Teach trade-offs and opportunity cost with a ready-to-use financial literacy lesson that gets students talking, debating, and backing up their choices with evidence. This resource helps students understand that money decisions don’t always have one “right” answer— priorities and consequences matter. In this lesson, students work through engaging, real-life money decision scenarios (needs vs. wants, saving vs. spending, social choices, and responsibility) to identify trade-offs, name the oppo