8000 Minute (Year-Long) Advanced Course Guide

Curriculum Type: Course Guide

Level: Advanced

Grade Levels: 10th, 11th, 12th

Age Ranges: 16-18 years, 18+ years

Course Introduction

2 hrs total

Advanced Level Course Introduction	90 min	Guest Speakers ALT Attitudes about Money ALT: Advanced Level Course Introduction Card Games ALT – Questions about Money Advanced Level Course Introduction PowerPoint Trivia
Advanced Level Course Pre and Post Test	30 min

Unit: Take Charge of Your Financial Well-Being

9 hrs 55 min total

Money in Your Life	180 min	Attitudes about Money ALT: Money Perceptions Gaining with Goals (service-learning project) The Game of Life ALT Mr. Holland’s Opus ALT – Movie The Pursuit of Happyness ALT – Movie Escape Room ALT – Digital Financial Decisions
Financial Decisions	135 min
Setting Financial Goals	180 min
Unit Assessment: A Collage of My Life	85 min
Unit Assessment: Take Charge of Your Financial Well-Being Unit Multiple Choice Test Bank	15 min

Unit: Managing Your Money

18 hrs 15 min total

Introduction to Depository Institutions	225 min	Attitudes about Money ALT Attitudes about Checking Out Depository Institutions Attitudes about Taxes Checking Account and Debit Card Simulation Monopoly ALT – game Escape Room ALT – Digital Taxes Spent – an online game (external) Don’t Go for Broke ALT – Movie Racing for the Money ALT
The Basics of Taxes	135 min
Paying Your Income Taxes	150 min
Statement of Financial Position	180 min
Income and Expense Statement	180 min
Spending Plans	135 min
Unit Assessment: My Money Management Guide	60 min
Unit Assessment: Managing Your Money Unit Multiple Choice Test Bank	30 min

Unit: Earning

27 hrs 30 min total

Invest in Yourself	225 min	The Bee Movie ALT Rudy ALT – Movie The Devil Wears Prada ALT – Movie The Intern ALT – Movie Fly Swatter Facts ALT: Career Paths – Planning for Higher Education Get a Job Peer Clinic (service-learning project)
Career Exploration	180 min
Get a Job	85 min
Preparing for Higher Education	180 min
Planning for Higher Education	225 min
Paying for Higher Education	225 min
Lifelong Employment	180 min
Getting Paid	225 min
Unit Assessment: Career Path Interview	95 min
Unit Assessment: Earning Unit Multiple Choice Test Bank	30 min

Unit: Receiving

8 hrs 30 min total

Receiving from Family, Friends, and Non-profits	180 min	From Prada to Nada ALT – Movie
Receiving from Government Programs	180 min
Unit Assessment: Perez Family Case Study Assessment	135 min
Unit Assessment: Receiving Unit Multiple Choice Test Bank	15 min

Unit: Saving and Investing

14 hrs 35 min total

Choose to Save	225 min	Time Value of Money Magic ALT Savers Challenge (service-learning project) Let’s Invest with Lawn Boy (service-learning project) PIT ALT – game Mr. Deeds ALT – Movie The Family Man Movie ALT Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps ALT – Movie ‘Round the Bases ALT
Savings Tools	135 min
Rule of 72 or Time Value of Money Math	20 min
The Fundamentals of Investing	225 min
Let’s Talk Stocks	120 min
Unit Assessment: It’s My Life Assessment	135 min
Unit Assessment: Researching Stocks: An Investment Portfolio Simulation	90 min
Unit Assessment: Saving and Investing Unit Multiple Choice Test Bank	15 min

Unit: Spending (includes protecting and borrowing)

26 hrs 25 min total

Credit Reports and Scores	225 min	Confessions of a Shopaholic ALT – Movie Catch Me If You Can ALT – Movie The Money Pit ALT – Movie Credit Cards 101 Trivia Jeopardy Game Understanding Credit Cards Which is it? Online game Understanding Credit Cards Toonly video Attitudes About Money ALT: Attitudes about Credit Cards Fake News lesson plan
Credit Basics	180 min
Understanding Credit Cards	205 min
Protecting Yourself from Fraud: Identity Theft	225 min
Types of Insurance	225 min
Smart Consumer Spending	180 min
Major Expenditures: Housing, Transportation and Food	225 min
Unit Assessment: Purchasing an Automobile Assessment or Finding an Apartment	90 min
Unit Assessment: Spending Unit Multiple Choice Test Bank	30 min

Unit: Distribution of Wealth

4 hrs 45 min total

Giving to Others	90 min	The Ultimate Gift ALT – Movie From Prada to Nada ALT – Movie Children’s Book Integration ALT Children’s Book Creation ALT
Estate Planning	90 min
Unit Assessment: Live Well, Do Good Things Assessment	90 min
Unit Assessment: Distribution of Wealth Unit Multiple Choice Test Bank	15 min

Unit: Authentic Assessment

4 hrs 15 min total

Life In the United States Family Finance Simulation	225 min
Advanced Level Course Pre and Post Test	30 min

Key Points

The guide is designed for a year-long Advanced Level course.
The full course is designed for 8,000 minutes of classroom time.
6,970 minutes are allocated to content lesson plans.
1,030 minutes are available for enrichment activities.
Each unit culminates in either a multiple-choice test bank or a project-based assessment.

Enrichment Activities

Find enrichment activities in the right hand columns of these tables. This guide includes recommended enrichment activities such as Active Learning Tools, service-learning projects, games, simulations, guest speakers, movie-based activities, and course review tools.

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Active Learning Tools

Service-Learning Projects

Notes on Time

The recommended time allocated for each lesson plan includes the completion of:

Vocabulary activity
One anticipatory set
Recommended facilitation
Two conclusion and/or assessment options

The course guide is organized by unit, with each unit culminating in a unit assessment.

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