Great entry level resource to a large variety of financial literacy documents ranging from investing to buying a car to starting a family (and more!).

This 9-minute video lesson shows a simple example of borrowing from equity to fuel consumption. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 9 of 184]

This 10-minute video lesson looks at the math of renting vs. buying a home. It challenges the notion that it is always better to buy. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 10 of 184]

This interactive spreadsheet walks students through the process of effectively saving for retirement, including how much they will need to live comfortably as well as how much they need to contribute annually to meet that goal.

Learning Objectives
Students will be able to
Explain the advantages of a 401(k).
Analyze who has access to 401(k) accounts.
Compare different types of retirement accounts, including Roth IRAs, traditional IRAs, 401(k)s, and pensions.
Simulate signing up for a 401(k) or IRA account.

Approximate Time
Lesson length: 115 mins

Learning Objectives
Students will be able to
Investigate how investing can be a powerful tool to meet your retirement goals
Explain why most Americans cannot rely on Social Security and pensions alone for retirement
Explore factors that can impact how much you might need in retirement and your ability to meet your retirement savings goal
Understand the growing popularity of the F.I.R.E. movement

Approximate Time
Lesson length: 115 mins

Learning Objectives
Students will be able to
Explain the difference between active investing and passive investing
Identify a variety of popular investment funds including mutual funds, index funds, exchange traded funds, and target date funds
Read a fund fact sheet for an index fund and a target date fund

Approximate Time
Lesson length: 110 mins

Many of us use the "Tale of Two Investors" (A starts early and stops whereas B starts later and continues for many more years, but typically A still ends up with more in the account due to the power of compounding interest) in Personal Finance. This interactive spreadsheet allows students the opportunity to experiment with feasible numbers they could contribute annually to see what different skipping "just a couple" years of investing earlier in their career could do.