Fin Lit Fun: Flex Games for Financial Literacy

In this 9-week flex course, students will use  fun interactive activities to learn about various financial literacy topics. This course will be filled with hands-on learning!  My course is a great way to get interested in personal finance! Each activity will last approximately 30 minutes.

Many learners start with little knowledge about personal finance.  After the course, they will grow to enjoy learning about money and will be much more confident in handling their own finances!

This course will include interactive activities and a reflection sheet for each lesson.  I'm a firm believer in creating engaging learning experiences.  I'm excited to begin a journey of discovering personal finance with your learner!

Students will be able to interact with each other on the Outschool platform. Students will work together to play games while learning about financial literacy. 

This is a FLEX course, which means that there are no live meetings, but I will still be interacting frequently with students electronically and ask that they interact with each other as they are comfortable. We will interact using the classroom page.

A lesson link will be provided every week. There will be multiple interactive activities throughout the lesson so students can synthesize what they are learning and keep track of it. Students will participate in nine games. In each game they will compete against each other and answer reflection questions. I will ask students to share their work with me and/or the class and give them feedback on this work. I will pose a weekly discussion question for students to answer in the classroom and I will ask that classmates respond to each other's submissions. There will also be a reflection sheet as a check for understanding.

Agenda:
Week 1: The Uber Game
Can you make it as an Uber driver with two kids to support and a mortgage payment due in a week?
Week 2: Payback
Students are in the “driver’s seat” as they make decisions to get to and through college.
Week 3: Money Magic
Help Enzo manage his budget, reach his savings goal, and make it to Vegas.
Week 4: Spent
Can you make it through the month? Living paycheck to paycheck is stressful.
Week 5: Bummer
Can you select insurance to help you survive a few spins on the dreaded Wheel of Bummers?
Week 6: Shady Sam
Students will learn the “tricks of the loan trade” as they play the role of a loan shark and try to maximize their profits.
Week 7: Cat Insanity
When it comes to debt, how do you get kids to care about things like interest rates, compounding and minimum payments?
Week 8: Credit Clash
Battle your way to the perfect credit score. May the cards be in your favor.
Week 9: Build Your Stax
See the consequences of 20 years of investing decisions in just 20 minutes.