Teaching Resources

JA Finance Park

  • SS1 : Develop a plan for spending and saving
  • SS2 : Develop a system for keeping and using financial records

9, 10, 11, 12

Lesson
Comprehensive Curriculum

60 minutes

The JA Finance Park program is composed of 13 required teacher-taught, in-class lessons.

JA Financial Literacy

  • SS1 : Develop a plan for spending and saving
  • SS2 : Develop a system for keeping and using financial records

9, 10, 11, 12

Comprehensive Curriculum

60 minutes

One-semester teacher-led course that equips high school students with foundational personal finance skills.

JA More Than Money

5

Comprehensive Curriculum

60 minutes

JA More than Money introduces students to financial literacy and entrepreneurship, and to social studies learning objectives.

JA Our Community

  • SS1 : Develop a plan for spending and saving
  • SS3 : Describe how to use different payment methods

2

Comprehensive Curriculum

30 minutes

This is a full day workshop conducted by affiliates of Junior Achievement.

JA Our Community

  • SS1 : Develop a plan for spending and saving
  • SS3 : Describe how to use different payment methods

2

Comprehensive Curriculum

30 minutes

This is a full day workshop conducted by affiliates of Junior Achievement.

JA Our Nation

  • EI1 : Explore job and career options
  • EI2 : Compare sources of personal income and compensation.

5

Comprehensive Curriculum

45 minutes

Program provides students with practical information about the nation’s free market system

JA Ourselves

  • SS1 : Develop a plan for spending and saving
  • SS2 : Develop a system for keeping and using financial records
  • SS3 : Describe how to use different payment methods

K

Comprehensive Curriculum

30 minutes

This is a full day program in which affiliates of Junior Achievement conduct a workshop on financial literacy.

Middle School - Savings and Checking Guide

  • SS1 : Develop a plan for spending and saving

6, 7, 8

Comprehensive Curriculum

60 minutes

online lesson directly available from link

Middle School Course

  • SS2 : Develop a system for keeping and using financial records

6, 7, 8

Comprehensive Curriculum

45 minutes

Online lessons with check in's available directly from website.

Money and Income: Why Save?

  • SS1 : Develop a plan for spending and saving
  • SS2 : Develop a system for keeping and using financial records
  • SS3 : Describe how to use different payment methods

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Comprehensive Curriculum

60 minutes

This lesson introduces the basics of saving, the various ways to save and some of the trade-offs involved in making saving decisions.