Give students important life skills by teaching them about money and financial concepts and how to apply math to the world around them!This dynamic teaching resource provides reproducible cut-out math manipulatives, reference sheets, and visual aids to support students as they explore real-world lessons and hands-on activities related to paying bills, earning money at a job, saving for retirement, making investments, buying and using insurance, and more.Financial Literacy Lessons and Activities has received two prestigious awards: the Excellence in Financial Literacy Education (EIFLE) Award and the Mom's Choice Gold Award which honors excellence in family-friendly products.Financial Literacy Lessons and Activities for Grades 6-8 is based on national and state standards and enriches any math curriculum in the classroom and home.What's InsideFinancial Literacy Lessons and ActivitiesGrades 6-8is based on current national and state standards, and each of the 10 units includes: Teacher overview with a suggested teaching plan, discussion questions, and vocabularyReal-world story that introduces each unit's theme in the context of real lifeCross-curricular activities including vocabulary, reading comprehension, and social studiesMath application that presents scenarios using money-based word problemsHands-on activities such as partner and whole-class games and role playing that bring the concepts to lifeValuable teaching tools include these reproducible worksheets: Cut-out math manipulatives such as play moneyReference sheets and visual aids for decimals, percentages, graphs, and fractionsGlossary of vocabulary words144 reproducible pages. Includes answer key.This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.About Evan-Moor Educational PublishersOur mission is to ignite young minds to help every child learn and succeed! Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK-8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential. We are committed to developing innovative educational PreK-8 resources that create meaningful learning experiences for kids. We take pride in developing award-winning resources that align with current educational standards and best practices while fostering curiosity, critical thinking, and a love of learning in students around the world.