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Resources for Educators

• Federal Reserve Teacher Resources
  Free instructional materials and tools to increase students' understanding of the Federal Reserve and financial education.
• Jump$tart Washington
  Jump$tart Washington is a nonprofit coalition created to promote the need for financial education in Washington State.

Free Curriculum and Programs

• DFI's Mad About Money Program
  The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) is pleased to sponsor a live, in-school theatre performance that brings personal finance to live for middle school students and their families.
• DFI's Money Savvy Program
  The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) is currently partnering with the Money Savvy Generation to offer free financial literacy curriculum materials to elementary and middle classrooms across the state of Washington.
• DFI's Right on the Money College Book
  Free informative workbook that helps young adults learn to manage their finances from the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI).
• EconEdLink Lessons
  Offers K-12 online economics teaching materials and lessons.
• Practical Money Skills
  Free Web site designed to help educators, parents and students practice better money management for life. Web site includes K-College curriculum.
• The Basics of Savings and Investing - Investor Education 2020
  Investor Education 2020 provides high school teachers with the tools they need to increases students' awareness in personal finance and investing.
• Washington Society of CPA's Curriculum
  The Washington Society of CPA's has transformed the Washington State Employees Credit Union's "The Vault" program into 6 one-hour presentations with interactive games.

Activities and Games for the Classroom

• Elementary - Federal Reserve Board Presents Fedville
  Fedville is an interactive town where kids age 9 through 12 will find there is money to earn and something to learn around every corner.
• Elementary - Moneyopolis
  Interactive game that challenges kids to earn, save, and spend money.
• Elementary - Planet Orange
  Interactive presentation that teaches children about earning, spending, saving, and investing.
• Elementary - The Adventures of Interest Ray
  Interest Ray will help kids learn all about interest, the "little bit extra" at the bank!
• Elementary - Wise Pockets World
  Interactive stories for children about earning, saving, spending, lending, and borrowing money.
• Middle and High School - Escape from Knab
  Online game for middle and high school students, in which they must earn and save enough money on the planet Knab in order to return to Earth.
• Middle and High School - Fraud Scene Investigator (FSI)
  An online interactive investor education program that teaches and empowers students how to detect and stop a million-dollar investment fraud.
• Middle School and High School - It All Adds Up
  Online games and simulations that teach students about credit management, buying a car, paying for college, budgeting, saving and investing.
• Middle and High School - MoneySKILL
  Interactive personal course for high schools, using real-life simulations to help students learn to make informed financial decisions.
• Middle and High School - Stock Market Game
  The Stock Market Game gives students the chance to invest a hypothetical $100,000 in an on-line portfolio.