Unit 10: Grade 6 Lessons

In this lesson, students will be learning to compare different methods of payment--identifying advantages and disadvantages--and the best ways to use them. Students will also analyze and identify how interest rates are applied to various methods of payment in order to make the best financial decision possible when making a purchase.

In this lesson, students will code using Google Sheets or any spreadsheet program. Students will be creating a budget to help plan for a financial goal while considering earnings and expenses.

In this lesson, students will explore interest rates and bank accounts and describe how to trade, lend and donate money by explore scenarios in which familes recieve an inheritance and have to make decisions to either spend, save or give.

This lesson, which continues from the previous "Consumer and Civic Awareness Lesson 1", asks students to explore the advantages and disadvantages of borrowing money on credit. Students consider credit card interest rates, as well as lines of credit to make an important financial decision.