Submitted by Linda Locklear (not verified) on October 26, 2007 - 17:40.
I have the luxury?? of teaching year round school in NJ to students who are labeled "In Crisis" and are ages 11-17. It is especially difficult to motivate them in the summer when all of their peers are at the beach. As a result, my teaching partner and I have developed a curriculum which focuses on Financial Literacy. We utilize several free resources and our curriculum covers everything from grocery shopping to playing the stock market. In general, the kids love the program and especially love competing for the free Fast Food Lunch for the winner of the Stock Market Game. IT is also fun to see them apply what they have learned to other classes. One student was recently in her Career Exploration class and told the teacher that she had changed her career goal because after taking the summer program she was worried that she would not make enough money to buy medical insurance.
My teaching partner and I often remark how we wish there would have been a class like this for us. Maybe our national economy would be stronger if we all were more educated on Financial Literacy.
Financial Literacy
Submitted by Linda Locklear (not verified) on October 26, 2007 - 17:40.
I have the luxury?? of teaching year round school in NJ to students who are labeled "In Crisis" and are ages 11-17. It is especially difficult to motivate them in the summer when all of their peers are at the beach. As a result, my teaching partner and I have developed a curriculum which focuses on Financial Literacy. We utilize several free resources and our curriculum covers everything from grocery shopping to playing the stock market. In general, the kids love the program and especially love competing for the free Fast Food Lunch for the winner of the Stock Market Game. IT is also fun to see them apply what they have learned to other classes. One student was recently in her Career Exploration class and told the teacher that she had changed her career goal because after taking the summer program she was worried that she would not make enough money to buy medical insurance.
My teaching partner and I often remark how we wish there would have been a class like this for us. Maybe our national economy would be stronger if we all were more educated on Financial Literacy.