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Activities covering 

Basic Concepts:

 

  • Life Cycle of a Dollar

  • Features of a Dollar

  • Money is History

  • Totally Taxed

  • Anatomy of a Pay Stub

  • Who is Uncle Sam?

  • Would You Rather?

  • Price vs. Cost

  • Check Yourself

  • Debit Card vs. Credit Card

  • Money Magic

  • Budgeting (What, Why, When)

  • Budgeting 101

  • Money Talk (Word Search)

  • Money Time (Cross Word)

  • My Mind and My Money (Cross Word)

  • Bad Money Habits (Word Search)

 

Introductory Activities:

 

  • Banking with Bucks
  • Dollars and Sense
  • Strange Change
  • Expense Overload
  • Getting Paid
  • Pay Day!
  • Size Matters
  • Feed Me!
  • The Deal Maker
  • It Costs How Much?

Group Discussion Activities:

 

  • Loans, Lenders, Borrowers
  • Being Smart about Money
  • Does Free mean $0 Cost?
  • My Word or My Collateral
  • What Would You Do?
  • Be Your Own Boss
  • Money and Happiness
  • Rent vs. Own
  • Saving Money
  • Money Earned, Money Saved
  • Making Your Money Last
  • Making More of Your Money Last
  • Bargain Shopping
  • Bartering for Bargains
  • Needs vs. Wants
  • Save or Spend
  • Planning for the Future
  • Cash Money
  • Discipline with Money
  • Bills, Bills, Bills
  • Credit Cards
 

How It Works

 

There are many different opportunities to include the Future's Club program into your current schedule.  It can work in class during the school year, as an after school program, summer continuing education program, and / or as a youth program at a church.  

 

Below are the different financial literacy lessons and how they can be used in the program.  There are additional financial literacy lessons (more advanced - high school level) available on the website.  The topics for the financial literacy lessons below are from Money Smart Teens workbook.  The lessons highlighted in BOLD and ITALICS below provide the lessons that contain the concepts which are necessary for the students to understand before they participate in the Main Event.  These important concepts include:

  • Financial Literacy terms, definitions, and language

  • Elements of a pay stub

  • Taxes basics

  • How to write a check

  • Saving

  • Budgeting and expenses

  • Making decisions (needs vs. wants, rent vs. own)

  • Planning for the future

 

Additionally, there are activities and resources that students can complete and use as they continue their education beyond the Main Event.  Students should be able to begin to apply these learned concepts in their own lives, while developing solid financial management skills for their future.

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