Teaching Financial Literacy in High School

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    1. Brian Nelson Arvin High School
      • Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke speech link
      • The current financial crisis as it relates personal finance
      • Jump$tart Coalition National K-12 Standards for Personal Finance
        • 20 pages long!
        • Glossary of financial terms
      • Rule #1 Never spend more than you make or “live below your means”
      • Save at least 10% of income for long-term savings
      • Invest in the worldwide economy
      • Establish an emergency fund (3-6 months of monthly expenses) for unforeseen expenses
      • Insure your assets, especially your health
      • Financing college or vocational training
        • Free Application for Federal Student Aid ( Fafsa )
        • Applying for scholarships
      • Choosing your career carefully
      • Establishing checking and savings accounts
        • Washington Mutual , Charles Schwab
      • Establishing credit and your credit report
        • Annualcreditreport.com Bankrate.com
      • The perils of credit cards…”El Diablo!”
      • Health Insurance for Students
        • Major medical-Need $3-5 million in coverage
        • On campus student health centers
      • Purchasing a car, auto insurance
      • Minimizing expenses in college
      • Renting an apartment
      • Retirement Plans
        • Traditional Pensions
        • Roth IRA’s 401k’s, Mutual Funds
      • Taxes, Purchasing a Home
      • Kiplinger Magazine
        • “ Starting Out ”
        • Erin Burt
        • Kiplinger Quizzes
        • Best of List
      • Kiplinger magazine is hands down the best online personal finance magazine
        • Search any financial topic within the website
      • Students write reviews of personal finance articles on a daily basis
      • Investing Classroom
        • 172 lessons about the capital markets
          • Stocks
          • Bonds
          • Mutual funds
          • Portfolios (asset allocation)
        • Quizzes at the end of each chapter if registered at site (free of charge)
      • Curriculum runs from very basic to MBA level
      • “ Instant X-ray ”
        • This tool from Morningstar will diagnose any portfolio and display its asset allocation or mix of investments
        • A VERY valuable tool that is free of charge
      • Graphical results of asset allocation
        • Expenses
        • Industry mix
        • Much more portfolio data
      • Worldwide Business News
        • Current events
        • More than just business news
        • Much content is free
      • Personal Finance Section of WSJ
        • “ Yoder & Son ” column- A WSJ columnist and his son discuss personal finances, very relevant to high school students
      • The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition
        • Geared toward high school students
        • College and Careers, Personal finance, Technology
        • Most content is free
      • Math that matters…The miracle of compounding interest
      • Rarely taught in school
      • The rule of 72
        • Divide a rate of return into 72 to find out how long it takes a lump sum to double
      • Online personal finance calculators
      • Microsoft Excel’s Future Value (FV) function
        • Students also use excel to create personal financial statements-Balance Sheet & Income Statement
      • The Stock Market Game
        • Students teams manage a hypothetical $100,000 portfolio and compete against other teams in California
        • Game operates like an actual brokerage account
        • Student learn about the capital markets and how to research investments.
        • Students certainly learned about the riskiness of stocks in the short term in the last game!
      • “ Financial Football ” from practicalmoneyskills.com
      • Online quiz sponsored by the U.S. Treasury Department to promote financial literacy among high school students
      • 35 multiple choice questions
      • $1000 college scholarships awarded to students from Charles Schwab if all questions were answered correctly!
      • Certificates and medals awarded to top performing students
      • www.finance.yahoo.com
      • www.marketwatch.com
      • www.smartmoney.com
      • www.zillow.com
      • www.financefreak.com
      • www.moneyinstructor.com
      • www.fool.com
      • www.vanguard.com
      • www.jumpstart.org
      • www.nefe.org
      • www.money.aol.com
      • www.morningstar.com
      • www.kiplinger.com
      • www.stockmarketgame.org
      • www.ehealthinsurance.com
      • www.collegeboard.com
      • www.finaid.org
      • www.californiacolleges.edu
      • www.brokescholar.com
      • www.savingforcollege.com
      • www.scholarships.com
      • www.fastweb.com
      • www.latinocollegedollars.org
      • www.scholarshipsforhispanics.org
      • www.cavhs.org
      • www.uscollegesearch.org
      • www.fafsa.ed.gov
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