Program Areas

Source: FDIC Money Smart - A Financial Education (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

This FDIC curriculum contains both computer-based and instructor-led instruction on basic personal financial management. The curriculum consists of 11 modules on the following topics:

1. Bank On It: An introduction to bank services
2. Borrowing Basics: An introduction to credit
3. Check It Out: How to choose and keep a checking account
4. Money Matters: How to keep track of your money
5. Pay Yourself First: Why you should save, save, save
6. Keep It Safe: Your rights as a consumer
7. To Your Credit: How your credit history will affect your credit future
8. Charge It Right: How to make a credit card work for you
9. Loan To Own: Know what you're borrowing before you buy
10. Your Own Home: What home ownership is all about
11. Financial Recovery: How to recover from a financial setback

The computer-based instruction features a game-based learning design and should be used to complement formal classes by providing learning assignments that users can complete at their own pace. The instructor-led curriculum (which must be ordered online and arrives on CD-ROM) includes an instructor's manual, participant's take-home guide, and overheads.

Successful completion of a computer-based module will earn the user a certificate of completion for the module.

Source: http://www.frbsf.org/education/personal-finance.html (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

In this activity, students are introduced to the connection between education attainment and earning potential. Students participate in a classroom activity where they develop a budget according to a given scenario.

Source: https://figurethis.nctm.org/challenges/c14/challenge.htm (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics sponsors this, Take a Challenge Web site that has 80 problem-solving challenges that can be used for algebra and geometry students. The site is also available in Spanish.

For this activity, we will be working on figuring out averages.