Indiana Financial Literacy Standards Alignment
The state of Indiana’s Board of Education publishes a set of educational standards for Financial Literacy that districts are required to include, but do not mandate a dedicated Personal Finance or Financial Literacy course as a graduation requirement. These standards are usually divided between social studies, mathematics, economics, and other courses, depending on the district. We have aligned our curriculum to the 12th grade standards – we also have even more materials available for benchmarks included in the 8th grade standards.
Since each district approaches financial literacy differently, our materials are flexible – teachers can mix and match activities in our Financial Literacy curriculum with other activities from our Economics, Business, and Mathematics tracks to build customized classes that perfectly supplement existing lesson plans.
Activity Type Key:
Articles
Videos
Interactive Calculators
Comprehensive Tools
Includes Built-In Assessment
| Standard | Activity | Activity Type |
| Financial Responsibility – Decision Making | Family Planning | |
| Common Tax Deductions | ||
| Protecting Against Fraud | ||
| Consumer rights and responsibilities | ||
| Planning Long Term Purchases | ||
| What makes a contract valid? | ||
| Relating Income and Careers | Starting a Business | |
| Income and Compensation | ||
| Unemployment and other programs | ||
| Preparing For Retirement | ||
| Career Center | ||
| Planning and Managing Money | Budgeting | |
| Spending and Savings Plans | ||
| Home Budgeting Calculator | ||
| Receipts – Keeping and Tossing | ||
| Reconciling accounts | ||
| Debit Cards | ||
| What is Money? | ||
| Researching Spending | ||
| What is Opportunity Cost? | ||
| Protecting Against Fraud | ||
| Buy vs Lease Calculator | ||
| Preparing For Retirement | ||
| Managing Credit and Debt | Managing Debt | |
| Short-Term Financing | ||
| Credit Card Payments Calculator | ||
| Using Credit | ||
| Researching Spending | ||
| Credit Reports | ||
| Debt Management Services | ||
| Consolidating Debt | ||
| Bankruptcy | ||
| Risk Management and Insurance | Types of Insurance | |
| Car Insurance | ||
| Home Owner’s Insurance | ||
| Health Insurance | ||
| Renter’s Insurance | ||
| Life Insurance | ||
| Saving and Investing | Pay Yourself First | |
| Compound Interest Calculator | ||
| Stock Game | ||
| Time Value of Money | ||
| Investment Return Calculator | ||
| What is a Stock? | ||
| What is a Brokerage? | ||
| Why invest in Stocks? | ||
| What is a Mutual Fund? | ||
| Investing Strategies | ||
| What is Opportunity Cost? | ||
| Saving to be a Millionaire Calculator | ||
| What are Bonds |