On the Money: Math Activities to Build Financial Literacy: Grades 6-8

by Jennifer M. Bay-Williams

To succeed in college, career, and life, students need to become financially literate. But understanding the basics of a long-term investment or a short-term loan is not enough without the math skills to make financially sound choices. In the already full curriculum of middle schools today, how can teachers find room to include financial literacy? The key is to integrate financial topics into mathematics instruction, using everyday topics such as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873537297
• ISBN13: 9780873537292
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English
• Length: 128 Pages