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
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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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