General Financial Literacy
Lesson Plans

Strand 2

Students will understand the factors that influence personal financial priorities and learn how to make rational decisions.

Standard 1

Analyze the role of emotional, cultural, and social influences on financial behavior.

• Comparison Shopping
  Using guided notes, students will learn what comparison shopping is, how it can help consumers, and when it makes sense to comparison shop
• Influences on Purchasing Decisions
  Students will be able to explain some ways our brains trick us into making (or not making) purchase decisions.
• Smart Shopping
  Learning the art of smart shopping.
• Social Media PSA
  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.

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