Financial Literacy Student Supplements
Are You Ready for the Real World
This financial literacy supplement, correlated to national financial education standards, was written by the Center for Economic Education at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. The GMU Center is part of the Virginia Council on Economic Education and the National Council on Economic Education.
NEFE High School Financial Planning Program
The goal of this program is to help students to learn how to responsibly and effectively manage their money for the rest of their life. The NEFE High School Financial Planning Program has three main objectives, for students to: 1. Learn the financial planning process÷what it is and what it can do for them; 2. Apply the process through assignments they will complete that relate to their experiences with money; and, 3. Take control of their finances, starting today.
Newspaper Finance Activities
Real-life newspaper lessons correlated to the NEFE supplement.
NEFE Copyright Information for NIE Program Usage
NIE PROFESSIONALS, please download and read the copyright information. It details the need for a contract for printing, in-paper and other usage by newspaper NIE programs.
The Stock Market
This supplement describes the many institutions and activities involved in helping people and companies buy and sell stock. The stock market is not just one market. Some of its institutions are traditional, floor-based stock exchanges, like the New York Stock Exchange, and some are electronic, computer-based markets like The NASDAQ Stock Market. They are all part of "the stock market" that students (and teachers) will come to understand through this supplement.
National Standards in Personal Finance
The National Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy provides these revised, updated standards, benchmarks, application examples, and glossary of terms, as a framework for program design for use by teachers, curriculum specialists, instructional materials developers and educational policymakers.
Student Supplements
Anti-Drugs - Majority Rules (grades 4-12)
Most of us have something in our lives thatâs important enough to stand between us and drugs. This supplement shows that many youth are making good choices - great choices - for themselves. Featured here are many of the personal "Anti-Drugs" that young people really care about and that they want to share with each other.
Be Kind to Animals·and People Too!
This Humane Education supplement, created in partnership with the American Humane Association, helps students learn compassion for all living things, both human and non-human. For more Humane Education resources visit the American Humane web site at: http://www.americanhumane.org/
Celebrating Flight
Written by NASA, this supplement chronicles the history of flight from unmanned balloons through the Wright Brothers historic first powered flight to manâs exploration of outer space.
Choose to Be Ready & Homeland Security
This supplement, written by the America Prepared Campaign, helps families prepare for all types of emergencies, whether natural or man-made. Families develop a plan, assemble an emergency kit, and become informed about every kind of potential emergency.
Iraq - Just the Facts
The goal of this supplement is to provide information students need to understand the causes and effects of the War in Iraq.
Mali
This supplement will help students study the early West African Empire of Mali and be able to describe its oral traditions (storytelling), government (kings), and economic development (trade).
Mali Map and Data
Map with key country data for the Republic of Mali.
Mentoring Course Student Supplement from
The National Mentoring Partnership (grades 6-12)
The mentoring relationship is usually between an adult (the mentor) and a teenager (the mentee). The relationship focuses on the teen's needs. Mentors encourage students to reach their goals based on developing a vision of the future. So, wherever students want to go, mentoring can help them get there!
O Canada! The True North Strong and Free!
Students will learn about our neighbor to the north, Canada. This supplement provides information on Canadian history, parliamentary government, geography, economy/trade, culture, famous Canadianâs and other topics.
People and Parliament
This teacher guide with student activity pages will help familiarize students in grades 4 to 12 with the Canadian parliamentary system while applying standards-based skills and concepts. It is recommended for use with the O Canada supplement and with Canadian newspaper web sites that can be accessed at: http://www.cna-acj.ca/client/cna/cna.nsf/web/online
People and Parliament can be accessed here.
The Civil War
This supplement will help students compare and contrast the conflicting issues between the Union and Confederate states. They will learn what military camp life was like and also about the wide variety of ethnic backgrounds of soldiers that fought on both sides of the war. They will learn about the Battle of Gettysburg, the most important battle of the Civil War.
World War II Memorial
A tribute to the sacrifice of our World War II Veterans, this supplement also provides an educational timeline of World War II and outlines the political discourse that led to the building of the new World War II Memorial in Washington, DC.
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