Financial Literacy Class

I will be teaching a financial literacy class in the Fall and I need suggestions for everything: materials, textbooks, curriculum. Anyone? Level: intermediate

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We have used the "Picture This" financial literacy curriculum this year and have really liked it.  It came highly recommended by another program that has been using it for a few years.

Here's a link to the website where you can learn more about it:

www.isedsolutions.org/programs/picture-this

I would suggest that you check out the Money Smart curriculum of the FDIC. 

 

http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/index.html

 

It has grade level appropriate levels and great support materials and resources.  It is also priced right (FREE)!!!  We have used it across the State of Ohio for Financial Literacy training for K-12 educators.

 

Another resource is available from NEFE (National Endowment for Financial Education) 

 

http://www.hsfpp.org/

 

We have had several teachers implement the FEFE materials (Family Economics and Financial Education) materials into their courses at the intermediate and high school levels.  Again, free materials.

 

http://www.fefe.arizona.edu/

 

Hope this helps.

 

John

The FDIC Money Smart has much more than just powerpoint for electronic support.  Visit that webpage.  I didn't realize that you were teaching ESOL until I saw your other post.  The Money Smart is available in a Spanish version as well.

Thanks, Leigh! I checked out "Picture This" and it looks good. The only reservation is that it only covers a few topics for 8 hours of teaching time for basic level students while I need to teach 12 h a week course for 1 or 2 semesters for intermediate ESOL so I am not sure how sensible it is to purchcase it.

I did visit all the links and I ordered the Money Smart CD. As I said, I have the curriculum in a binder but you are supposed to display slides during your lesson presentations, so hopefully they will be on the CD that I ordered. I registered with all other sites you've mentioned. Thanks a lot!

I worked for a bank as a trainer. Officers were encouraged to provide free, education to the community. We used FDIC's financial literacy series, which is also available in other languages. You might even consider partnering with a bank on some level. Many smaller community banks highly encourage their employees to part take in community service.

I hope others find these links to resources helpful. We are trying to have a better connection among adult education providers, banks, and those providing financial education and other inclusion programs for low-income, low-literate adults.

Consumer.gov or consumidor.gov

United Way Financial Toolkit

http://www.unitedwayaustin.org/financial-toolkit/

Free resources from Federal Trade Commission for handouts (making a budget, opening a bank account, using debit cards)
https://bulkorder.ftc.gov

These interactive lessons are so much fun: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife?search=everyday+life

http://consumer-action.org/ along with the Money Wise curriculum http://www.money-wise.org/

 

Best,

Karen Green

Education Coordinator

Manos de Cristo

Austin, TX

My response is two part:

1) Cooperative Extension across the nation conducts adult financial education.  Our materials are available free and many of our Extension Educators are available to be guests in adult education classes.  Check out resources in your state.  You might find eXtension.org a good place to go.

2) Extension is collaborating on a research-based, health insurance literacy curriculum to help adults make effective health insurance purchase and use decisions.  The test curriculum, Smart Choices for Health Insurance, will be available in September.  To be able to use the curriculum, we are requiring that teachers complete the training we'll be offering in late August in Maryland or via the web in September. You can learn a little about our Health Insurance Literacy Initiative at:  extension.umd.edu/insure. 

If you want to contact me directly, my email address is bbraun@umd.edu

Bonnie Braun, PhD

Professor and Extension Specialist

Faculty Scholar, Horowitz Center for Health Literacy

University of Maryland College Extension and School of Public Health