This guide contains 15 lesson plans on financial topics for high school students. The lessons cover the following: (1) securities in the U.S. economy; (2) careers in finance; (3) commercial banking interest rates; (4) understanding financial statements; (5) newspaper stock tables; (6) financial institution operations; (7) foundation skills--mathematics; (8) service technology; (9) all-purpose teller; (10) supervision; (11) Wall Street and the Internet; (12) money and financial institutions; (13) inflation and unemployment; (14) foreign exchange and international finance; and (15) budgeting. Lesson plans consist of some or all of these components: performance objectives, introduction, vocabulary, student preparation; methods and procedures, lecture notes or presentation outline, activities, closure, and tests. (KC)