Financial+Literacy

Financial Literacy Home page This is a junior level course taught the last 5 weeks of each trimester

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Topics and Schedule
 * 1) Investing (Week 1)
 * 2) Checking (Week 2)
 * 3) Credit (Week 3)
 * 4) Money Management (Week 4)
 * 5) Insurance (Week 5)
 * 6) Final project (Week 6)

Essential Questions
 * How can a person become financially secure?
 * Why does credit have such an impact on a person's life?
 * How can people make money work for them?

Standards/Objectives


 * **[|D.12.9]** || Explain the operations of common financial instruments (such as stocks and bonds) and financial institutions (such as credit companies, banks, and insurance companies) || **Economic Institutions**
 * [|National Content Standard 10]** ||


 * **[|D.12.11]** || Explain how interest rates are determined by market forces that influence the amount of borrowing and saving done by investors, consumers, and government officials || **Interest Rates**
 * [|National Content Standard 12]** ||


 * **[|D.12.14]** || Analyze the economic roles of institutions, such as corporations and businesses, banks, labor unions, and the Federal Reserve System || **Economic Institutions**
 * [|National Content Standard 10]** ||

Grading Criteria

Each week of the unit will include graded assignments with point values and due date specified by the assignment. At the end of the 5 week unit there will be a cumulative project that will require you to use the material learned through out the unit. Any questions about a grade my be emailed to me at jleahy@berlin.k12.wi.us or you may call (920) 361-2000 ext 1242.

Grading Scale: A: 100 - 90 B: 89 - 80 C: 79 - 70 D: 69 - 60 F: 59 - 0