The personal finance curriculum was developed using Tennessee’s Personal Finance course standards. There are four (4) modules that include: PowerPoints, narrative, vocabulary and website resources.
Lesson 1 - Determine Your Destiny (Career Planning)
Lesson 2 - Prepare for the Journey (Postsecondary Planning)
Lesson 3 - Pay for the Journey (Financing Your Education)
Lesson 4 - Essentials for the Journey (Analyze Employee Benefits)
Lesson 5 - What Affects the Journey (Inflation & Purchasing Power)
Lesson 6 - Tolls Along the Way (Intro to Taxes)
Lesson 7 - Ready, Set, Go! (Introducing the FAFSA)
Lesson 1 - Savvy Saving (Financial Planning)
Lesson 2 - Work Your Money (Intro to Saving & Investing)
Lesson 3 - Savings Tools
Lesson 4 - Basics of Investing
Lesson 5 - Financial Oversight (Regulatory Agencies)
Lesson 1 - Decision Management (Goal-setting & Decision-making)
Lesson 2 - Design Your Wealth! (Money Management)
Lesson 3 - Spend with Intention (Personal Spending/Budgeting)
Lesson 4 - Financial Institutions and Banking
Lesson 5 - Protect Your Wealth (Insurance)
Lesson 1 - Borrowing on Credit: Good, Bad or Ugly? (Pros & Cons of Credit)
Lesson 2 - Are You Creditworthy? (Credit Reports & Scores)
Lesson 3 - The Price of Plastic (Credit Cards)
Lesson 4 - Sweating the Big Stuff (Installment Loans)
Lesson 5 - Don't be Consumed by Consumer Debt (Predatory Lending)
Lesson 6 - It Could Happen to You! (Identity Theft & Scams)