Jump on This!
What the Jump On It! teacher-training includes:
- School-based or district-based workshops free to schools with 50% or more of students on free/reduced lunch. Very modest fees for other schools.
- Financial Fitness for Life test manuals available for grades 3-5; 6-8;
and 9-12. - Personal finance lessons that support academic standards in English/Language Arts, mathematics, social studies and other content areas.
- Financial Fitness for Life curriculum published by the Council for Economic Education in the following grade bands: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12.
Click here to see a lesson plan
Teacher workshops show you how to use the Jump On It! program to have fun teaching economics and personal finance in the classroom.
Teachers, are you looking for more interactive ways to teach personal finance and economics in the classroom? Then the Jump On It! Financial Fitness for Life program is for you. The Financial Fitness for Life program follows the South Carolina Department of Education Standards and provides a comprehensive personal finance curriculum for grades K-12. For more information, visit Financial Fitness for Life.
From active learning lesson plans to helpful resources, this program teaches the importance of saving and investing, bank accounts, budgeting and other important financial concepts.
SC Economics offers teacher-training workshops to help you prepare active-learning lessons for the classroom. The Jump On It! teacher-training program comes directly to your school, so there’s no traveling required from you. For more information or to arrange the Jump On It! teacher-training program at your school, click here to download a sign-up form and fax it to SC Economics at 803.777.8328.
Click here to watch a 15-minute overview of the Financial Fitness for Life curriculum with Jump On It! teacher and parent trainer Lori Dickes.
Academic Standards: Click here to read South Carolina’s financial literacy academic standards.
Click here for other educational links and resources.
Free teaching materials are made possible in part through funding from Bank of America