"Five Ways People Are Dumb With Money Listening Guide and video" - Humans can’t quite remove emotions from the money-making decisions process!  Video: https://youtu.be/n1b7piSmmME?si=bi0PwhForYpec3cq

Students can explore a video and the Money and Youth textbook to look at various ways to make money and earn an income. There are many considerations for each type of employment. 

Whether it’s buying that $5 coffee, a new piece of clothing that we don’t really need, or just trying to make ends meet, saving money is oftentimes easier said than done. We are often influenced by a variety of factors that make it difficult to save money. Many cartoonists have observed these challenges and wittily depict them in their cartoons. In this activity, you will pick one of the cartoons provided below and analyze how it portrays the challenges we encounter when it comes to saving money.

Your brain is biased. Over millions of years of evolution, it’s been programmed to prioritize the present over the future, so when we try to save money, it feels like we’re depriving ourselves of joy. Why save for 10 years from now when there’s so much to do right now? Neuroscientist Alex Korb explains how our brain circuits focused on thinking, habits, and rewards interact to impact our financial decisions. But even though we favor short-term indulgences over our long-term best interests, research suggests it’s possible to undo this harmful pattern with one simple thing: a vivid imagination. Learn more about how you can rewire your brain and change your behavior to live the life you’ve always wanted. This is Your Brain on Money.

Students will be able to reflect on a variety of personal values and how these values can influence their financial decisions. Students can also use the "MOVE" activity to explore thier own beliefs and alignments with certain "money value statements". This activity can also demonstrate how values differ from person to person. 

Money management is an essential life skill, but there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to this. We may all lean towards achieving the same results, but the path to getting there varies from one culture to another. It’s interesting to see how each country and their respective culture’s relationship with money is as distinctive as those cultures themselves.

A sample of 1,014 parents of 8 to 14 year olds nationally and their kids, analyzed parent attitudes and behaviors that were associated with kids' financial habits. The survey found that positive money behaviors and expectations among kids are often associated with parents' decision to let their kids decide how to save and spend their money on their own. as well as modeling good financial habits. Conversely, troubling financial habits among kids were more frequently seen when parents have a troubling history with money. 

10.3 Research products and services provided by various financial institutions: Describe the process and requirements, including personal identification required (e.g., birth certificate, social insurance number), for applying for an account at a financial institution. Assignment: Create a Brochure on How to Open a Bank Account in CanadaObjective: Students will create a brochure that provides clear and comprehensive information on how to open a bank account in Canada. The brochure should cover the necessary document requirements, how to access banking information, and the general process involved. You can use any of the financial institutions in Canada considering fees, services, branch locations, cultural or religious considerations, etc.

Navigating the complex world of personal finance can be challenging. This presentation explores trusted sources for unbiased financial advice in Canada. We'll examine various options to help student make informed decisions about their financial future The goal of this assignment is for students to research and critically analyze three different sources for obtaining financial advice in Canada. You will evaluate each source based on its reliability, accessibility, potential biases, and usefulness to consumers seeking unbiased financial advice.

Explore Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) information on: Opening a bank account, Choosing financial products and services that are right for you, Choosing a financial institution, and Types of financial institutions in Canada. This resource contains assignments for the  students to fill in the table doing comparisons on the types of financial institutions and choosing the financial products.

This content contains grade level Personal Finance Case Studies, resources to help teachers teach, helpful guides for teachers to write their own case studies and sample case presentations and videos of past students. These are great resources to enhance your teachings, use as projects or year end assignments and to prepare students for case based instruction in their future post secondary or at case competitions.

Comic Book titled “The Game Plan” by The Healthy Aboriginal Network https://istorystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Game-Plan.pdf The Healthy Aboriginal Network’s Game Plan is a comic book for Aboriginal youth featuring a teenager named Jake who struggled with financial wellbeing until he was taught a lesson or two in financial literacy. Making the right financial decisions helped Jake achieve his goals and feel financially empowered. 

Apply decision-making strategies to various financial scenarios.

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Marketplaces: Investing Basics™This newly updated financial education course equips students with an understanding of how the market works and the confidence to participate in it. Through interactive real-world scenarios, students discover how investing can have a powerful impact on their lives. The updated course more comprehensively addresses financial education standards and features additional investing content, including a brand-new lesson where students learn the benefits of hiring a financial advisor.Includes SK curriculum connections, lesson plans, online interactive lesson bank, assessment keys for teachers and a teacher portal to manage grades and student work.

Minding Your Money: Skills for Life is a digital financial education course with four lessons that teach learners about navigating the various financial stages of life, identifying your financial values, understanding the relationship between finances and mental health, and how to develop healthy financial boundaries in relationships. Learners will understand how to develop financial stability. Finally, they will learn about how their financial values can influence their goals and behaviours. Includes SK curriculum connections, lesson plans, online interactive lesson bank, assessment keys for teachers and a teacher portal to manage grades and student work.  LanguagesEnglish - US, Spanish - US, English - CA TopicFinancial Education, Health & Wellness Duration: 45 minutes

Incorporate fun stuff into your financial literacy classroom! Here are some files that teach financial literacy with events such as: Valentines Day, Super Bowl, and Halloween. There are also some online Finance games to share with your students

These videos were created by Sask DLC to align with the SK Financial Literacy 10 curriculum and learning outcomes.

Educational ComicsVisa and Marvel Entertainment teamed up to release two exciting educational comic books, which teach readers, especially young people, about personal finance. The comics, Avengers: Saving the Day, Guardians of the Galaxy: Rocket’s Powerful Plan, and Black Panther: Investing in Each Other, combine Marvel’s iconic Super Heroes with Visa’s financial literacy expertise to introduce readers to fundamental money management concepts in an entertaining and engaging way. The Guardians of the Galaxy has been distributed worldwide in16 different languages.