In its quest to help bridge the financial education gap, Junior Achievement USA® has created two new series of free, downloadable teaching tools designed to help both teachers and parents talk to young people about smart money management. The lessons, called Junior Achievement $ave, USA, are posted at www.ja.org, and cover such topics as budgeting, the importance of saving, understanding the cost of credit and how to use it, and planning how to pay for college. The lessons are sponsored by The Allstate Foundation.
The educator lessons are targeted to grades 5 through 12—each of the 3, one-hour lessons is targeted to a specific range of grades for implementation by Junior Achievement volunteers and schools. The easy-to-use, downloadable courses focus on saving and sharing money for grade 5; the importance of establishing a budget to manage money for grades 6-8; and learning about credit for grades 9-12. All students will gain valuable financial knowledge that could improve their ability to make wise financial choices in the future. Download the free educator tools here.
In addition, Junior Achievement has created 12 lessons for parents to use to talk to their children about personal financial literacy. According to the 2009 “Teens and Personal Finance” survey by Junior Achievement and The Allstate Foundation, the majority of teens surveyed (56 percent) feel that their parents are the best source of useful information about financial matters. These new parent teaching tools are intended to foster dialogue about sound personal finance practices, with a goal of having families put these practices into action. Download the free parent tools here.
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