General Financial Literacy Course

The General Financial Literacy Course is designed for junior and senior students and represents those standards of learning that are essential and necessary for all students.

• Standard One: Decision Making and Goals
• Standard Two: Income and Careers
• Standard Three: Principles of Money Management
• Standard Four: Savings, Investing, and Retirement Planning

General Financial Literacy Brochure (pdf)

General Web sites

• NEFE High School Portal
  The National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) provides a wealth of information and resources to help you teach your students how to get from "here" to "there" financially.

• Family Economics & Financial Education
  FEFE provides free curriculum materials to help educators effectively teach family economics and finance to their students.

• Jump$tart Coalition
  This organization maintains (with the help of the National Institute for Consumer Education) a searchable database of personal finance educational materials. There's also a section that lists personal financial management guidelines and benchmarks.

  Be sure to visit the Utah Jump$tart Web site and view the Utah Jump$tart Speakers Bureau Directory (pdf).

• Hands On Banking
  Wells Fargo Bank created this extensive resource for kids, teens, high school students and adults. It also includes a Teacher's Guide.

• Bank High School - Teachers
  Financial literacy resources created by Zions Bank.

• Bank Jr. - Teacher's Area
  Fun games and activities for Elementary school students created by Zions Bank.

• Identity Theft
  Information from the Better Business Bureau.

• Consumer Jungle
  Helping turn high school students into savvy consumers without putting them to sleep.

• EconEdLink
  A Thinkfinity resource created by the National Council on Economic Education.

• Practical Money Skills for Life
  A free Web site designed to help educators, parents and students practice better money management for life.

• The Stock Market Game
  Help your students learn about the stock market by giving them the opportunity to invest a hypothetical $100,000 in a real-time portfolio.

• American Bankruptcy Institute
  The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) is the largest non-partisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency.

• Online Financial Tools
  Free and easy online calculators and financial tools.

• ConsumerCents Materials
  Educators can download FREE financial literacy materials -- but a registration is required. Financial topics include: Setting Financial Goals, Spending Plans, Organizing Personal & Financial Records, Checking Accounts, Debt Management, Credit Report.

Lesson Plans

• General Financial Literacy Lesson Plans
  USOE approved lessons on the Utah Education Network's web site.

• EconEdLink Lessons
  A Thinkfinity resource created by the National Council on Economic Education.

• ItAllAddsUp - Teacher's Guide

• Jump$tart Coalition - Search

• The Mint - Lessons

• National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) - Teacher Portal

• Practical Money Skills for Life Lessons

• Your Bank and You - Utah Banker's Association

• Money Math: Lessons for Life
  A four-lesson curriculum supplement that addresses 7-9 grade mathematical concepts using real-world financial scenarios.

Online Tutorials / Demos

• Banking Tutor - Interactive Statements
  These online tutors will help you understand all the details of writing checks, reading bank statements, reviewing credit reports and more.

• Banking Tutor - Debit/ATM Cards Primer
  Learn all about debit cards with this handy guide.

• Budget Basics - Sense and Dollars

• Checkbook Basics

• Federal Reserve Teacher Resources
  This Web site houses several interactive tools and resources for educators, students and parents.

• KidsBank.com
  KidsBank.com™ is a tutorial website brought to you by Sovereign Bank that explains the fundamentals of money and banking to children.

• Personal Financial Education: There's a Lot to Learn About Money
  The Federal Reserve System's web site offering comprehensive personal financial education resources and links.

• The Scoop on Spending - Sense and Dollars

Vocabulary

• Standard One
• Standard Two
• Standard Three
• Standard Four