Financial Education
SmartEconomics:
Economic Concepts
- Buying and Selling
- Government and the Economy
- Your Role in the Economy
Why Adopt This Course?
This free digital course sponsored by the MassMutual Foundation program empowers students to analyze the economy and identify factors that impact the price of consumer goods. Through a story-based narrative and interactive exercises, students learn to make real-life decisions that require the understanding of key economic concepts.
At-A-Glance
Grade Level
6th, 7th, 8thLength
3 digital lessons, 10 min each
Languages
Standards
Jump$tart Coalition’s National Standards for K-12 Personal Finance Education, National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies, State Academic Standards
Curriculum Fit
Economics, Business or Social Studies, and Career Readiness
Students explore the role of consumers in the economy, name factors that lead to a good job market, and discover how a market economy works.
Students acquire basic knowledge about trade, GDP, interest rates, the role of governments in the economy, and how taxes impact the larger economy.
Students discover how trade works, explore domestic and international trade and how it affects the larger economy, and identify economic benefits of trade.
Students explore the role of consumers in the economy, name factors that lead to a good job market, and discover how a market economy works.
Students acquire basic knowledge about trade, GDP, interest rates, the role of governments in the economy, and how taxes impact the larger economy.
Students discover how trade works, explore domestic and international trade and how it affects the larger economy, and identify economic benefits of trade.
This course is made possible through partnerships with community-focused financial institutions who invest in student financial literacy. That’s why everything—curriculum, training, and support—is completely free to educators.