Monday, March 06, 2006
ABE/ESL/VESL: Practical Money Skills for Life
http://practicalmoneyskills.com/english/index.php
Money skills is a necessary lesson for our students. This site has a lot of classroom resources for financial literacy education. It has lessons for all levels of students, from K through adult. The grades 7-12 level includes:
Teens (Grades 7–12) Click here for Special Needs lesson plans
• Introduction
Introduction
• Lesson One
Making Decisions
• Lesson Two
Making Money
• Lesson Three
The Art of Budgeting
• Lesson Four
Living on your Own
• Lesson Five
Buying a Home
• Lesson Six
Banking Services
• Lesson Seven
About Credit
• Lesson Eight
Credit Cards
• Lesson Nine
Cars and Loans
• Lesson Ten
The Influence of Advertising
• Lesson Eleven
Consumer Awareness
• Lesson Twelve
Saving and Investing
• Lesson Thirteen
In Trouble
• Lesson Fourteen
About Consumer Privacy
• Appendix
Appendix
There is a free student budget workbook that can be downloaded from the site. Also included are useful links to other sites. For example, in the lesson on Buying a home, the following links appear:
LESSON FIVE: Buying a Home
FannieMae Homepath
http://www.fanniemae.com/homebuyers/homepath/
Mortgage Information
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/rate/mtg_home.asp
Reverse Mortgages for Seniors
http://www.hud.gov/buying/rvrsmort.cfm
U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov
Money skills is a necessary lesson for our students. This site has a lot of classroom resources for financial literacy education. It has lessons for all levels of students, from K through adult. The grades 7-12 level includes:
Teens (Grades 7–12) Click here for Special Needs lesson plans
• Introduction
Introduction
• Lesson One
Making Decisions
• Lesson Two
Making Money
• Lesson Three
The Art of Budgeting
• Lesson Four
Living on your Own
• Lesson Five
Buying a Home
• Lesson Six
Banking Services
• Lesson Seven
About Credit
• Lesson Eight
Credit Cards
• Lesson Nine
Cars and Loans
• Lesson Ten
The Influence of Advertising
• Lesson Eleven
Consumer Awareness
• Lesson Twelve
Saving and Investing
• Lesson Thirteen
In Trouble
• Lesson Fourteen
About Consumer Privacy
• Appendix
Appendix
There is a free student budget workbook that can be downloaded from the site. Also included are useful links to other sites. For example, in the lesson on Buying a home, the following links appear:
LESSON FIVE: Buying a Home
FannieMae Homepath
http://www.fanniemae.com/homebuyers/homepath/
Mortgage Information
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/rate/mtg_home.asp
Reverse Mortgages for Seniors
http://www.hud.gov/buying/rvrsmort.cfm
U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov