Financial Education K-12 Learning Standards

Washington’s Basic Education Act requires that school districts provide opportunities for every student to “understand the importance of work and finance and how performance, effort, and decisions directly affect future career and educational opportunities.” Financial education attends to the development of short-term and long-term skills and competencies for academic and personal growth. Financial education supports students’ academic performance in several subject areas and plays a major role in preparing students for college, career, and a life of financial stability and well-being

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Real World Class Documentary: Student Voices for Financial Education

This video from Next Gen Personal Finance follows the stories of five remarkable students from Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Washington. The short (19 min.) documentary film demonstrates how student activism is behind the movement to increase access to financial education.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Case Study, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Next Gen Personal Finance

Washington OER Hub Quality Review Rubric

This rubric is designed to be adapted for any content area. Educators may use it to review supplemental lessons or units on the Washington OER Hub and/or being used in the classroom. It is also intended to inform the development of new lessons and units.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Barbara Soots, Washington OSPI OER Project

Screening for Biased Content in Instructional Materials

The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is releasing this model tool for screening for biased content to Washington districts in the hope that it will provide suggestions and examples for review teams during the instructional materials selection and adoption process. 

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Barbara Soots, Washington OSPI OER Project

Washington OER Hub - Resource Submission Criteria

For OSPI content area teams or their collaborating educators. This guidance is for creating resources in the Washington OER Hub Working Groups or curating resources to include in the Washington OER Hub Continuous Learning Collections.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Barbara Soots, Washington OSPI OER Project

Mutual Funds

This 1 minute video will define what a mutual fund is and will aid students in standard EPF. 18

Material Type: Lecture

Money Management for Adults - Budgeting

This lesson aims at teaching adults how to budget. It is intended as part of a series regarding money management for people with high-school reading and math skills who nevertheless lack the specific knowledge and competences required to make financial plans. It includes material drawn from various sources and suggests activities combining text comprehension, numerical operations and computer use. Its content applies both to personal and professional situations.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Aspasia Loukeri

My Rows and Piles of Coins by Tolowa M. Mollel

Within this collection you will find lessons, videos, handouts, and PowerPoint slides you can use in your classroom.  You will also find a brief summary of each resource with the source sited for further exploration, appropriate grade level, approximate lesson length, and learning standards.  

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading

Authors: Linda Gallivan, Amy Kliewer, Washington OSPI OER Project, Financial Education Public-Private Partnership

Lemonade in Winter: A Book about Two Kids Counting Money by Emily Jenkins

Within this collection you will find lessons, videos, handouts, and teacher guides you can use in your classroom.  You will also find a brief summary of each resource with the source sited for further exploration, appropriate grade level, approximate lesson length, and learning standards.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading

Authors: Linda Gallivan, Amy Kliewer, Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, Washington OSPI OER Project

The Tortilla Factory by Gary Paulsen

Within this collection you will find lessons, videos, handouts, and teacher guides you can use in your classroom.  You will also find a brief summary of each resource with the source sited for further exploration, appropriate grade level, approximate lesson length, and learning standards.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Reading

Authors: Linda Gallivan, Amy Kliewer, Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, Washington OSPI OER Project

Lily Learns About Wants and Needs by Lisa Bullard

Within this collection you will find lessons, videos, handouts, and teacher guides you can use in your classroom.  You will also find a brief summary of each resource with the source sited for further exploration, appropriate grade level, approximate lesson length, and learning standards.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading

Authors: Linda Gallivan, Amy Kliewer, Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, Washington OSPI OER Project

Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle

Within this collection you will find lessons, videos, handouts, and teacher guides you can use in your classroom.  You will also find a brief summary of each resource with the source sited for further exploration, appropriate grade level, approximate lesson length, and learning standards.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Reading

Authors: Linda Gallivan, Amy Kliewer, Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, Washington OSPI OER Project

Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock by Sheila Bair

Within this collection you will find lessons, videos, handouts, and teacher guides you can use in your classroom.  You will also find a brief summary of each resource with the source sited for further exploration, appropriate grade level, approximate lesson length, and learning standards

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading

Authors: Linda Gallivan, Amy Kliewer, Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, Washington OSPI OER Project

Dirt Cheap by Mark Hoffmann

Within this collection you will find lessons and handouts you can use in your classroom.  You will also find a brief summary of each resource with the source sited for further exploration, appropriate grade level, approximate lesson length, and learning standards.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading

Authors: Linda Gallivan, Amy Kliewer, Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, Washington OSPI OER Project

Bunny Money by Rosemary Wells

Within this collection you will find lessons, videos, handouts, and PowerPoint slides you can use in your classroom.  You will also find a brief summary of each resource with the source sited for further exploration, appropriate grade level, approximate lesson length, and learning standards.  

Material Type: Game, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading

Authors: Linda Gallivan, Amy Kliewer, Washington OSPI OER Project, Financial Education Public-Private Partnership

Gio & Banks by Pat Segadelli

Within this collection you will find lessons, videos, handouts, and teacher guides you can use in your classroom.  You will also find a brief summary of each resource with the source sited for further exploration, appropriate grade level, approximate lesson length, and learning standards.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading

Authors: Linda Gallivan, Amy Kliewer, Washington OSPI OER Project, Financial Education Public-Private Partnership

Potato: A Story from the Great Depression by Kate Lied

Within this collection you will find lessons, videos, handouts, interactive game, and teacher guides you can use in your classroom.  You will also find a brief summary of each resource with the source sited for further exploration, appropriate grade level, approximate lesson length, and learning standards.

Material Type: Game, Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Lesson Plan

Authors: Linda Gallivan, Amy Kliewer, Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, Washington OSPI OER Project

Sloth & Squirrel in a Pickle by Cathy Ballou Mealy

Within this collection you will find lessons, videos, handouts, and teacher guides you can use in your classroom.  You will also find a brief summary of each resource with the source sited for further exploration, appropriate grade level, approximate lesson length, and learning standards.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading

Authors: Linda Gallivan, Amy Kliewer, Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, Washington OSPI OER Project

Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton

Within this collection you will find lessons, videos, handouts, and teacher guides you can use in your classroom.  You will also find a brief summary of each resource with the source sited for further exploration, appropriate grade level, approximate lesson length, and learning standards

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading

Authors: Linda Gallivan, Amy Kliewer, Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, Washington OSPI OER Project

Uncle Jed’s Barbershop by Margaree King Mitchell

Within this collection you will find lessons, videos, handouts, and teacher guides you can use in your classroom.  You will also find a brief summary of each resource with the source sited for further exploration, appropriate grade level, approximate lesson length, and learning standards.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Reading

Authors: Linda Gallivan, Amy Kliewer, Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, Washington OSPI OER Project