Archived recording (May 2, 2012)

This session will help you gain insight in financial planning and learn strategies to teach financial education.  You will be guided in the use of curriculum-based resources with practical activities, self-assessment tools and rubrics that will develop your students’ money management and decision-making skills.  Leave with great ideas for infusing financial literacy education into your classroom.

Presented by: Chris Allum, IEF
Target Audience: Secondary

Resources:

Investor Education Fund (IEF)
Importance of financial literacy education: TVO interview with Tom Hamza, IEF Subscribe to newsletter (e-newsletter)
Ministry of Education documents
Self test: Cranial Crash Clash game
Curriculum links: Make it Count, Developing Financial Sense, Taking Stock (Senior resource), Taking Stock (Intermediate resource), Taking Stock (Intermediate Curriculum Matrix), Curriculum correlations (by grade)
Additional Resources: Funny Money Tool Kit, Toronto Star Classroom Connections Project, Globe and Mail Classroom Edition, GlobeClassroom, MoneyApps, Student competitions, GetSmarterAboutMoney Blog (includes articles written by students), Life Events (links, activities and videos, ex. Life After High School), How money savvy are you? (self assessment quiz), University cost and debt calculator
Videos: Are you doing it regularly? (funny video on investing), Get it on credit (understanding credit cards), Why teach financial literacy? Verizon Math Fail