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High School students

In this lesson, students will learn the basics of banking, tips for managing money including balancing wants and needs, understanding the role of credit, and the importance of protecting financial information.

Lesson materials

Available in Spanish
5 Presentations
2 Resources
4 Videos

These materials were designed to support you in planning, preparing for and delivering your lesson. Deciding which to use — whether all of them or a few — is entirely up to you. Consider (a) the length of time you have, (b) your audience and (c) the type of engagement you would like to have with participants (lecture vs. workshop).

Presentations

The presentations visually guide your participants through the lesson topic. The first document shows the complete lesson, while the rest of the documents are the individual lessons saved separately, in case you do not have a lot of time or only want to focus on a single topic area.

Resources

Some materials in this section are intended for you to use and some are designed for your participants. Each is clearly marked. After downloading the documents, feel free to print them and hand them out to your participants.

Videos

You’re welcome to show your participants the videos below. The presentations will indicate at what point in the lesson each video should be shown. Just remember that this is only a framework for delivering the lesson. You can always decide for yourself which videos you want to show and when.

Teaching Resources

At the bottom of this page are additional resources to support you, including links to related materials on BetterMoneyHabits.com that can be shared with your participants before or after a lesson so that they can explore more information on their own time.

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Note: The buttons will download all the lesson materials. The first button will download the presentations and resources, while the second button will download the videos. When downloading videos, closed-captioning will not be enabled. Please evaluate the needs of your audience in advance and utilize the online video if closed-captioning is required.

Presentations

Supplement your class session with professionally prepared presentations.

Student guide to managing money

Banking basics

Smart credit moves

Managing my money

Keeping your financial information safe

Resources

Give participants a useful takeaway of what you covered in the classroom. Just download and print.

Student financial planner

Student savings planner worksheet

Videos

Liven up your lessons and improve retention with a companion video. If your classroom isn’t Wi-Fi enabled, remember to download the relevant video files onto your computer before class begins.

Teaching resources

Make your class even more engaging with a few tested teaching techniques.

Presenter guide

Discover best practices and audience insights to help you deliver a more effective presentation.

Certificate of completion

Download a printable certificate you can present to participants of the session.

Keep them engaged

Encourage participants in your High School student guide to managing money session to discover additional information on their own time. Share the link below with your participants:

Lesson materials

Available in Spanish
In Spanish:

These materials were designed to support you in planning, preparing for and delivering your lesson. Deciding which to use—whether all of them or a few—is entirely up to you. Consider (a) the length of time you have, (b) your audience and (c) the type of engagement you would like to have with participants (lecture vs. workshop).