Highlights from a survey of educational practices of personal finance teachers and resource materials for emerging topics are provided. Of the 6,100 secondary teachers in the United States and Canada who received questionnaires, 1,400 responded. With over 30 states having personal finance or consumer economics guidelines, personal finance courses have a strong foothold in the U.S. educational system. In most schools, personal finance is taught at the 11th and 12th grade levels in business education, social studies, or home economics. Respondents indicated that economic conditions receive strong teaching emphasis, most teachers use a traditional instructional approach, teacher-developed resources are used most frequently, and the topics in which teachers need information are financial services, insurance trends, investment alternatives, and economic and social trends. The remainder of the document presents instructional activities and selected references for each of these topics. Periodicals and general resources for teaching personal finance are also listed. (RM)