[Mo-facs] Personal Finance Resources

[Thoenen, Merilee]

Partners in the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy have
many resources available for teachers for their classroom and for
preparing students for the LifeSmarts competition. (For more information
about LifeSmarts, go to:  www.lifesmarts.org
<http://www.lifesmarts.org/>  ) A few of the resources listed in the
Jump$tart Coalition 2006 Annual Report include:

 

American Century Investments:  Tips for Kids and Tips for Life are
personal finance curriculums that can be accessed at:
www.tipsforkids.com <http://www.tipsforkids.com/> ;  Also available to
order (free) or print from the website are educational tools such as
"Set Specific Goals in Six Easy Steps" and "IRA Fast Facts Card".
http://www.americancentury.com/orderbymail/order_by_mail.jsp.  American
Century Investments is the Missouri Financial Sponsor of LifeSmarts.

 

Junior Achievement:  A new PBS series entitled JA's Biz Kids and
resource materials such as a business plan for potential young
entrepreneurs is found at:  

http://www.jabizkids.com/resources.php?pageGo=resources

 

MasterCard has a list of ways to protect you from identity theft at:
http://www.mastercard.com/us/personal/en/securityandbasics/identitytheft
/protectyourself/index.html;

questions to ask if someone wants you to give them your social security
number at

http://www.mastercard.com/us/personal/en/securityandbasics/identitytheft
/protectyourself/ssn.html;

and additional tips:
http://www.mastercard.com/us/personal/en/securityandbasics/identitytheft
/protectyourself/additionaltips.html

 

Merrill Lynch has an educational program called "Investing Pays Off(r)"
The curriculum covers 15 strategies for success in the essential areas
of leadership, entrepreneurship, personal finance, and business savvy at
three grade levels.

http://philanthropy.ml.com/index.asp?id=66319_67034_67417_67423_67427_67
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Jump$tart Coalition has the questions, answers and percentages for the
2006 Survey of Financial Literacy among High School Students (With Stats
and Answers) at:
http://www.jumpstartcoalition.com/upload/2006SurveyWithAnswers.doc;and
the Executive Summary of the Survey at
http://www.jumpstartcoalition.com/upload/2006%20Executive%20Summary%20Dr
aft%20Final.doc.  

There are also additional resources and a clearinghouse available on the
Jump$tart home page: http://www.jumpstart.org/index.cfm

 

 Merilee Thoenen 
Supervisor, Family and Consumer Sciences Education 
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 
PO Box 480 
Jefferson City, MO   65102-0480 
Telephone: 573-751-6878 
Fax: 573-526-4261 
E-mail: Merilee.Thoenen at dese.mo.gov 

 

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