Biz Kid$ Curriculum

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Teachers, parents, credit union staff and volunteers can use the financial education curriculum below.

The online curriculum includes instructions on how to teach Biz Kid$ lessons to children. Five core Biz Kid$ lesson plans in expanded formats in both English and Spanish. The curriculum below can be downloaded, unzipped, and then burned to CD for distribution. Included is CD label art that you can customize with your credit union's logo.

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Expanded Curriculum for Core Biz Kid$

An expanded set of lesson plans is available for five core episodes:

  • What Can You Do With Money? (104)
  • Taking Charge of Your Financial Future (106)
  • How To Achieve Your Financial Goals (110)
  • Budgeting Basics (116)
  • Understanding Income and Expenses (123)

Season One and Two Curricula

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Download Curriculum Files from Individual Episodes (all in Zip format)

All individual episodes contain:

  • Biz Terms;
  • Day One Questions;
  • Day Two Questions;
  • Materials Prep;
  • and a Family Activity Sheet

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90% of Americans who own pets also buy their animals Christmas gifts.

According to a poll, most people won't pick up money lying on the sidewalk unless it is at least a dollar.

Five percent of lottery ticket buyers buy 51% of all tickets sold.

People leave bigger tips on sunny days than they do on dreary days.

A typical $1 bill lasts about 22 months before it needs to be replaced.

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produces 38 million notes a day (about $541 million). 95% of that is used to replace old bills.

About 48% of the bills printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing are $1 bills.

Martha Washington is the only woman whose portrait has appeared on a U.S. currency note (a $1 Silver Certificate in 1886, 1891 & 1896).

If you had one billion dollars and spent $1,000 a day, it would take you 2,749 years to spend it all.

A Quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, one more than a dime.

There is a tiny "spider" hidden in the top right corner on the front of a one dollar bill (on the shield of the "1").

"Novus Ordo Seclorum" - the Latin phrase shown below the pyramid on the one dollar bill - means "New Order of The Ages".

Coins usually survive in circulation for about 30 years.

A nickel is the only U.S. coin that is called by its metal content, even though it is only 25 percent nickel (the rest is copper).