After putting together a finance related text set, I can definitely see ways in which to use it in a math classroom. I think that students definitely need to understand certain aspects of finance by the time they graduate from high school. The text set I put together will give many tools for the students to use after they graduate.
Here is a sample of some websites:
This site is very broad in topics and can be used by parents and teacher, offering activities, worksheets, workbooks and more. It can also be used by students to search for colleges and help plan for the future.
education.com
This site offers videos on a variety of finance topics for students to view. Videos offer another avenue for information to be acquired by the student.
Investopedia
Although this article is a bit dated, I found it to have relevant and useful information. I think it could open the minds of some students to help them become finance savvy...which takes a certain degree of comprehension and understanding.
Kiplinger's 6 Best Budgeting Websites, 2008
So check out the links and see where they take you!
I think it is great that you were able to put together a whole text set for finance! That had to be very tricky and require some creativity. Hopefully you will share you set with the rest of the blog world for those who may be interested in incorporating literacy in this specific area of math! :)
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