Diving Deeper Into Financial Literacy

Compare three careers using real Bureau of Labor Statistics data with this classroom activity from Rapunzl's Earned Income unit.

This SWOT analysis worksheet has students evaluate a real company's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in groups or individually.

This supply and demand worksheet guides students through researching real economic sectors and connecting the concept to their own experiences.

A GDP worksheet with seven scenarios where students predict and explain the impact on GDP, from infrastructure spending to trade shifts.

An inflation worksheet with five real-world scenarios linking government policy, interest rates, and wages to inflation and GDP.

A business cycle worksheet where students read a real GDP series, label peak, recession, trough, and expansion, and add unemployment.

A rule of 72 worksheet built into a longer activity on investment risk, asset classification, and diversification for grades 6–12.

A mortgage worksheet where students research real interest rates and loan terms, then compare monthly and total payments across three home prices.

A simple interest worksheet built around a real credit card scenario, with interest formulas, credit-impact questions, and short-answer prompts.

A financial goals worksheet that has students sort real scenarios into short-term and long-term goals, then reflect on why the distinction matters.

An expected value worksheet where students calculate the math behind coin flips, roulette, and slots, then compare it to investing in stocks.

A budgeting activity where students compare three real budgets by income level, analyze spending, and write about why budgeting matters.