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All Ages
Hands on Banking/El Futuro En Tus Manos
English and
Spanish language curriculum on CD-Rom with different formats for children, adolescents, high school age, and adults. Features interactive learning, teacher's guides and additional activities to print out for students. Also available free online at
www.handsonbanking.com.
Elementary Age
Buyer Be Wise
Grade Level: 1-8
This video helps younger students become more responsible, aware shoppers, and savers. (8 minutes)
Meet the Bank
Grade Level: K-5
An animated video that features a group of students who go on a tour of their bank. Students learn the basics of deposits and loans, checks, bank services, and the role a bank plays in the community. (6 minutes)
Money: Kids and Cash
Grade Level: K-6
A 10-segment video that teaches students how money is printed, its worth, how to manage it, and an introduction to banking. (Each segment 5-16 minutes)
Secondary And Adult Age
Banking & You
Grade Level: 7-12
A video introducing students to bank services and financial management. Each of four modules features a "problem" and a "solution" vignette in which the teenagers solve their financial problems by using bank services--credit cards, car loans, savings accounts and ATM privileges. (8 minutes)
Careers in Banking
Grade Level: High School & Adult
A video which demonstrates the diverse career opportunities banking has to offer. It gives you an organized, methodical way to show students with varied interests, that a career in banking may be right for them. It includes a moderator's guide, student guide, student brochure and poster. (15 minutes)
Give Credit Its Due
Grade Level: High School & Adult
A video which explores the whys and how-tos of establishing and maintaining creditworthiness. (15 minutes)
Growing Your Money: Personal Financial Tools
Grade Level: 11-Adult
Video, Participant's Workbook, and Instructor's Guide. Four sections: "Developing a Spending Plan", "Working with Checking and Savings Accounts", "Using Credit and Your Credit Report", and "Getting a Loan". These free resources are also available from
www.fanniemaefoundation.org. (21 minutes)
In Charge
Grade Level: High School & Adult
A kit containing top-quality resources targeting young people age 15 through 22. Presentations inform participants about many aspects of credit--how to obtain it, how to manage it, and how to avoid problems, as well as the many implications of credit on people's lives and financial plans.
Knowing & Understanding Your Credit
Grade Level: 11-Adult
Video in English and booklet in English and Spanish explain why having good credit is so important, especially when you want to buy a home.
Managing Debt, Building Wealth
Grade Level: 9-Adult
Video, Leader's Guide and a consumer brochure. Also available, free of charge, from American Express. Also available in Spanish. (11 minutes)
Managing Your Personal Finances
Grade Level: High School & Adult
A video which explores ways to responsibly and effectively manage personal finances. (25 minutes)
Master Your Future: 2nd Edition
Grade Level: 6-Adult
Video by MasterCard to help teens strengthen their financial habits and money management skills. (23 minutes)
Money and Banking
Grade Level: 7-12
A video that explores the concept of money, from barter to credit card, and explains the function of banks and the Federal Reserve System in controlling the money supply. (19 minutes)
Money: Bucks, Banks and Business
Grade Level: 7-12
A four segment video that discusses money, the role banks play, trade, and how to make money. (Each segment is 23 minutes)
Money Smart
Grade Level: Adult
Ten modules to help adults outside the financial mainstream enhance their money skills and create positive banking relationships.
Preventing Elder Financial Exploitation: How Banks Can Help
Grade Level: Adult
Video that features Kansas Attorney General Phil Kline. Presents personal stories told by fraud victims with helpful advice for seniors and their families. (30 minutes)
Road to Wise Money Management
Grade Level: High School & Adult
A video which covers the concepts of the importance of a sound spending plan that takes into account the different types of expenses, how to set short term and long term goals, and a detailed breakdown of a paycheck. (6 minutes)
Writing Checks Right
Grade Level: 7-12
A video in which students learn how to open an account, make deposits and withdrawals, write checks, keep a check register and reconcile a bank statement. (30 minutes)