Cards, Cars and Currency is a curriculum unit that challenges students to become involved in three specific areas of personal finance: credit cards, debit cards and purchasing a car.

This 12-minute video lesson takes a look at the institutions involved in processing your credit card and how they relate to each other. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 61 of 184]

This 16-minute video lesson provides detailed analysis of the rent vs. buy decision. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 12 of 184]

Students will be able to:
-Explain how a credit card works in terms of making purchases and managing payments
-Read a Schumer box and identify how terms of the card impact total cost of purchases
-Understand how interest is charged and how to avoid or minimize it
-Read a credit card statement

This game addresses credit cards, interest, choosing credit wisely and credit basics. It can be used to review or introduce credit