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Welcome to the Junior Achievement Educator Resources.

Your students will be visiting the JA Discovery Center – an immersive facility where students get to be an adult for the day – and we want to be sure you have all you need to prepare them and yourself. JA partners with the business community and school districts to provide experiences that help bring learning to life and relevance to education.

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Junior Achievement of Southwestern Indiana Financial Literacy Comprehensive Course Overview and Outline

Theme 1: Careers and Budgeting

  1. The Basics of Earning

  2. Careers & Pay

  3. Career Clusters

  4. Net Income

  5. The Value of Education Supplemental:
    21st Century Scholars

  6. Taxes and Benefits

  7. Work Values, Responsibilities, and Forms

  8. Budgeting

  9. Next Level Budgeting

Theme 2: Financial Decision Making

  1. Financial Institutions 

  2. Spending and Saving 

  3. Think Before You Spend 

  4. Financial Decision Making

  5. Debt and Taxes

  6. What Is Credit? 

  7. Types of Credit 

  8. Protect Your Credit

Theme 3: Planning for the Future

  1. Philanthropy

  2. Investing Versus Saving

  3. Investing for the Future

  4. Investing for the Long Term

  5. How the Stock Market Works

  6. Risks and Responsibilities 

  7. Identity Theft

  8. Insurance

  9. Types of Insurance

Projects

Theme 1 Project: My Savings Plan

Theme 2 Project: My Credit Score

Theme 3 Project: My Investment Plan

Junior Achievement Finance Park Advanced Simulation

On-site simulation at Junior Achievement Discovery Center

*Scheduled for anytime after completion of Theme 1

Communication Resources and Forms.

Your Local Junior Achievement Area Contacts

Please don't hesitate to reach out to your local Junior Achievement Area contacts with any questions or concerns regarding the curriculum.  

Rachel Gollaher, Student Impact Manager; HS Specialist
Email:  rachel.gollaher@ja.org
Phone:  812-483-3873 

Esther Sullenger, Senior Director of Student Impact
Email:  esther.sullenger@ja.org  
Phone:  812-204-2972

Before the Program

Getting Started