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Engaging Savings Simulation For Middle School Students

Help Students Develop Financial Well-Being

Teach Your Students the Importance of Saving

In the United States, socio-economically advantaged students are about six times more likely than disadvantaged students to hold a bank account. And children from low-income families who have a savings account for college are three times more likely to go to college. Let’s do our part to change this narrative

  • Saving Money and Spending Wisely
  • Setting Goals and Planning Ahead
  • Why Use a Savings Account
  • How To Open a Savings Account

EVERFI’s digital resources are here to help you teach real-world, financial literacy skills in any type of learning environment.

Course Snapshot

  • Target Students

    Grades 6-8

  • Curriculum

    Economics, Business or Social Studies, Career Readiness

  • Time

    4 Lessons / 10-Minute Lessons, 40 Minutes Total

Lesson Plan 1 Keywords
Lesson Plan 2 Emergencies

Savings Simulations for Middle School Students

Money often feels complicated! That’s why EVERFI SaveUp: Saving Money for the Future digital course is helping develop middle school students the skills and knowledge for their fiinancial future.


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Lesson Plan

Saving Money and Spending Wisely

Students will recognize the importance of budgeting savings and spending wisely including how to save more, identifying needs vs. wants, reducing expenses, increasing income and what to do when real life/crisis happens.

Lesson Plan 1 Keywords

Setting Goals and Planning Ahead

Students learn the importance of saving money and setting financial goals. Specifically setting short, mid, and long-term goals and the how and why of emergency savings.

Lesson Plan 2 Emergencies

Why Use a Savings Account?

Students will recognize how a savings account can help them reach their financial goals including learning what a savings account is, how savings accounts work, the benefits (FDIC, interest), and how to plan for real-life/crises.

Lesson Plan 3 Benefits of Interest

How To Open a Savings Account

Students will become familiarized with the process of opening a savings account while walking through a simulated onboarding to open a savings account making sure to include what’s needed (e.g. parents, identification) and reading the “fine print,” rules, and restrictions (e.g. minimum balance).

Lesson Plan 4 Savings Accounts

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Access and Accountability

Asynchronous learning allows for lessons anytime, anywhere with built-in assessments and real-time grading.

Turnkey Lessons

Gamified financial skills in a fail-safe environment. Teachers receive lesson plans, activities, & discussion guides, too.

Implementation Support

Our regional support team guides teachers every step of the way, through on-demand training and professional learning events.

Join the 60,000+ teachers who used EVERFI's award-winning lessons this past school year!

I think it is important for students to learn about financial literacy and budgeting because these courses teach students real life skills that they are going to need in their everyday life to be successful and survive in the real world.

Gabriel A.
High School Teacher, Texas

I liked that is student paced, pre & post-assessments, as well as it gives an opportunity for the students to go back through the course. Content is great!

Teacher
Southern York County District, Pennsylvania

This course helps students to learn concepts that have never been introduced in a short span and with meaningful, real-world application.

Teacher
New Jersey

Frequently Asked Questions

EVERFI has built a network of partners and sponsors who help fund our digital resources for K-12 teachers, schools, and districts. Through multi-year commitments, EVERFI gives educators the assurance that programming can be launched at scale and even written into the curriculum.

These lessons are aligned to Jump$tart Coalition’s National Standards for K-12 Personal Finance Education, National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies, and State Academic Standards. EVERFI provides comprehensive curriculum guides and standards alignment guides to help you plan for implementation with your middle school students.

EVERFI helps teachers, schools, and districts bring real-world skills to students. Thanks to partners, we provide our digital platform, training, and support at no cost.

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