Standards

— Standard 1: Earning an Income
— Standard 2: Taxes
— Standard 3: Bank Services
— Standard 4: Manage Bank Account
— Standard 5: Saving & Investing
— Standard 6: Retirement Saving
— Standard 7: Borrowing Money
— Standard 8: Shopping & Credit
— Standard 9: Fraud & Identity Theft
— Standard 10: Renting vs. Buying
— Standard 11: Insurance
— Standard 12: Gambling
— Standard 13: Bankruptcy
— Standard 14: Charitable Giving

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Standard 3: Banking and Financial Services

Standard 3. The student will describe the functions and uses of banks and other financial service providers.

1. Identify and compare the basic types of financial institutions (e.g., banks, mortgage companies, credit unions, brokerage firms, and finance companies).
   
2. Describe and compare the most common financial products and services (e.g., checking, credit cards, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), savings, loans, investments, and insurance).

Online Curriculum and Lesson Plans

Making $en$e: Financial Success for Oklahoma Students – Oklahoma State Department of Education | view now

• Module 3.1: Finding Financial Services
  

It Just Adds Up | view now

• Lesson 9 – Banking
  
• Lesson 10 – Banking Services
  

Banking Lessons | view now

Lesson 6: Banking Services (Teens) | view now

Banks and Credit Unions – EconEdLink | view now

Wells Fargo Bank: Hands On Money | view now

Council for Economic Education Lessons

Learning, Earning, and Investing

• Lesson 9 – Banking
  
• Lesson 10 – Banking Services
  
• Lesson 11 – Financial Institutions

Financial Fitness for Life: Bringing Home the Gold, (9-12)

• Theme 5, Lesson 21, Banking Basics

Focus on Institutions and Markets

• Lesson 4 – Financial Systems

From Plan to Market: Teaching Ideas for Social Studies, Economics, and Business Classes

• Lesson 7 – Why Middlemen Matter: The Role of Financial Institutions in a Market Economy.

Your Credit Counts Challenge

• Section 2, Financial Institutions