Middle School Curriculum and Resources

Curriculum by Grade Level

• Elementary
• Middle School
• High School
• College and Young Adult

Below you will find curriculum and resources for middle school educators.

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Middle School

• Practical Money Skills
  Grades: K-12
  Complete curriculum and materials from Visa.
• Money Savvy U ($)
  Grades: 6-8
  Award winning curriculum and materials for middle school classrooms.
• Mad About Money ($)
  Grades: 6-8
  Mad About Money is a TV and live theatre program that helps middle school students learn about earning, saving, spending and sharing money.
• BizKid$
  Grades: 3-9
  From the creators of Bill Nye the Science Guy, BizKid$ is a public TV series where kids teach kids about money and business.
• WSECU – The Vault – 6-12
  Grades: 6-12
  Free, user-friendly financial literacy curriculum designed for middle- and high school students, The Vault includes chapters on Budgeting, Saving & Investing, Getting Your Money’s Worth, and Managing Your Money.
• My Life My Money Camp – Spokane
  Grades: 6-8
  Spokane Teachers Credit Union offers this free, one-day workshop that gives students the tools they need to help reach financial and life goals.
• Money Math Lessons for Life
  Grades: 7-9
  A four-lesson curriculum supplement for middle school math classes, teaching grade 7-9 math concepts using real-life examples from personal finance.
• Reality Store
  Grades: 6-8
  Program that helps to teach teenagers about real world expenses. Each student gets a hypothetical family situation which tells them how old they are, whether or not they're married, whether or not they have kids, and what kind of a job they have and what kind of an income they have.
• Fraud Scene Investigator
  Grades: 6-12
  An online interactive investor education program that teaches and empowers students how to detect and stop a million-dollar investment fraud and put the mysterious con man, “Mr. X,” behind bars.
• Money Smart for Young Adults
  Grades: 6-College
  Free curriculum from the FDIC that helps youth ages 12-20 learn the basics of handling their money and finances.