Personal Finance Activities for Teens

Personal Finance Activities for Teens Workbook (Coming March 2009!)
Teen-based Activities for Building Financial Literacy

This book will challenge your students’ financial literacy with real-life skill-building activities. The goal of Personal Finance Activities for Teens is to help stop the momentum of our country’s credit crisis and provide the next generation with the skills necessary to make smart decisions towards obtaining financial security. The activities in this book offer a fun and interesting approach to developing these all-important skills.

Features:

Topics covered align with National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education by The JumpStart Coalition.
Students explore the true cost of living “on their own” and shopping for the needs and wants of life.
Each activity, written in a conversational, teen-based style, presents students with financial challenges they will face throughout life.
Includes activities that teach students to start earning and saving “now” for their financial future.
Includes a variety of activities that help students become credit savvy.
In-depth activities teach students about banking.
Teaches students how to manage their time to work toward a healthy financial future.
Many of the activities can be completed manually (using the working papers and forms) or on the computer. A computer is not required.

Students Use Real-Life Activities to Gain Financial Skills:
Goal Setting Needs Versus Wants Analyzing a Paycheck Career Planning Resumes Credit Terminology Credit Scores Cost of Credit Lease Versus Loan	Mortgages Banking Options Checking Accounts Electronic Banking Protecting Your Personal Information Saving Versus Investing	Stock Market 401k / 403b Diversification Time Value of Money Power of Advertising Cost of Living Risk Management Types of Insurance

Working Papers and Forms Book Includes:

Perforated pages of worksheets and forms that correlate with each workbook activity.

Teacher’s Guide Includes:

Activity solutions
Sample grading rubrics
Suggested Web sites for activity completion and enhancement

Personal Finance Activities for Teens (Available March 2009)
Item #	Description	ISBN	Price	Order Online
PFFT-WB	Student Workbook (Non-consumable)*	1-934422-13-4	$28.95 ea.	Coming soon!
PFFT-FRM	Working Papers and Forms (Consumable)*	1-934422-14-2	$15.95 ea.	Coming soon!
PFFT-TG	Teacher’s Guide	1-934422-15-0	$59.95 ea.	Coming soon!
*Min. order of 5 copies required