Personal Finance: Insurance
These websites are about various types of insurance plans. Includes lesson plans and activities for automobile insurance, homeowners and renters insurance, life insurance, and health insurance. There are links to eThemes Resources Personal Finance: Investing, Economics: Personal Finance and Budgeting, and Automobiles: Owning & Operating Costs.
Grades
- 9,
- 10,
- 11,
- 12
Links
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Money Instructor: Types of Insurance
Here is a lesson about the various types of insurance and why insurance is important in everyday life. NOTE: This site includes ads.
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Money Instructor: Car Insurance
This is an introductory lesson on basic car insurance. Includes information on monthly premiums and answers questions about choosing car insurance. NOTE: This site includes ads.
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Automobile Insurance: How Important Is It?
This 4-page PDF lesson is designed to help students make informed decisions regarding auto insurance coverage. Written for the state of Ohio, it could be adapted for other states.
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How Much Does That Traffic Ticket Really Cost?
This 10-page PDF lesson is designed to highlight the costs related to traffic tickets. Written for the state of Ohio, it could be adapted for other states.
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Auto Insurance
This lesson covers several aspects of automobile insurance. Includes downloadable print and PowerPoint resources for the lesson.
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Importance of a Household Inventory
This 4-page PDF lesson teaches how and why to accurately complete, maintain, and interpret a household inventory. Written for the state of Ohio, it could be adapted for other states.
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Teaching Tool: Renters Insurance
This activity helps teach students about renters insurance. Includes premiums and liability issues as well as others.
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Homeowners Insurance
This lesson introduces students to the concept of homeowners insurance. Includes downloadable print and PowerPoint resources for the lesson.
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Credit-Based Insurance Scores Impact Insurance Rates
This 4-page PDF is designed to teach students the impact that credit rating has on the price they pay for homeowners and automobile insurance. Written for the state of Ohio, it could be adapted for other states.
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Crossword of Insurance Terms
Here is a 3-page PDF crossword using common insurance terms used in policies. Written for the state of Ohio, it could be adapted for other states.
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Insurance Bowl Game
This 11-page PDF provides a game to learn insurance facts, concepts, principles, and terms. Written for the state of Ohio, it could be adapted for other states.
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Life Insurance
See this lesson about life insurance. Includes a definition, policy types, what is term vs whole life insurance, and more.
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Health Insurance
This lesson describes health insurance and the importance of having health insurance. Includes downloadable print and PowerPoint resources for the lesson.
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Health Insurance
This lesson plan explores health insurance monthly premiums and answers questions about choosing a health insurance plan. NOTE: This site includes ads.
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How Much Car Insurance Do You Need?
This article explores tips for determing how to determine the amount of car insurance to get. NOTE: This site includes ads.
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eThemes Resource: Personal Finance: Investing
Learn about personal finance and investing. Learn how to adjust your spending habits, play interactive games designed to teach the importance of personal finance concepts such as simple and compound interest, forms of saving and investing, and understanding stocks, bonds and mutual funds. Practice solving compound interest problems. Understand the importance of planning ahead for your retirement. Includes eThemes resources on Personal Finance and Budgeting and Budgets.
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eThemes Resource: Economics: Personal Finance and Budgeting
These web sites help children understand the value of money, learn about banking, credit cards, and budgeting. Kids learn how to earn and save money, choose a credit card, use checking and savings accounts, and balance personal budgets. Includes worksheets, quizzes, games, online interest inventory, and budget calculators. There are links to eThemes Resources on basic concepts of economics, owning an ice cream shop, and taxes.
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eThemes Resource: Automobiles: Owning & Operating Costs
These sites focus on owning and operating costs of automobiles. Information includes reviews of automobiles, searchable databases of different makes and models, insurance and financing tips, fuel and insurance costs, and cost calculation tools. Lesson plans, video clips, images, and articles are includes. There is a link to eThemes Resource on Transportation: Automobiles.
