In this lesson, students will learn about retirement plan options such as 401K plans, Roth IRA's and pensions. 

This slideshow is to help you teach Financial Literacy Strand 1 Standard 3: Setting Goals.  Through this lesson, students will learn SMART Goals through examples and finally practice writting their own.  Picture from Pixaby

Students will actively assess their career aspirations, critically evaluate and compare diverse career opportunities aligned with their aptitudes and interests, and strategically plan their career path while gaining insight into the income potential associated with their chosen careers.

Students will be able to explore credit-related concepts and tools, delving into key terms including credit, credit cards, installment loans, revolving credit, student loans, mortgage, payday loans, predatory lenders, and simple interest in this lesson.

This lesson is designed to help Financial Literacy students understand and analyze the role of cultural, social, and emotional influences on financial behavior (Financial Literacy Strand 1 Standard 1).  Students will create a social media PSA to help others realize the important of controlling finances through cultural norms and emotional feelings.

Spent challenges players to survive the struggle of low-income living. Developed by McKinney to raise money for Urban Ministries of Durham, the game has become a hit in financial literacy classrooms.

I have used this website while teaching Strand 6 Standard 1 of Exploring Business and Marketing. https://www.uen.org/core/core.do?courseNum=520111
Strand 6
Employability - students will develop and demonstrate the necessary skills to gain and keep employment.

Standard 1
Job Skills - Students will develop skills to gain employment.

Students will explore communication and interviewing skills:
Appropriate dress
Hygiene
Facial expressions and posture
Prepare for interview questions (STAR method)
Effective ways to communicate (phone, email, text, in-person)
Human resources and employee rights.
Discrimination laws
Minimum wage

Students play the stockmarketgame.org in teams. After learning the basics, students research different companies and each team spends $100k on stocks. 

Students will define and explain the concepts of supply and demand, understand how changes in these factors influence prices, and analyze real-world scenarios.

Students and explores the fundamental concepts of credit, creditworthiness, and the long-term consequences of financial decisions.

This activity is to help students be creative with some of the content they learn in Financial Literacy. Students will learn about taxes and then take it an extra step by creating a short film about what they learned.  This can be used to help other students learn more about the complex tax system.  Students can use a classroom video camera or their own device to record and edit.See an example video here. General Financial Literacy Strand 1 Standard 2Picture: “Taxes” by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels is free to use.

Students will define compound interest, distinguish it from simple interest, calculate compound interest using a compound interest rate calculator, and apply the concept to real-life scenarios.