A brief description of each activity appears below. Click any headline for a complete teaching resource. Students learn about personal budgets and create their own. Students compare the features of three different types of credit cards. Students play a game of charades, acting out the roles of producers and consumers.
Students read a poem about making choices and then write their own stories or poems.
Students develop a plan for a summer business. In this online game, which teaches the basics of supply and demand, kids run a lemonade stand. This online scavenger hunt and accompanying essay questions were developed by the California attorney general's office for National Consumer Protection Week. School District, students create a newsletter on kids' spending. Consumer Education for Teens Developed by students at Washington's Mount Rainier High School, this site provides consumer education resources on such topics as return policies, scams, tattoos, and telemarketers.