JA Financial Literacy Course
JA Financial Literacy Course
Course Description
4 units · 16 topics · 90 sessions across an 18-week semester (45-minute or 90-minute block pacing). Every topic is a Five E learning experience; every unit opens with a case study; the course culminates in the Case Challenge. Student-facing materials are open — facilitator materials unlock after registration.
Program Resources
Program Overview
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Course Pacing Guide
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Pre-Course Survey
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Units
Unit 1: Employment, Income & Financial Decision-Making
Learners explore how earning money connects to spending, saving, taxes, and career choices through a scenario positioning learners alongside alumni at their five-year high school reunion.
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Unit 2: Money Management & Financial Institutions
Learners investigate how managing money requires balancing spending, saving, and financial choices within the real-life scenario of purchasing their first car.
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Unit 3: Credit, Debt & Consumer Protection
Learners examine how credit, borrowing, and consumer protections shape financial decisions through a required $1,500 laptop financing case study.
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Unit 4: Planning for the Future & Financial Independence
Learners explore how saving, investing, risk management, and long-term planning work together to support financial independence, following Amara through time jumps across a lifetime.
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Case Challenge
The Case Challenge
Learners build and defend a 10-year financial plan drawing on their FinanceFolio artifacts as evidence, then close out the semester with a post-course check-in.
Post-Course
Course Reflection
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Post-Course Survey
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