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Making Financial Decisions

Debit Detectives

A double-digit financial literacy lesson where students compare debit card balances with item prices up to $50. Students practice decision-making by determining whether they have enough funds to complete various transactions.

MG

Michelle Goode

Q1 Investigator Phase

Weeks 1-8 of the year-long entrepreneurship blueprint. Students conduct research at their work-study placements, identify community bottlenecks, and brainstorm their core business concept.

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thomas.dadmun

Solo Venture Blueprint

A modular, self-paced entrepreneurship project designed for alternative education students in work-study programs. It bridges real-world work experience with business planning, allowing students to design and pitch their own mock business.

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thomas.dadmun

Road Trip Ledger

An immersive budgeting simulation where students plan a cross-country road trip with a fixed pool of resources, forcing hard trade-offs between speed, comfort, and cost to model real-world economic decision-making.

TR

Tania Russell

Financial Freedom Showcase

A multi-day student showcase of the Financial Freedom Project where students present their budget plans, career paths, and financial decisions, while peers actively engage using an Audience Passport.

CW

Cheyenne Watkins

Sellers Closing Process

Materials for Day 2.8 of listing practices, focused on the seller's final closing steps, executing deed transfers and conveyances, paying off mortgage balances, and reviewing for the final licensing certification.

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hauserj

Seller Negotiations

Materials for Day 2.7 of listing practices, focused on navigating inspection repair demands and appraisal shortfalls from the listing side, managing seller objections, and drafting contract amendments.

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hauserj

Receiving Offers

Materials for Day 2.6 of listing practices, focused on analyzing multiple purchase offers, completing seller net sheets, and managing competitive bidding wars.

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hauserj

Property Marketing

Materials for Day 2.5 of listing practices, focused on building comprehensive property marketing campaigns, navigating the MLS database, syndication, open houses, and writing compelling MLS public remarks.

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hauserj

Seller Disclosures

Materials for Day 2.4 of listing practices, focused on identifying legally material facts requiring written disclosure, avoiding misrepresentation, and analyzing structural and hazardous defects.

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hauserj

Right to Sell Contract

Materials for Day 2.3 of listing practices, focused on analyzing and completing the standard Exclusive Right to Sell Listing Agreement, listing commissions, and safety clauses.

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hauserj

Listing Consultation

Instructional resources and student practice worksheets for Day 10, focusing on the professional listing consultation, pricing strategies, and conducting a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA).

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hauserj

Banking and Accounts

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Banking Basics

A comprehensive financial literacy curriculum where students learn how to track daily banking transactions, write checks, calculate running balances, and reconcile account registers month-by-month.

PL

Patrick l

Wealth Blueprint

A comprehensive, fast-paced financial literacy unit designed to cover the North Carolina EPF standards in a 2-hour self-paced format. The unit focuses on the core principles of economics, personal income, credit management, and consumer protection through high-impact visual summaries and practical activities.

LD

Lisa Duffey

Wealth Wisdom

A comprehensive high school unit covering the fundamentals of personal finance, including earning income, budgeting, saving, investing, credit management, and wealth protection. Students develop practical skills to navigate the modern economic landscape.

LD

Lisa Duffey

Transition Milestones Checklist Worksheet

Career Compass Transition Planning

A comprehensive set of transition materials designed to help students navigate post-secondary goals including career exploration, independent living, and agency connections. Using simple text and visual supports, these resources empower students to take active steps toward their future.

SK

Sydney Kulis

Home Hero Kitchen and Laundry Worksheets

Life Skills Toolkit

A comprehensive set of visual worksheets designed for low-level learners (14-17) to master essential life and social skills, including home maintenance, community navigation, and personal routines.

RM

Rachel McCoy

Apartment Living Essentials

A comprehensive 5-day unit designed for adult transition students to master the essentials of finding, securing, and maintaining an apartment. Topics include budgeting, understanding leases, setting up utilities, and being a responsible neighbor.

JW

Justin Wolfe

Money Masters 2027

A multi-month financial literacy unit where students manage a personal bank account, process monthly bills, and track paycheck deposits following a real 2026-2027 school calendar.

PL

Patrick l

Banking Life Skills Year

A year-long financial literacy curriculum where students manage a virtual bank account following the 2026-2027 school calendar, analyzing daily transactions and maintaining a running transaction register.

KL

Krista Legge

Secure Life Blueprint

A comprehensive one-week unit on personal financial responsibility, goal setting, information literacy, fraud prevention, and consumer protection. Students learn to navigate the financial landscape safely and strategically.

MQ

Melanie Quick

Wealth Builders

A comprehensive 3-day financial literacy unit focusing on personal budgeting, the trade-off between risk and return, and the use of savings and investment tools to reach financial goals. Students learn to architect their financial future through simulations and analysis.

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brittaink@urbandaleschools.com

Classroom Credit System

A comprehensive set of visual and physical resources to implement a non-food, non-toy reward system in a second-grade classroom.

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kibbotson

Money Moves

A comprehensive financial literacy series designed to empower teens with the knowledge and confidence to choose, open, and manage their first bank account effectively.

MK

Michelle Kaske

Consumer Skills

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Store Sweep Worksheet

A 2-page print-ready student worksheet for a digital retail price search. Students search online for prices of household cleaning supplies, cosmetics, and luxury personal care items, then calculate their checkout receipt total and solve budgeting scenarios.

PL

Patrick l

Checkout Champion Teacher Key

A 2-page teacher answer key matching the Checkout Champion Guided Notes. Features the exact same page layout and structure with all blanks filled in with bold, underlined emerald text, providing a quick-grading reference for teachers.

BO

Brendan O’Leary

Checkout Champion Guided Notes

A 2-page print-ready student worksheet featuring structured guided notes with fill-in-the-blank sentences and word banks. Designed for high-functioning independent writing, enabling students to track and record checkout steps while viewing the slides.

BO

Brendan O’Leary

Checkout Champion Slides

A 15-slide educational presentation that takes students step-by-step through a point-of-sale transaction at a grocery store checkout lane. Features bold, highly readable slides with consistent emerald and gold visual elements, perfect for teaching real-world independent living skills.

BO

Brendan O’Leary

Cart Craze Worksheet

A 2-page print-ready companion worksheet featuring a new online retail scavenger hunt. Students search online for prices of snacks, school gear, and tech, then total their cart on a visual checkout receipt and answer budgeting reflections.

PL

Patrick l

Bill Audit Activity

An active-learning billing audit simulation where students act as financial forensic examiners to catch and rectify billing errors on a customer service account.

MS

Matthew Sullivan

Bill Decoder Worksheet

A hands-on student worksheet featuring a highly realistic, stylized mock paystub and utility bill with targeted comprehension and calculation questions.

MS

Matthew Sullivan

Bill Decoder Slides

A highly visual slide presentation introducing the core concepts of paystubs, tax withholdings, pre-tax deductions, and utility bill supply/delivery charges.

MS

Matthew Sullivan

Decoder Teacher Guide

A comprehensive teacher's guide and discussion plan containing clear pacing, vocabulary definitions, step-by-step facilitation instructions, guided discussion prompts, and an exhaustive answer key.

MS

Matthew Sullivan

Vault Ventures Answer Key

Teacher facilitation guide and complete answer key for the Vault Ventures lesson, featuring step-by-step interest spread solutions, security advice guides, and classroom discussion cues.

Lenny

Vault Ventures Worksheet

Student video viewing worksheet for Class 8 featuring active listening prompts, a step-by-step interest spread math ledger, a digital safety scenario analysis, and a banking trivia challenge.

Lenny

Vault Ventures Slides

Interactive slide deck exploring the history of banking, how banks make money via interest spread, the role of central banks, and digital security tips, featuring high-impact typography and visual anchors.

Lenny

Saving and Investing

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Summer Budget Blueprint

A practical, real-world lesson where students master financial literacy by building their own summer budgets. Through interactive slides, a strategic roleplay game, and a concrete budgeting worksheet, students learn to balance income from summer jobs and allowances against expenses and savings goals.

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Jessica.Youmans

Final Exam Review Activity

An engaging, student-led classroom game designed to review all semester 2 concepts for Principles of Business Management, including Computer Applications, HR, Business Organizations, Financial Management, and Financing.

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Landry.Stahl

Money Math and Freedom

An introductory financial literacy lesson exploring systemic opportunity, critical vocabulary, basic calculations, and personalized future mapping. Includes a student-facing comprehensive work packet and an in-depth teacher discussion guide and answer key.

CW

Cheyenne Watkins

Wealth Vault Review

An immersive escape room style review game covering all 40 key concepts from the Personal Finance Final Exam. Students solve 4 thematic codebreaking rounds independently to test their financial knowledge.

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Brandi Flanigan

Personal Finance Final

A complete Personal Finance final exam set, featuring a highly optimized, compact 3-page exam booklet and a separate 1-page scantron-style answer sheet. This setup dramatically reduces paper consumption, allows the booklets to be reused, and simplifies grading for testing centers or makeup exams.

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Brandi Flanigan

Savvy Spending

Focuses on credit management, consumer rights, and protection against fraud, covering NC standards EPF.MCM.1 through EPF.MCM.3 and EPF.CC.1 through EPF.CC.2.

LD

Lisa Duffey

Prosperity Path

A deep dive into the relationship between education, career choice, taxes, and long-term wealth building, covering NC standards EPF.IE.1, EPF.IE.2, and EPF.FP.1.

LD

Lisa Duffey

Market Mechanics

An intensive overview of market systems, supply and demand, and the government's role in the US economy, covering NC standards EPF.E.1 through EPF.E.4.

LD

Lisa Duffey

Finance Fast Track

A streamlined, self-paced lesson covering economics, income, credit, and consumerism designed for high school students to complete independently.

LD

Lisa Duffey

The Safety Shield

Focuses on risk management through various types of insurance and strategies for protecting personal identity and financial assets from fraud.

LD

Lisa Duffey

The Credit Code

Demystifies credit scores, explains the cost of borrowing (interest rates), and teaches strategies for managing debt and avoiding financial pitfalls.

LD

Lisa Duffey

The Growth Factor

Covers the power of compound interest, different types of savings accounts, and investment vehicles such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.

LD

Lisa Duffey

Credit and Debt

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Launchpad

A series of lessons focused on essential 'adulting' skills, including financial literacy, career planning, and independent living.

MK

Michelle Kaske

Realtor Certification Course

A two-unit, 16-day curriculum sequence for a 12th-grade real estate certification course. Unit 1 covers buying practices (buyer agency, contracts, negotiations, closing), and Unit 2 covers listing practices (listing agency, listings, marketing, closing).

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hauserj

Wealth Blueprint

A high-intensity, 2-hour self-paced unit for high school seniors covering the essential North Carolina Economics and Personal Finance (EPF) standards. This sequence compresses complex economic theories and financial management strategies into actionable, mastery-focused modules.

LD

Lisa Duffey

Wealth Blueprint

A comprehensive, fast-paced financial literacy unit designed to cover the North Carolina EPF standards in a 2-hour self-paced format. The unit focuses on the core principles of economics, personal income, credit management, and consumer protection through high-impact visual summaries and practical activities.

LD

Lisa Duffey

Wealth Wisdom

A comprehensive high school unit covering the fundamentals of personal finance, including earning income, budgeting, saving, investing, credit management, and wealth protection. Students develop practical skills to navigate the modern economic landscape.

LD

Lisa Duffey

Launchpad

A series of lessons focused on essential 'adulting' skills, including financial literacy, career planning, and independent living.

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morgan.mcgough

Apartment Living Essentials

A comprehensive 5-day unit designed for adult transition students to master the essentials of finding, securing, and maintaining an apartment. Topics include budgeting, understanding leases, setting up utilities, and being a responsible neighbor.

JW

Justin Wolfe

Finance in Film Series

A series of lessons exploring real-world financial concepts through the lens of popular cinema, helping students connect abstract economic theories to relatable human stories.

MQ

Melanie Quick

Banking Life Skills Year

A year-long financial literacy curriculum where students manage a virtual bank account following the 2026-2027 school calendar, analyzing daily transactions and maintaining a running transaction register.

KL

Krista Legge

Secure Life Blueprint

A comprehensive one-week unit on personal financial responsibility, goal setting, information literacy, fraud prevention, and consumer protection. Students learn to navigate the financial landscape safely and strategically.

MQ

Melanie Quick

Wealth Builders

A comprehensive 3-day financial literacy unit focusing on personal budgeting, the trade-off between risk and return, and the use of savings and investment tools to reach financial goals. Students learn to architect their financial future through simulations and analysis.

B

brittaink@urbandaleschools.com

Mob Money

A financial literacy sequence centered on the film Goodfellas, examining the unstable economics of organized crime, lifestyle inflation, and the importance of legitimate financial planning.

SR

Saifel-Dein Raja

Employment and Income

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Thirty Percent Primer Worksheet

An explicit primer worksheet that breaks down the 30% rule of thumb (including utility additions) with two fully-solved guided examples and structured scenario tables for student math practice.

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thomas.dadmun

Audience Passport Packet

An updated 11-page printable passport booklet with cross-curricular activity zones mapped to Math, Science, History, and ELA project components for multi-day peer evaluation.

CW

Cheyenne Watkins

Till Triumph Pacing Guide

A professional 2-page facilitator guide detailing the minute-by-minute breakdown of the 90-minute money handling workshop, complete with scripting prompts, board setups, and simulation parameters.

KB

Kelly Brown

Money Handling Skills Slides

An expanded 24-slide professional training presentation on workplace money handling, featuring currency identification, step-by-step methods, direct worksheet practices, and 5 integrated YouTube video demonstration slides including cash-handling POV.

KB

Kelly Brown

Cashier Lab Simulation Kit

Printable store simulation resources for Lenny's Grocery. Includes store banners, product price tags, role badges, practice coupons, customer mission cards, and job duty checklist guides.

KB

Kelly Brown

Cashier Lab Facilitator Guide

A complete lesson facilitator guide for trainers running the Cashier Lab and Cafeteria rotation. Includes classroom setup, roleplay prompt scripts, a debrief discussion guide, and an employability skill evaluation rubric.

KB

Kelly Brown

Register Ready Slides

Interactive training slides for cashiers covering customer service, coupon calculations, and making change using the counting-up method. Includes dedicated slides for all 5 instructional YouTube videos.

KB

Kelly Brown

Grid Quest Teacher Key

A 4-page teacher answer key packet matching the Grid Quest Student Packet. It features fully highlighted puzzle solution paths, populated definition keys, and the decoded secret success message. Optimized for printing.

VL

V Lundgren

Grid Quest Student Packet

A 4-page student puzzle packet containing highly engaging word search activities covering High-Interest, SEL, Life Skills, and Core Academic topics with varying game mechanics like definitions and secret messages. Optimized for printing.

VL

V Lundgren

Housing Hunter Teacher Guide

A comprehensive instructional guide for educators running this recurring project. Includes facilitation timelines, pacing suggestions, key teaching tips, standard alignment, and discussion prompts.

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thomas.dadmun

Listing Scout Guide

A step-by-step student research guide with concrete search tips, website resources, utility estimation rules of thumb, and wage calculators to help students find data.

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thomas.dadmun

Unshakable Mindset Student Portfolio

A 3-page student-facing habit loop worksheet and peer boundary scripting tool for Topic 4: The Unshakable Mindset. Includes motivational crisis menus, peer group maps, and the final program completion certificate.

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cpucci

Taxes

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Financial Freedom Showcase

A multi-day student showcase of the Financial Freedom Project where students present their budget plans, career paths, and financial decisions, while peers actively engage using an Audience Passport.

CW

Cheyenne Watkins

The Bill Decoder

An essential financial literacy lesson designed for adult learners to master the complex components of paystubs and utility bills. Students gain practical, hands-on experience distinguishing gross from net pay, tracking taxes and pre-tax deductions, and dissecting utility service fees and consumption meters to build true financial independence.

MS

Matthew Sullivan

Beyond the Bell

A comprehensive exploration of the financial, professional, and practical realities of life after graduation, designed to prepare students for the transition to adulthood.

MK

Michelle Kaske

Paycheck Decoder

A lesson focusing on gross versus net pay, understanding paycheck deductions, reading a pay stub, and identifying key employment tax forms (W-4, W-2, I-9).

KB

Kelly Brown

Time Card Detectives

An interactive, highly visual vocational math lesson designed for adults with IDD to practice tracking hours worked, calculating total hours, and double-checking pay stubs for accuracy.

KB

Kelly Brown

Vision Board Showcase

Weeks 5-6 guide students through the creation of their physical or digital Future Vision Board and a final reflective presentation showcase.

Lenny

Pathways and Budgets

Weeks 3-4 transition from career options to educational requirements, exploring college vs. trade pathways, and completing a realistic cost-of-living budget.

Lenny

Discovery and Interests

Weeks 1-2 focus on self-discovery, personality types, interest profiles, and matching personal strengths to career clusters and specific job sectors.

Lenny

Career and Cashflow Prep

A comprehensive 7-day applied math unit on employment preparation and paycheck calculations. Students learn the job-hunting process, professional interviews, tax withholding forms (W-4 and I-9), and master decimal calculations to compute gross wages, overtime, FICA/state tax deductions, and net take-home pay.

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amanda_raboin

Wealth Vault Review

An immersive escape room style review game covering all 40 key concepts from the Personal Finance Final Exam. Students solve 4 thematic codebreaking rounds independently to test their financial knowledge.

BF

Brandi Flanigan

Career Destiny Studio

Day 2 of the Life Designers unit. Students engage in a hands-on, gamified career drafting simulation using 'Destiny Draft Cards' and construct a financial floor plan project with 'Dream Space Blueprint', concluding with the final Unit Test.

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Joshua.McKee

Life Design Blueprint

An interactive 8th-grade lesson exploring the differences between jobs and careers, alongside the three core pillars of work: financial stability, personal independence, and lifestyle design. Students analyze real-world scenarios, complete a lifestyle budget simulation, and assess their understanding through a final check.

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Joshua.McKee

Insurance

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Wealth Wisdom

A comprehensive high school unit covering the fundamentals of personal finance, including earning income, budgeting, saving, investing, credit management, and wealth protection. Students develop practical skills to navigate the modern economic landscape.

LD

Lisa Duffey

Launchpad

A series of lessons focused on essential 'adulting' skills, including financial literacy, career planning, and independent living.

M

morgan.mcgough

Finance in Film Series

A series of lessons exploring real-world financial concepts through the lens of popular cinema, helping students connect abstract economic theories to relatable human stories.

MQ

Melanie Quick

Banking Life Skills Year

A year-long financial literacy curriculum where students manage a virtual bank account following the 2026-2027 school calendar, analyzing daily transactions and maintaining a running transaction register.

KL

Krista Legge

Future Blueprint Portfolio

A comprehensive 5-week sequence for high school juniors to finalize their professional portfolio and career budget, culminating in a formal defense. Includes financial planning, executive summary refinement, resume building, and branding.

I

ihayden

Mob Money

A financial literacy sequence centered on the film Goodfellas, examining the unstable economics of organized crime, lifestyle inflation, and the importance of legitimate financial planning.

SR

Saifel-Dein Raja

Wealth Wizards Academy

A 6-week financial literacy curriculum for 4th graders themed 'Wealth Wizards Academy'. Students learn earning, budgeting, saving, credit, and risk management through the lens of 'money magic' while applying Common Core Math Standards for multi-step word problems and money calculations.

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cforbes

The Bottom Line

A comprehensive 8-day business math unit focused on personal budgeting, expenditure analysis, and career-based financial planning. Students learn to track spending, build budgets, and analyze variances before applying these skills to a career research project.

MQ

Melanie Quick

The Big Payday

A comprehensive 5-day unit on payroll accounting, covering gross pay calculations, tax deductions, and employer-provided benefits through real-world business scenarios.

MQ

Melanie Quick

Roadmap to Freedom

A comprehensive 90-minute course for young adults on navigating transportation options, understanding the financial realities of car ownership, and building a reliable mobility plan for independence.

CL

Chloe LeBlanc

Financial Fluency Series

A comprehensive financial literacy series designed for young adults (16-21) to navigate the transition to financial independence with confidence and practical skills.

CL

Chloe LeBlanc

Payday Playbook

A comprehensive unit on personal finance covering income factors, paycheck calculations, employment benefits, tax documentation, and cost-of-living comparisons between Denver and Los Angeles.

LG

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Making Financial Decisions

Debit Detectives

Michelle Goode

Q1 Investigator Phase

thomas.dadmun

Solo Venture Blueprint

thomas.dadmun

Road Trip Ledger

Tania Russell

Financial Freedom Showcase

Cheyenne Watkins

Sellers Closing Process

hauserj

Seller Negotiations

hauserj

Receiving Offers

hauserj

Property Marketing

hauserj

Seller Disclosures

hauserj

Right to Sell Contract

hauserj

Listing Consultation

hauserj

Banking and Accounts

Banking Basics

Patrick l

Wealth Blueprint

Lisa Duffey

Wealth Wisdom

Lisa Duffey

Career Compass Transition Planning

Sydney Kulis

Life Skills Toolkit

Rachel McCoy

Apartment Living Essentials

Justin Wolfe

Money Masters 2027

Patrick l

Banking Life Skills Year

Krista Legge

Secure Life Blueprint

Melanie Quick

Wealth Builders

brittaink@urbandaleschools.com

Classroom Credit System

kibbotson

Money Moves

Michelle Kaske

Consumer Skills

Store Sweep Worksheet

Patrick l

Checkout Champion Teacher Key

Brendan O’Leary

Checkout Champion Guided Notes

Brendan O’Leary

Checkout Champion Slides

Brendan O’Leary

Cart Craze Worksheet

Patrick l

Bill Audit Activity

Matthew Sullivan

Bill Decoder Worksheet

Matthew Sullivan

Bill Decoder Slides

Matthew Sullivan

Decoder Teacher Guide

Matthew Sullivan

Vault Ventures Answer Key

Vault Ventures Worksheet

Vault Ventures Slides

Saving and Investing

Summer Budget Blueprint

Jessica.Youmans

Final Exam Review Activity

Landry.Stahl

Money Math and Freedom