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Making Cents: Financial Literacy Videos for Young Learners

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Title:

Making Cents: Financial Literacy Videos for Young Learners

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/making-cents-financial-literacy-videos/making-cents-financial-literacy-videos-for-young-learners/

Content Source:

PBS
Type: Audio/Video

Overview:

This video series from PBSLearningMedia teaches teens and pre-teens how to manage their money and foster an entrepreneurial spirit. Visit KSPS Education for more additional learning resources.

Content Standard(s):
Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 7
Civics
9 ) Apply principles of money management to the preparation of a personal budget that addresses housing, transportation, food, clothing, medical expenses, insurance, checking and savings accounts, loans, investments, credit, and comparison shopping.

Unpacked Content
Strand: Economics, Civics and Government
Course Title: Civics
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
  • Demonstrate the ability to manage money effectively through a personal budget.
Teacher Vocabulary:
  • calculate
  • estimate
  • principles of money management
  • budget
  • savings
  • checking account
  • income
  • expenses
  • insurance
  • taxes
  • comparison
  • shopping
  • credit
  • debt
  • investments
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • Effective money management means that a citizen has to take into account that the money they make should be enough to cover expenses like housing, transportation, food, clothing, medical expenses, and insurance and this can be accomplished by making and following a budget.
Skills:
Students are able to:
  • Estimate and calculate income and expenses in order to create a budget.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • Effective money management includes making a budget based on income and expenses.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.7.9- Identify the principles and purposes of a budget; identify wants and needs and recognize that each has a cost, including food, clothing, shelter, entertainment, utilities.


Tags: money management
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AccessibilityVideo resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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Author: Ginger Boyd
Alabama State Department of Education