This presentation provides a wealth of educational resources that can be used in personal finance or any financial education course.

1. Free Online & Interactive
Financial Resources to
Boost Student Engagement

2. Agenda
Welcome Personal
Finance
Banking &
Accounting
Online Game
Resources

3. Welcome!
Twitter: @AchieveTexas
Email: cynthia.l.miller@ttu.edu
Website: www.achievetexas.org

4. Resources for
• Time Value of Money
• Economic Forecasting
• Mobile Phones Matter (Cost/Benefit
Analysis)
• Where Did All the Money Go?
• What Does the Nation Consume? (Gross
Domestic Product)
• Baseball Economics 201

5. Resources for
• EconEdLink
• Preparing a 1040EZ Income Tax Form
• Tic Tac Taxes
• Supply and Demand, Lessons from Toy
Fads
• It’s A Matter of Power (Profit
Maximization)
• Balance of Payments (International
Trade)
• The Economics of Professional Sports:
Underpaid Millionaires? (Competition)

6. Resources for
• EconEdLink
• Compound Interest Calculator
• Budget Odyssey – an interactive tool to
help students understand the difference
between income, fixed expenses, and
variable expenses.
• Car Loan Project

7. Resources for
• Videos
– What is Money (YouTube)
– Introduction to Financial Literacy 101
(YouTube)
– Financial Literacy Interviews
– Teaching Financial Literacy to Teens (ABC)
– What is Opportunity Cost? (EconEdLink)
– Certified Financial Planner (YouTube)

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• Unit I: Evolution of Money
– First Bank of the U.S. (PDF)
– Benjamin Franklin and the Birth of Paper
Money (PDF)
– One is Silver and The Other’s Gold – A Store of
Value Over Time
– A Day in the Life of FOMC: An Insider’s Look at
the Federal Reserve’s Monetary Policy Body

32. Resources for
– Computer Simulation: So You Want to Be in
Charge of Monetary Policy
– The World Bank & International Monetary Fund
Video
• Unit II: Banking Processes, Services, &
Products
– Hands on Banking Simulation
– “Lessons from a Storm” – Banking for Safety
Video

33. Resources for
• Unit II: Banking Processes, Services, &
Products
– The Role of a Bank Teller
– Five Stages of Investing
– Banking Basics PDF
• Unit IV: Marketing, Selling & Customer
Relations of Banks
– Marketing Ad Survey
– Opening a Checking Account

34. Resources for
• Unit IV: Marketing, Selling & Customer
Relations of Banks
– How the Market Works
• Unit V: Bank Security, Compliance, &
Loans
– Consumer Tips for Check Fraud
– Identity Theft Video
– Identity Theft Interactive Games

35. Resources for
• Unit V: Bank Security, Compliance, &
Loans
– Key Banking Laws & Regulations
– Open & Operating: The Federal Reserve
Responds to 9-11 Video/Curriculum
– Credit Card Simulation: It Costs What
– Bankruptcy Basics Videos

36. Resources for
• Unit VI: Reporting Systems & Technology
in Banking
– Video on Smarter Banking
– Money Creation Video
– What is Online Banking
– Tour of Online Banking by Wells Fargo

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for
• Resources for Teaching the U.S. Tax
System
– Understanding Taxes for Students
– BNA Tax and Accounting – lists up to date
federal rulings on tax law.
– Internal Revenue Service – contains all of
the tax forms (1040, W-4, etc.) and
provides a database on tax statistics.

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• Resources for Teaching the U.S. Tax
System
– Lesson Corner – offers lesson plans for
teaching taxes.
– The Money Instructor – provides
interesting lesson plans and worksheets
related to taxes.

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43. Online Finance Games
• Finances 101 Online Game
• Financial Entertainment -- is a library of free
online and mobile games that aim to
improve personal financial capability, self-
confidence, and knowledge.
• Great Piggy Bank Adventure
• Practical Money Skills Games
• Texas Reality Check – Helps you know what
you need to earn in the future.

44. Online Finance Games
• Online Personal Finance Game -- includes fifteen
Missions in which students attempt to help
people in financial trouble.
• Quest for Money Online Game
• Moneytopia -- In this game your goal is to
successfully manage your money throughout life,
until you finally achieve your Big Dream.
• Sense and Dollars – Games about credit cards,
checking accounts, and affording a “dream
prom.”
• Stock Market Game – What would you do with
$100,000?

45. Other Financial Resources
• America Saves
• Building Your Future Financial Literacy Curriculum
Resource
• CashCourse – Your Real-Life Money Guide
• CNN Money 101 Lessons
• Credit Donkey
• Dave Ramsey Financial Curriculum
• USA Today Education—Financial Literacy Lessons
• Investopedia
• Money As You Grow
• How Stuff Works—Money

46. Other Financial Resources
• Money Matters—Financial Literacy Initiative at
Dartmouth College
• Money Think
• Money U
• On Your Own
• Pathway to Financial Success
• Smart About Money
• SmarterTexas.org – a project of the Texas Council
on Economic Education
• Spendster.org
• Thirteen Ed Online – Financial Education Lessons
• Wall Street Survivor