Start your own Teeconomics financial literacy club! Use our slide presentations, printouts, and lesson guides to host fun, weekly 45-minute lunch meetings. We are on a mission to expand financial literacy across the U.S. Connect with to start a chapter, and create change.
An introduction and diagnostic quiz for the first meeting as students get to know each other.
Learn what "liquidity" means, and how that applies to saving and investing. Have students attempt to sort different items from least to most liquid.
Learn about the basics of credit: what it is, how to maintain your credit score, and the consequences of a low credit score.
Learn the difference between stocks and bonds, and test students' ability to differentiate the two.
Learn about when low or high interest rates can be beneficial, what interest is, and how it applies around you.
Engage in a lesson about varying kinds of credit cards and how they differ. Have students consider the pros and cons of each with a hands-on presentation.
Learn about the difference between APR and interest rate, and why it's important to know both.
Compare and contrast different types of credit, as well as credit versus debit. Things might get a little heated with a class debate, where students will work together to fight for their side.
Learn what "liquidity" means, and how that applies to saving and investing. Have students attempt to sort different items from least to most liquid.
Learn the difference between stocks and bonds, and test students' ability to differentiate the two.
Learn the importance of diversification and practice managing risk through a delicious investment exercise.
Compare and contrast different types of credit, as well as credit versus debit. Things might get a little heated with a class debate, where students will work together to fight for their side.
