Finance Summer Camp: Indiana Curriculum Alignment

Here's how Finance Summer Camp aligns with curriculum standards in Indiana. Use the filters to change the location, set of standards, and grade level.

Planning and Managing Money

8-3.1: Demonstrate ability to use money management skills and strategies.

Standards

Defined by Personal Financial Responsibility Course and Standards 8th Grade and align with Finance Summer Camp

8-3.1.1: Explain basic budget categories, including income, taxes, planned savings, and fixed and variable expenses.

8-3.1.2: Explain the relationship between spending practices and achieving financial goals.

8-3.4: Apply consumer skills to purchase decisions.

Standards

Defined by Personal Financial Responsibility Course and Standards 8th Grade and align with Finance Summer Camp

8-3.4.2: Use reliable consumer resources and practices to make buying decisions.

8-3.4.3: Apply systematic decision making to choose among courses of action that include a range of spending, delayed spending, and non-spending alternatives.

Managing Credit and Debt

8-4.1: Analyze the costs and benefits of using various types of credit.

Standards

Defined by Personal Financial Responsibility Course and Standards 8th Grade and align with Finance Summer Camp

8-4.1.1: Compare advantages and disadvantages of various types of credit.

8-4.1.2: Explain factors to consider when using credit or obtaining a loan.

Saving and Investing

8-6.1: Explain how saving contributes to financial wellbeing.

Standards

Defined by Personal Financial Responsibility Course and Standards 8th Grade and align with Finance Summer Camp

8-6.1.1: Describe the advantages and disadvantages of saving for short-term and medium-term financial goals.

8-6.2: Apply strategies for creating wealth and building assets.

Standards

Defined by Personal Financial Responsibility Course and Standards 8th Grade and align with Finance Summer Camp

8-6.2.1: Compare reasons and risk/return trade-offs for saving and for investing.