Before or after your in-class session, assign this student self-guided activity.
This 45-minute, student self-guided activity helps students differentiate between buying and leasing a vehicle and introduces them to the various essential costs associated with buying and operating a vehicle. The session also stresses the importance of comparative shopping when making a major purchase.
A Student Activity is available as a fillable PDF.
This asset addresses Content Statement 24: A risk management plan can protect consumers from the potential loss of personal and/or business assets or income.
d. Describe the difference between a warranty and extended warranty on a given product
Students will learn how credit scores influence credit approvals. The session introduces the Five C’s of credit that lenders use to evaluate an applicant’s creditworthiness. Students will also evaluate creditworthiness, make credit-related decisions, and learn ways to protect their credit.
STUDENTS WILL:
Explain the impact credit scores and reports have on obtaining credit.
Evaluate the process of the Five C’s of credit.
Explain what a credit score indicates and how it affects a person’s financial history.
Identify strategies for protecting personal financial information and resources.
The Session Teacher Guide will be provided as a PDF and as a Microsoft Word document.
The Session Student Activity will be provided as a fillable PDF and as a Microsoft Word document.
The Session Exit Ticket will be provided as a PDF and as a Google Doc.
The Session Journal Page will be provided as a PDF and as a Google Doc.
An interactive onscreen presentation for each session will be view-able from the page or can be shared via direct link.
This video addresses the following Financial Literacy standards:
Content Statement 12a: Identify ways consumers can identify fraud and protect themselves from being a victim of fraud.
Content Statement 12b: Describe the process for consumers who believe they are victims of fraud to seek recompense.
Content Statement 12c: Describe the consumer protections provided to citizens through government and consumer agencies.
Content Statement 14b: Identify a consumer protection law and explain why it was developed and how it serves to protect individuals from fraud and potential loss.
Content Statement 25b: Give specific examples of how online transactions, online banking, email scams and telemarketing calls can make consumers vulnerable to identity theft.
Content Statement 25d: Recommend actions a victim of identity theft should take to limit losses and restore personal security.
Despite their funny sounding names, Phishing/Smishing is a scheme that is meant to trick you into providing personal information to scammers. They take advantage of human emotions to trigger a response such as offering a prize, threatening a late fee or demanding a password change due to fraudulent activity in your account. In 2020, there were over 241,000 victims of phishing and related scams (which is enough people to sell out Fenway Park over six times)!
What personal information are these scammers trying to collect that you need to protect?