Teacher recommended resources for financial education include: 1) Lesson plans and course materials from organizations like Next Gen Personal Finance, EVERFi, and state education networks that cover topics like budgeting and the cost of commuting. 2) Digital tools for creating lessons and assessments like Google Forms, SlideShare, and learning management platforms such as OnCourse and Edmodo. 3) Websites providing calculators, videos, and curricula on financial topics ranging from savings, mortgages, and insurance to investing and personal finance principles.

1. Teacher Recommended Resources:
Financial Education Teacher Exchange
Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF) lesson: Budgeting 6.3 The Cost of Commuting
Lesson Plan, Course Management and Website Platforms: OnCourse, EVERFi course (9 modules), Genesis,
Kahoot, Avid, Edmodo, Onenote, Horace Mann, Promethian Board, Remind 101, Utah Educational Network
Weebly for developing web sites; Google Forms for assessments; Slideshare for posting documents online
Job Fair at Mark Laurenti’s school: Hamilton High West
Assignment: Have students create a tri-fold brochure to summarize the content of a class (capstone activity)
Web Sites
Padlet (like Pinterest for schools and groups: https://padlet.com/) and Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com/)
Storify (https://storify.com/) and use of Twitter hashtags to “link” students together (www.twitter.com)
Practical Money Skills for Life (Visa): http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/index.php
Future Me (send an e-mail to yourself at a future date): https://www.futureme.org/
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: http://www.educatorstechnology.com/
Edtopia.com (Search for personal finance): http://www.edutopia.org/
Money Skill: http://lms.moneyskill.org/
NEFE High School Financial Planning Program: http://www.hsfpp.org/
Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF): http://nextgenpersonalfinance.org/
Financial Calculators
1% More Savings Calculator: http://nextgenpersonalfinance.org/
Council for Economic Education Compound Interest Calculator: http://www.econedlink.org/tool/2/
Dinkytown (web site of calculators): http://www.dinkytown.net/
Mortgage Calculator: http://www.mortgagecalculator.net/
Videos (curated videos followed by a refection activity)
Life Happens videos about insurance: http://www.lifehappens.org/
TEDxWallStreet Talk: One Life Changing Class You Never Took (Five Money Principles to Live By, 11:28):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jkri0AeZWQ
Insurance 101 Videos (Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBmtFPMUcr0)
Investopedia Videos (Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrGp4ofULzQ)
NGPF Video Library: http://nextgenpersonalfinance.org/video-library/
NGPF curated list of documentary films: http://nextgenpersonalfinance.org/lets-go-to-the-videotape-five-
personal-finance-documentaries-to-consider/