Wonderful Life. Now consider how the FDIC helps prevent bank runs. 

Use the News Savings articles and activities

Check out the standards alignments for some of our inquiry-based Use the News activities. Some of our latest lessons include student guides!
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What is the value of thrift?
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How can you squirrel away money for the future?
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How do I save for the future?
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What is compound interest and why does it matter?
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How many people live from paycheck to paycheck?
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Can you be thrifty like Macklemore?

lessons on saving

The Federal Reserve has some lessons and resources on saving and investing that we have included in the following standards alignment.
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Financial Freedom

Florida teachers, order free copies of Financial Freedom for your students. We have included an alignment to the Savings standards.  
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You can also download an instructional guide for the chapter, which include teacher instructions and standards alignment to Financial Literacy and ELA.
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Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills has a calculator you can use for budgeting. 

better money habits

Better Money Habits includes a variety of diverse texts that are excellent for an inquiry-based approach to teaching about Saving. 
  1. Saving and Budgeting
  2. Banking
Check out these Khan Academy Career Stories to engage your students in inquiry-based learning about different careers and saving.

Next Generation personal Finance (NGPF)

Check out the curriculum unit NGPF has on Saving. The lesson shows alignment to JumpStart, so we have included a matrix that aligns to Florida Standards below. 
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Econedlink

EconEdLink also has some lesson plans you can use.
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Can you create a financial safety net?
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What are the basics of saving and budgeting?
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What is compound interest?
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How do you include saving in your future budget?
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What does "a penny saved is a penny earned" mean?
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What do you know about saving and investing?
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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