Financial literacy should be a priority across settings, and can be taught by general and special educators as well as in community-based settings. There are many topics, skill areas, practices, and interventions outlined in research on personal finance education and special education.
In these scope and sequencing guides, we have compiled 20 Competency Categories, each with their own set of Essential Skills.
The Competency Categories are:
Counting Money
Addition & Subtraction
Making Change
Price Comparison
Bills & Receipts
Budgeting
Saving
Multiplication & Division
Unit Pricing
Percentage Calculations
Loans and Debt
Calculating Interest
Career and Income Exploration
Taxes
Insurance
Investment
Financial Goal Setting
Consumer Rights and Protections
Digital Financial Tools
Retirement Planning
What's Inside:
Financial Literacy Scope & Sequencing Guide
By Grade 4 - Financial Literacy Scope & Sequencing Guide
By Grade 8 - Financial Literacy Scope & Sequencing Guide
By Grade 12 - Financial Literacy Scope & Sequencing Guide
The grade-level scope & sequencing guides are aligned with the Standards and Learner Outcomes from the National Standards for Personal Financial Education.
National Standards for Personal Financial Education
We have also aligned the guides with the National Standards for Personal Financial Education created by the Council for Economic Education (CEE) and the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy (Jump$tart). You can read more about the National Standards for Personal Financial Education at www.jumpstart.org.
Organized around six topics (Earning Income, Spending, Saving, Investing, Managing Credit, Managing Risk) with Standards and Learning Outcomes expected by the end of the 4th, 8th, and 12th grades, or by the end of elementary, middle school, and high school, respectively. The topics build upon each other and grow more complex by the end of each grade level.
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