This 45-minute lesson plan is designed to:
- Help students identify consumer debt
- Help students understand the importance of debt repayment
- Introduce students to three popular debt repayment strategies
- Provide students with the framework to design their own debt repayment plan for future use
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 37—Strategies for Debt Repayment
- HANDOUT 37—Strategies for Debt Repayment
- PRESENTATION 37—Strategies for Debt Repayment

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