Financial Literacy and Economic Awareness
About This Course
Purpose: This curriculum is designed to help you develop essential financial skills and economic awareness, preparing you to make smart decisions about money, understand how the economy works, and manage your personal finances effectively. By learning about budgeting, saving, investing, and more, you’ll gain the knowledge you need to build a strong financial future.
Target Audience
- Building Your Financial Future: This curriculum is all about helping you gain the financial skills and knowledge you need to succeed. By learning about budgeting, saving, investing, and more, you’ll be better prepared to make smart decisions with your money, achieve your financial goals, and navigate the world of finance with confidence. Remember, the financial choices you make today will shape your future, so take charge of your financial education and start building a secure and prosperous life!
Curriculum
20 Lessons24h
Introduction to Money and Currency
What You’ll Learn: Understand the basics of money, how it works, and why it’s important in our daily lives.
Key Topics
Why It’s Important
Saving and Budgeting Basics
What You’ll Learn: Learn how to create a budget, save money, and make smart financial decisions.
Understanding Banks and Financial Institutions
What You’ll Learn: Get to know what banks and other financial institutions do, and how they can help you manage your money.
Credit and Loans
What You’ll Learn: Understand what credit is, how loans work, and why it’s important to borrow money responsibly.
Investing and Financial Planning
What You’ll Learn: Get introduced to investing and financial planning, and learn how to grow your money over time.
Taxes and Civic Responsibility
What You’ll Learn: Learn about the tax system, why we pay taxes, and how taxes are used to support our communities.
Cost of Living and Inflation
What You’ll Learn: Explore the concepts of cost of living and inflation, and how they affect your purchasing power.
Consumer Rights and Responsibilities
What You’ll Learn: Know your rights as a consumer and how to make smart, informed purchasing decisions.
Managing Debt
What You’ll Learn: Understand the importance of managing debt and learn strategies to avoid getting into financial trouble
Entrepreneurship and Starting a Business
What You’ll Learn: Get an introduction to entrepreneurship and learn what it takes to start and run your own business.