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The Citi Collection for Financial Capability:

Credit and Debt

RESOURCE GRADE LEVEL MEDIA TYPE
Bank It or Bust

Bank It or Bust

In this interactive game from What's Up in Finance?, players make financial decisions to help them meet their goal of buying a car.

7-12

Interactive

The Business of Credit

The Business of Credit

Students apply the basics of credit to managing a small business.

7-12

Lesson Plan

The Business of Interest

The Business of Interest

In this lesson, students learn about loans, interest on and repayment of loans through a model small business interactive.

7-12

Lesson Plan

Digging Out of Debt

Digging Out of Debt

A college student learns a valuable lesson about excessive credit card debt, and how to deal with the problem, in this video segment from Your Life, Your Money. OER Level

9-12

Video

Filling Empty Pockets

Filling Empty Pockets

Students explore the basic concepts of borrowing and credit with an emphasis on credit cards.

9-12

Lesson Plan

Finance and Responsible Lending

Finance and Responsible Lending

In this lesson students learn the role of banks and the criteria they use to determine when to lend money.

9-12

Lesson Plan

Green Chic

Green Chic

In this video segment from What’s Up in Finance?, a fashion designer learns the importance of good credit when she borrows money for her budding small business. OER Level

9-12

Video

It Costs What?!

It Costs What?!

In this interactive from What's Up in Finance? four friends experience different financial outcomes when they each buy a digital music player using cash, credit cards or pay overtime.

9-12

Interactive

Making It and Keeping It

Making It and Keeping It

Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons and members of the music community discuss the importance of understanding personal finance at the Get Your Money Right seminar, in this video segment from Your Life, Your Money. OER Level

9-12

Video

The Origin of Credit

The Origin of Credit

The historical evolution of credit and the purpose of interest are examined in this video segment from The Ascent of Money. OER Level

9-12

Video

Pay Credit When Credit is Due

Pay Credit When Credit is Due

Students investigate the fundamentals of credit including credit cards, credit ratings and credit management.

7-12

Lesson Plan

Rags to Riches

Rags to Riches

In this interactive from What's Up in Finance? students have to make all the right financial moves to manage their new t-shirt business.

7-12

Interactive

Teaching Students About Credit

Teaching Students About Credit

In this video, learn about the successful techniques Lauren Popkoff uses to teach credit in her Financial Education class at Brooklyn College Academy High School. OER Level

9-12

Video