Financial Education Resource Guide

Learning about financial matters is a necessary and important component of our children's education. We've provided the following resources for teachers to bring more financial education lessons into their classrooms. 

Connect with Local Banks and Community Organizations

• Find a local banker to make a presentation to your class.
   
• Participate in Oregon's Reading is an Investment literacy and financial education program.
   
• Contact Financial Beginnings, an Oregon non-profit providing comprehensive in-class programs on financial education for middle school and high school students.

Curricula and Lesson Plans For Use in the Classroom

Grade School:

• Banking On Our Future
  *Registration required (free).  A series of interactive video modules from basics of banking, budgeting, checking and more for grades 4 - 12.
   
• Wise Pockets  
  Personal finance lesson plans designed for grades 3 - 6.
   
• Money Management International 
  Money management lesson plans designed for grades 3 - 6.
   
• Bank Jr. 
  A wide range of financial lesson plans designed for grades 1 - 6+.
   
• Financial Education Curriculum
  Interactive and printable lesson plans for grades K - 2.
   
• Practicle Money Skills for Life
  Four lesson plans with teacher's guide and worksheets designed for grades K -  2.

Middle & Junior High School:

• Banking On Our Future
  *Registration required (free).  A series of interactive video modules from basics of banking, budgeting, checking and more for grades 4 - 12.
   
• Practicle Money Skills for Life
  Fourteen lesson plan's with teacher's guide and worksheets.
   
• Financial Education Curriculum
  Interactive and printable lesson plans.
   
• Tips for Kids
  *Registration required (free).  Investment principles curricula.

High School:

• Banking On Our Future
  *Registration required (free).  A series of interactive video modules from basics of banking, budgeting, checking and more for grades 4 - 12.
   
• Tips for Life
  *Registration required (free).  Finance and business curriculum.
   
• It All Adds Up
  Five modules on personal finance management.
   
• Bank High School
  Downloadable worksheets, images of financial documents and other resources.
   
• Practical Money Skills for Life
  Fourteen lesson plan's with teacher's guide, overheads and worksheets. 
    
• MoneySKILL
  *Registration required (free).  Thirty-four "how-to" modules on personal finance.
  

Do you know of a great resource that should be listed here? 
Please email the link to arose@oregonbankers.com.