Financial Literacy

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Financial Literacy

Shannon DaRos Hall
We are incorporating the financial literacy standards into social studies in the next year.  I am currently looking at the standards and trying to determine the best way to go about teaching them in the 6th grade classroom.  I think it is important for students to get started early and to learn the difference between wants/needs, cash/credit etc.  So many times, students don't see the "big picture."  The big picture includes how the money is earned and spent and what happens when there are more wants than money.   I hope to incorporate some of the history behind trading and the introduction of money.