This 45-minute lesson plan is designed to:
- Demonstrate how students’ attitudes toward money can influence their personal finance decisions
- Help students identify their own beliefs about money
- Help students critique the source(s) of their money beliefs
Please note: Lesson plans incorporate videos, presentations and handouts from the It’s a Money Thing 48 Topics library. If you are a 12 or 24 Topics subscriber, you’ll need to check that you have the content packs required.
In addition to the elements included in the downloadable PDF below, you will need:
- VIDEO 12—Common Money Beliefs
- HANDOUT 12—Common Money Beliefs
- PRESENTATION 12—Common Money Beliefs

Lesson plans are provided for both U.S. and Canadian credit unions.