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Practical Money Skills Teachers Guide CD
This Virtual 2-CD-ROM set includes lesson plans, worksheets, calculators and games to help students develop personal finance, budgeting and money management skills. Resources span from kindergarten- to college-age appropriate. This program was developed by educators in coordination with the National Consumers League and The Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy.

2-CD Set Includes:

Games
Cash Puzzler, Ed's Bank, Financial Football (standard), Financial Football (advanced), Countdown to Retirement, Road Trip to Savings and The Smart Money Quiz Show

Calculators
Save a Million, Rework Budget, Retirement, Cost of Credit, Cost of Loans, Auto Loan, Save for College, Entertainment Planner, Gift Log, Holidays, Mortgage, Back to School Budgeting and Travel Calculator

Curriculum
Teacher's guides, student activities and presentations for pre-school through college and special needs students

Download 2 CD-Rom set (75 mb.zip)

Disc One: At School includes lesson plans, a teacher’s guide, overheads and slides for classroom presentation. Resources span from kindergarten to college-age appropriate.
Download Disc One: (35 mb .zip)

Disc Two: At Home includes games, calculators, and life lessons.
Download Disc Two: (40 mb .zip)



Preschool–Grade 2


Teacher’s Guide: (English.pdf, Spanish.pdf)
Includes lesson plans, notes, overheads and slides for classroom presentation broken out by chapter and lesson.

Student Activity Worksheets (English.pdf, Spanish.pdf)
Used in coordination with the teacher’s guide, these activity worksheets provide valuable hands-on tools that reinforce learning.

Download All Lesson Materials (.zip)
Includes both the teacher’s guide and the student activity worksheets in English and Spanish.



Grades 3–6


Teacher’s Guide: (English.pdf, Spanish.pdf)
Includes lesson plans, notes, overheads and slides for classroom presentation broken out by chapter and lesson.

Student Activity Worksheets (English.pdf, Spanish.pdf)
Used in coordination with the teacher’s guide, these activity worksheets provide valuable hands-on tools that reinforce learning.

Download All Lesson Materials (.zip)
Includes both the teacher’s guide and the student activity worksheets in English and Spanish.



Grades 7–12


Teacher’s Guide (English.pdf, Spanish.pdf) Includes lesson plans and teacher notes by chapter and lesson.

Overheads (English.pdf, Spanish.pdf, PowerPoint.zip)
Includes overheads/slides for classroom presentation in both Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format and Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt) format.

Student Activity Worksheets (English.pdf, Spanish.pdf)
Used in coordination with the teacher’s guide, these activity worksheets provide valuable hands-on tools that reinforce learning.

Download All Lesson Materials (.zip)
Includes the teacher’s guide, the classroom presentation materials and the student activity worksheets in both English and Spanish.



College


Teacher’s Guide (English.pdf, Spanish.pdf)
Includes lesson plans and teacher notes by chapter and lesson.

Overheads (English.pdf, Spanish.pdf, PowerPoint.zip)
Includes overheads/slides for classroom presentation in both Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format and Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt) format.

Student Activity Worksheets (English.pdf, Spanish.pdf)
Used in coordination with the teacher’s guide, these activity worksheets provide valuable hands-on tools that reinforce learning.

Download All Lesson Materials (.zip)
Includes the teacher’s guide, the classroom presentation materials and the student activity worksheets in both English and Spanish.

Presenter's Guide and CD-ROM (college curriculum)
A training tool for conducting on campus financial literacy seminars/learning sessions. Condensed from www.practicalmoneyskills.com, this educational toolkit is designed for administrators and student leaders to host and/or organize on-campus financial literacy seminars. Guide includes a manual that makes presenting the information easy, and with no training. It also includes a CD-ROM with presentation slides divided into these topics: decision-making, budgeting, banking services, living on your own, credit cards and saving. Meant to be used with the student workbook, which you may order separately.

Download Presenter's Guide (pdf)
Download Presenter's Guide (PPT)
Download Presenter's Guide CD files (.zip - Windows Only)



Special Needs


Teacher’s Guide (English.pdf)
Includes lesson plans and teacher notes by chapter and lesson.

Overheads (English.pdf, English.ppt)
Includes overheads/slides for classroom presentation in both Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format and Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt) format.

Student Activity Worksheets (English.pdf)
Used in coordination with the teacher’s guide, these activity worksheets provide valuable hands-on tools that reinforce learning.

Download All Lesson Materials (.zip)
Includes the teacher’s guide, the classroom presentation materials (.pdf and .pdf) and the student activity worksheets in English.


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