Financial+Literacy

toc =Financial Literacy= This is a collection of resources for teaching of financial literacy and related courses for grades 6-12.

• Financial Literacy Sites

 * At www.practicalmoneyskills.com and www.whatsmyscore.org, educators, parents, and students can access free __#|educational resources__ including personal finance articles, games, lesson plans, and more.
 * www.whatsmyscore.org - great 30-minute Public Service Announcements (PSA).
 * Financial & Business Formulas - from www.math.about.com
 * Compound Interest - www.math.about.com
 * Jump$tart Personal Finance Clearinghouse - is a tool/program to help educators, parents, youth workers and students find reliable personal finance material - that fits their needs.
 * NEFE - National Endowment for Financial Literacy - extensive free materials
 * mathforum/fe - Financial education in the math classroom
 * mathforum/fe blog -

• Videos

 * 11 economics videos -
 * Cramer (from Seinfield) - Insurance - "Choice, Chance, and Control" - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 -
 * Bill Cosby - taxes (talking to his son)
 * Steve Martin - SNL - "Don't Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford" -
 * Delayed Gratification -
 * "The Most Important Video You'll Ever See (Part 1 of 8)" - doubling - Rule of 72 (70)
 * Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek Round Two - EconTV - []
 * KhanAcademy
 * Introduction to Compound Interest
 * The Rule of 72 for Compound Interest
 * Annual Percentage Rate (APR) and Effective APR
 * Institutional Roles in Issuing and Processing Credit Cards
 * FoolProofTeacher.com - **What We Offer:** curriculum for high schools, colleges, and homeschooling. We offer free, turnkey, web-driven financial literacy instruction for high school students, college-age young people, and kids who are homeschooled. Our highly interactive online "modules" help you teach young people about money, financial responsibility, and the realities of the free enterprise system. And young people do all the teaching. **Our Mission:** Help young people Safely Navigate the Free Enterprise System. Have you ever thought your students would be more interested in hearing about __#|money management__ from other students? Then FoolProof will interest you and your students! FoolProof is a free web-driven curriculum tied to PA Academic Standards and includes interactive modules along with teacher’s guides and online grading tools. Best of all, it consists of videos that are produced by students for students. Some of the topics include: understanding credit and credit cards, being a savvy consumer, and working with __#|checking__ and __#|saving accounts__. However, there are over 70 videos to choose from so you can decide which topics are appropriate to include in your lessons.

• Research

 * Financial Fitness for Teens - March 29, 2010 episode of CNN Student News -

• Articles

 * "In-school banks dispense financial sense " - USA Today, March 31, 2010
 * "Financial Literacy, a Key to Success for Low-Income Students" - The Chronicle of __#|Higher Education__, May 9, 2010