Financial literacy

• August 5, 2025

  Good as gold? A simple explanation of the gold standard

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  In an ideal gold standard monetary system, every piece of paper currency represents an amount of gold held by an authority. But in practice, the gold standard system’s rules were extremely and repeatedly bent in the face of economic realities.

  Content type(s): Blog posts Subject(s): Business, Economics, Financial literacy, History Grade level(s): Grade 03, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5
• June 18, 2025

  Labour productivity

  

  

  Understand labour productivity and how investment, technology, and skills contribute to economic growth in Canada.

  Content type(s): Multimedia Subject(s): Business, Economics, Financial literacy Grade level(s): Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5
• June 18, 2025

  What goes into the price of gas

  

  

  Break down the price of gasoline by examining taxes, refining, distribution, and oil markets.

  Content type(s): Multimedia Subject(s): Business, Economics, Financial literacy, Geography Grade level(s): Grade 07 / Secondary 1, Grade 08 / Secondary 2, Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5
• June 2, 2025

  Saving and spending

  

  Develop positive financial habits through a saving and spending game and a goal-setting activity with real-life scenarios.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Grade 05
• May 22, 2025

  Speculating on the piggy bank

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  Ever since the first currencies allowed us to store value, we’ve needed a special place to store those shekels, drachmae and pennies. And the piggy bank—whether in pig form or not—has nearly always been there.

  Content type(s): Blog posts Subject(s): Arts, Business, Economics, English language arts, Financial literacy, Geography, Health, History, Math, Science Grade level(s): Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5
• May 16, 2025

  Entrepreneurship: Kids edition

  

  Turn your students into young entrepreneurs as they explore business basics, budgeting and marketing. Pitching their own creative ideas is a fun way to build real-world skills and confidence.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Business, Economics, English language arts, Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Grade 05, Grade 06, Grade 07 / Secondary 1
• March 28, 2025

  Budgets: Math for life

  

  Introduce budgeting concepts and best practices by planning an event. Students will build skills with fractions, decimals and percentages using worksheets and hands-on activities.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Grade 04, Grade 05, Grade 06
• January 22, 2025

  Value for money: Determining unit price

  

  Calculate unit prices and compare value for money. Use real-life shopping scenarios to determine if something is a real deal.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Grade 04