Teaching Resources

Essential Checking Account

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Link to Resource: Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF)

THE ESSENTIAL CHECKING ACCOUNT is a lesson designed to help students: (1) Explain what a checking account is used for and why it is important to have one, (2) Understand the ways to deposit and withdraw funds, and describe the consequences of not being in the banking system, (3) Understand various options for payment (cash, check, debit, person-to-person, prepaid card) and determine when to use each type.

Jump$tart Standards

9, 10, 11, 12
Free
45 minutes
Lesson