"When It Hits The Fan" - You and Your Money
Learn the basic fundamentals of money and learn how poor financial decisions can affect your financial future and your lives.
NBE-COMM.III (Technological Communication) Use technoog to enhance the effectiveness of communication
NBE-PF.1 (Personal Decision Making) Use a rational decision-making process as it applies to the roles of citizens, orkers, and consumers.
NBE-PF.VII(Using Credit) Analyze factors that affect the choic of credit, he cost of credit and the legal aspects of using credit.
Objectives
Knowledge Objectives
Students will be better able to:
1. Identify the role of money in their lives.
2. Identify what mistakes can be made with money.
3. Identify the real-life potential dangers of poor decision-making regarding money.
4. Identify the meaning of the phrase “A Fool and Their Money.”
5. Explain the different types of mistakes the real life stories present in Module 1.
6. Explain what a credit card is and to understand the dangers of credit cards.
7. Identify small print in reference to you and your money.
Skills Objectives
Students will be better able to:
1. Apply the definition and understand the role of money in their lives.
2. Analyze why reasonable people make poor decisions with their money.
3. Apply the knowledge learned about “fine print.”
4. Interpret the phrase “If it is too good to be true, it is probably a scam.”
5. Analyze facts and determine the errors presented in the real-life stories in Module 1.