Each day, people throw currency away in different ways because of a lack of financial knowledge. Introduce your learners to the importance of financial literacy and assess their understanding of banking and personal finance.

Concepts

credit cards, banking, finance, buying a car, financial literacy

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Additional Tags

financial literacy, banking, buying a car, credit card, social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• This is the first lesson of a unit designed to help young adults become financially literate. Use true/false activity as pre-assessment and continue on with subsequent lessons in series

Pros

• Explicit instructional points are provided in the lesson plan

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.2