Try some of these lesson plans and classroom activities for teaching economics or personal finance.
| TITLE | SCHOOL LEVEL | THEME |
| Lesson Plans of the Year 2010 | ||
The Bank of Good Habits  By Keith Astuto 2010 Winning Lesson Plan 1st Place |
Middle and high school | Personal finance Saving and investing |
| Learning Economics through Comics By Kerry Giordano 2010 Winning Lesson Plan 2nd Place |
Middle school | Banking Economics |
| You Can Bank on It: The Basics of Banking Slideshow  By Greg Glandon 2010 Winning Lesson Plan 3rd Place |
High school | Personal finance Economics English reading and comprehension |
| Lesson Plans of the Year 2009 | ||
| An Economic SIM-ulus Package By Keith Astuto 2009 Winning Lesson Plan 1st Place |
High school | Monetary policy The Federal Reserve |
| Scribing Our Times By Sabrina McCartney 2009 Winning Lesson Plan 2nd Place |
Middle school | Economics The Federal Reserve |
| Saving Power = Spending Power Slideshow By Greg Glandon 2009 Winning Lesson Plan 3rd Place |
High school | Personal finance |
| Passport to Globalization By Cheryl H. Morrow 2009 Winning Lesson Plan Honorable Mention |
High school | Monetary policy International trade |
| Show Me the Euro By Marian N. Jackson 2009 Winning Lesson Plan Honorable Mention |
High school | International trade Foreign exchange |
| Fall 2009 | ||
| The Labor Force and Unemployment | High school | Labor Unemployment |
| Spring 2009 | ||
| What's in GDP? | High school | Macroeconomics |
| Investment Investigator | Middle and high school | Personal finance |
| Lesson Plans of the Year 2008 | ||
| Live from Atlanta,
It's the Ben Bernanke Show By Sherilyn D. Narker 2008 Winning Lesson Plan 1st Place |
High school | Monetary policy |
Rating the Rates: The Fed's Role in the Larger Economy  By Tanya Hanson and Tom Glaser 2008 Winning Lesson Plan 2nd Place |
High school | Monetary policy The Federal Reserve |
| Banking and Budgeting By Dawn R. Owens and Lisa Rutner 2008 Winning Lesson Plan 2nd Place |
Upper elementary and middle school | Personal finance |
| The Fed Casher Show: A Consumer Call-In Program Slideshow By Matthew Daniel 2008 Winning Lesson Plan 2nd Place |
High school | Personal finance |
| A Car for College? Slideshow By Maxine Casey 2008 Winning Lesson Plan 3rd Place |
High school | Personal finance |
| Fall 2008 | ||
| All Kinds of Entrepreneurs | High school | Entrepreneurism |
| Spring 2008 | ||
| Beyond the Checkbook: Choices of Payment Methods | Middle and high school | Personal finance |
| Free trade, anyone? | Middle and high school | Trade |
| Fall 2007 | ||
| Opening your first bank account | High school | Personal finance |
| El abrir su primera cuenta bancaria | Escuela secundaria | Finanzas personales |
| Lesson Plans of the Year 2007 | ||
| The Trial of Monty Terry By Cheryl H. Morrow 2007 Winning Lesson Plan 1st Place |
High school | Monetary policy |
| Bah-Da, Dah-Dot, Da-Da, CHARGE! ...But to which card? By Brian Hoover 2007 Winning Lesson Plan 2nd Place |
High school | Personal finance |
| We're In the Money By Pamela Carrubba 2007 Winning Lesson Plan 3rd Place |
Middle school | Money Personal finance |
| An Introduction to the Federal Reserve Slideshow By Kevin Maldonado 2007 Winning Lesson Plan 4th Place |
High school | Federal Reserve purposes and functions |
| Spring 2007 | ||
| Gas Buddy | Middle and high school | Gasoline use Price research |
| Supply shocks: For better or worse | High school | Supply shocks |
| Fall 2006 | ||
| Credit card confidential: Taking an interest in credit cards | Upper middle and high school | Credit |
| Spring 2006 | ||
| Monetary policy starts in your own back yard | Upper middle and high school | Monetary policy |
| The savings search | High school | Interest rates |
| Fall 2005 | ||
| Reality bytes | Upper middle and high school | Budgets |
| Reality bytes | High school | Cost of living |
