Consumer education should be integrated throughout the curriculum in an inter-disciplinary manner. English teachers have unparalleled opportunity to provide students with excellent foundations for critical and interpretive reading and thinking in the area of advertising, as they are involved with reading, vocabulary building, and both oral and written communication. Suggestions for individual and group activities are listed for various age levels and specific areas of consumer education, including money management, credit, advertising, shopping for goods and services, and consumer rights and responsibilities. (LL)