Lesson Plans
Grade 6
Components Covered: Budgeting, Planning, & Goal Setting | Protecting Money & Assets | Investing Money
Teaching Units: Importance of Planning | Importance of Protecting Money & Things You Own | Investing to Make a Difference
Targets for knowledge, skills, and behaviours below are possible targets. It is not expected that all will be covered by a single Teaching Unit. Teachers can select their learning targets using the Teaching Units provided, adaptations of these Teaching Units, or Units/Lesson Plans they develop on their own.
TEACHING UNIT:
Importance of Planning
Financial Literacy Component Covered: Budgeting, Planning, & Goal-Setting
Math
Language Arts
Students will learn how and why it is important to make plans, and how plans can help to achieve goals – such as saving up for something that is wanted.
LEARNING TARGETS:
KNOW:
How a plan can help to achieve goals
Benefits of having a plan to follow
How and why plans can change
Why planning to save money is important
BE ABLE TO:
Estimate how much is spent on different things
Develop a plan to accomplish a task
Adjust a plan if necessary to achieve a task
Work with others to develop a plan and complete a task
ACTION/BEHAVIOUR:
Know how money is being used
Achieve goals or accomplish tasks by using a plan
Review and change a plan as needed
TEACHING UNIT:
importance of Protecting Money & Things You Own
Financial Literacy Component Covered: Protecting Money and Assets
Language Arts
Math
As the students reach preteen years they start to become more independent and, as such, enter into situations that require them to give some thought as to how they will protect their valued possessions including money.
LEARNING TARGETS:
KNOW:
Things people own and care about can be protected in different ways
Ways to protect cash when carried
How banks help protect savings
Why banks pay interest on savings
Why banks charge fees for their services
Ways to protect things they own – i-pod, bike, etc.
BE ABLE TO:
Deposit money in the bank
Protect cash they carry with them
Protect their possessions
ACTION/BEHAVIOUR:
Take steps to keep their money and possessions safe
Use the services of a bank when needed and as appropriate
TEACHING UNIT:
Investing to Make a Difference
Financial Literacy Component Covered: Investing Money
Language Arts
Diversity Education
Most people think “investing” is all about money – investing money to make money. But it is much more than that. It is about investing money, time, effort, ideas, etc. to make things better – including investing in education to improve oneself.
LEARNING TARGETS:
KNOW:
The concept of “investing” – that is, to make something change, grow, improve, etc. in the future
Different things that can be “invested” – time, effort, creativity, money
Why a person might want to invest time, effort, creativity, resources, etc. in something
The concept of “investing in yourself” and the goal and benefits of self-improvement
How resources can be invested to help others
BE ABLE TO:
Identify ways they can invest to improve themselves
Identify ways in which people, groups, organizations have invested in their community
Make an investment of time, effort, ideas, money etc. to improve something in their class, school, or community
ACTION/BEHAVIOUR:
Look for opportunities to improve things by investing time, ideas, innovative thinking, and money
Recognize and appreciate investments made by others
Make investments as they can to improve themselves, the circumstances of others, or the environment