A Sample Lesson
Each lesson in the Keys to Financial Success Teacher’s Manual has a number of key features, which help teachers carry out effective instruction to achieve student-specific learning objectives. This sample lesson gives you an overview of those components.
Theme 1: Goals & Decision-Making
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Theme 2: Careers & Planning
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Theme 3: Budgeting
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Theme 4: Saving & Investing
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Theme 5: Credit Theme
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Theme 6: Banking Services
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Theme 7: Transportation Theme
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Theme 8: Housing Issues
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Theme 9: Risk Protection
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Appendices and Other Materials
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Sources of Curricula
Each Keys to Financial Success teacher receives the 165-page Keys to Financial Success Teacher’s Manual. This manual provides the teacher with the complete 47-lesson Keys to Financial Success course and is available free of charge from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The manual directs teachers to additional resources in the following curriculum materials, all of which are provided free of charge to those teachers who attend the Keys to Financial Success teacher-training offered each summer. Those teachers who choose not to participate in the teacher-training program may purchase these resources directly from their publishers.
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Capstone: Exemplary Lessons for High School Economics Teacher’s Guide |
Lopus, J., J. Morton, R. Reinke, M. Schug, and D. Wentworth, 2003. Capstone: Exemplary Lessons for High School Economics Teacher’s Guide. New York: Council for Economic Education. Available at http://store.councilforeconed.org |
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Capstone: Exemplary Lessons for High School Economics Student Activities |
Lopus, J., J. Morton, R. Reinke, M. Schug, and D. Wentworth, 2003. Capstone: Exemplary Lessons for High School Economics Student Activities. New York: Council for Economic Education. Available at http://store.councilforeconed.org |
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Financial Fitness for Life Teacher’s Guide |
Morton, J. and M. Schug, 2001. Financial Fitness for Life: Bringing Home the Gold Grades 9-12. New York: Council for Economic Education. Available at http://store.councilforeconed.org |
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Financial Fitness for Life Student Workouts |
Morton, J. and M. Schug, 2001. Financial Fitness for Life: Bringing Home the Gold Grades 9-12. New York: Council for Economic Education. Available at http://store.councilforeconed.org |
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Financial Fitness for Life Teacher’s Guide, Grades 6-8 |
Flowers, B. and S. Gallaher, 2001. Financial Fitness for Life: Shaping Up Your Financial Future Grades 6-8. New York Council for Economic Education. Available at http://store.councilforeconed.org |
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Financial Fitness for Life, Student Workouts, Grades 6-8 |
Flowers B. and S. Gallaher, 2001. Financial Fitness for Life: Shaping Up Your Financial Future Grades 6-8. New York Council for Economic Education. Available at http://store.councilforeconed.org |
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Financial Fitness for Life Parents’ Guide |
Flowers B., S. Gallaher, J. Morton, and M. Schug, 2001. Financial Fitness for Life: Shaping Up Your Financial Future Parents' Guide Grades 6-12. New York: Council for Economic Education. Available at http://store.councilforeconed.org |
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Keys Materials | A CD-ROM of materials created by the authors. Available free of charge by contacting Todd Zartman | |
Learning, Earning, and Investing | Caldwell, J., J. Davis, S. Gallagher, J. Lopus, J. Morton, M. Schug, M. Suiter, P. VanFossen, D. Wentworth, and W. Wood, 2004. Learning, Earning, and Investing: High School. New York: Council for Economic Education. Available at http://store.councilforeconed.org |
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State Farm Insurance Lessons |
Available on Virtual Economics: CD-ROM - Version 3.0. Available at http://store.councilforeconed.org |
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VISA Practical Money Skills |
VISA, 2000. Practical Money Skills. San Francisco: VISA U.S.A., Inc. Available at http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com |
A Typical Keys to Financial Success Course in a Semester
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Theme 1: Goals & Decision-Making |
1–2
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Theme 2: Careers & Planning |
2–4
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Theme 3: Budgeting |
4–6
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Theme 4: Saving & Investing |
6–9
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Theme 5: Credit |
9–12
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Theme 6: Banking Services |
12–13
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Theme 7: Transportation Issues |
13–14
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Theme 8: Housing Issues |
14–15
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Theme 9: Risk Protection |
15–16
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The color-coded table below shows the precise timing of themes across the semester.
Authors and Project Directors
Authors
Barbara Emery is the program coordinator at the University of Delaware Center for Economic Education & Entrepreneurship. Prior to joining the center in 2001, Barbara taught social studies for more than 31 years at Christiana High School in the Christina School District, Newark, DE. She has a master of instruction degree in economic education and a bachelor’s degree in history, both from the University of Delaware.
Todd Zartman is the economic education specialist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Prior to joining the Reserve Bank in 2004, Todd taught business and technology at Palisades High School in Kintnersville, PA. He previously taught at Liberty High School in Bethlehem, PA. He has an M.A. degree in economic education and entrepreneurship from the University of Delaware, a B.A. in speech communications from the University of Richmond, and a B.S. in education from Delaware Valley College.
Project Directors
Andrew Hill is the economic education advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and adjunct professor of economics at Temple University. Prior to joining the Reserve Bank in 2002, Andrew was a visiting assistant professor of economics at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. He has a Ph.D., an M.A., and a B.S. degrees in economics from the University of Delaware.
Bonnie Meszaros is the associate director of the Center for Economic Education & Entrepreneurship and assistant professor of economics at the University of Delaware. Prior to joining the center in 1974, Bonnie was a middle school teacher in Ohio and Delaware. She has Ph.D. and M.Ed. degrees from the University of Delaware and a B.A. degree from Ohio Wesleyan University.