Your students can learn practical money management skills and financial responsibility with this personal financial literacy course. Designed specifically for Christian high school students, Personal Financial Literacy is a semester-long course that addresses the advantages of making sound financial decisions in both the long- and short-term. As with all Enlightium courses, the curriculum is written from a Bible-based perspective. Lessons cover everyday life skills like budgeting, in addition to money management, saving, and investing, consumer rights and responsibilities. Interactive games and multimedia-rich activities help engage students and aid in the retention of key concepts.

Young people today have constant exposure to persuasive media that can influence their financial patterns and habits. As part of this practical course, students will learn to evaluate these messages with a Christian worldview and find reliable information that will help them make sound decisions. Personal Financial Literacy includes interactive and timesaving messaging, grading, and assessment tools to facilitate teaching and learning. On completion of this course, students will be able to develop a money management system tied to personal financial goals, understand consumer rights and responsibilities from a monetary perspective, and evaluate financial information. Help your student become better prepared as a global consumer by completing this engaging and interactive elective.

• Introduction to financial literacy and personal responsibility
• Evaluating financial information and setting financial goals
• Understanding the decision-making process
• Exploring careers, career paths, and sources of income
• Reading paychecks and understanding taxes
• Budgeting, spending, and using money management tools
• Working with financial institutions and banking services
• Managing financial risks
• Saving strategies and types of savings accounts
• Basics of investing and tracking stocks
• Credit cards, loans, and managing debt
• Mortgages, large purchases, and renting vs. buying
• Consumer rights and making informed purchases

Elective: Career and Technical

• Online Program

• Ignitia

No

One Semester

Not Applicable

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