Module 1: Money Management
Income, budgeting, and unemployment: students plan through a sudden job loss with no safety net, then revise the plan to reduce risk.
- Crisis Lab: The Diner Closes
- Solutions & plan revision
A free five-module curriculum for grades 6–8, with the real lesson slides inside.
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Every module opens with a story where FinGoose hits a money problem, then a Solutions lesson teaches the tools to fix it. Pick a module and flip through the real slides.
Middle school financial literacy
Help students make practical money decisions through five modules covering budgeting, consumer choices, saving and investing, economic inequality, and careers. Each module opens with a Crisis Lab scenario, then teaches the tools to solve it.
Module 2: Money Decisions
Consumer decisions and incentives: students see how advertising, influencers, and FOMO shape spending, and how to research and stay safe from scams.
- Crisis Lab: The Walk-and-Earn App
- Solutions & plan revision
Module 3: Money Growth
Saving, investing, and managing risk: students compare accounts, interest, and diversification to grow money without betting it all on one thing.
- Crisis Lab: The Pond Float
- Solutions & plan revision
Module 4: Money Around the World
Wealth, opportunity, and inequality: students investigate how access, starting conditions, and economic systems lead to unequal outcomes.
- Crisis Lab: Unequal Starting Conditions
- Solutions & policy analysis
Module 5: Money and You
Agency, careers, and ethical decisions: students connect everything to their own goals and future careers, then apply it in a final capstone.
- Reflection & careers
- Capstone: design-and-solve task
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