Video: Saving Money in Plain English

Creator: Common Craft | visit site

Grade Range: 3 - 11

This site offers a short introductory video about savings. Learn the basics of savings, compound interest, and how money continues to grow over time. Despite a paid membership model, Common Craft still offers this video for free, but it does have a watermark saying, "For evaluation only." If you wish to share this with a group, they will need to view it on individual/partner computers (or iOS devices) or on a projector that has a zoom function to enlarge a selected area of the screen.

In the Classroom

Share this video with your students on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have cooperative learning groups research other aspects of economics and create their own videos. Include this video as you teach about interest in math class, then have students create a video advertisement for a savings program. Transform technology use by using (click on the tool name to access the review): Animatron, Renderforest, Powtoon, or Vizia. Share the videos on Teachertube, explained here.

At Home

Tags

money, financial literacy,

Subjects

Economics, Family and Consumer Science, Math, Social Studies, Social Studies,