Title: Texas Personal Financial Literacy & Economics

Course Introduction & Instructor Information (Teacher Only)
  Instructor Information (Teacher Only)
Unit 1: Fundamental Concepts of Economics
  👉In Class Lesson: Making Choices & Identifying Costs (Teacher Only)
  Explore Economics Video Series—Scarcity
  📈The Art of Decisionmaking
  👉In Class Lesson: Production Possibilities Curve (Teacher Only)
  📺Economic Lowdown Video Series—Production Possibilities Frontier, Segment 1
  📺Economic Lowdown Video Series—Circular Flow
  📺Economic Lowdown Video Series—Circular Flow (Spanish)
  👉In Class Lesson: How Many Beverages Will Consumers Buy? (Teacher Only)
  📈Demand
  📈Supply
  📈Market Equilibrium
Unit 2: Macroeconomics
  👉In Class Lesson: Understanding Taxes (Teacher Only)
  📖Individual Income Tax: The Basics and New Changes
  📖Your Social Security Number: The 9-Digit Evolution
  👉In Class Lesson: Economic Systems (Teacher Only)
  👉In Class Lesson: Incentives Are All Around Us (Teacher Only)
  📈Types of Unemployment
  📈Consequences of Unemployment
  👉In Class Lesson: The Economic Goal of Price Stability (Teacher Only)
  📈Economic Growth
  📈Fiscal Policy: Tools for Influencing the Economy
  📈The Fed’s New Monetary Policy Tools
  👉In Class Lesson: How Fed Policy Translates to the Economy (Teacher Only)
Unit 3: Personal Financial Literacy--Investing in Education & Skills
  👉In Class Lesson: Investing in Yourself (Teacher Only)
  📖Education, Income, and Wealth
  📺Personal Finance 101 Conversations—Financial Aid 101
  📺Personal Finance 101 Conversations—FAFSA 101
  📖The Trade-Off Between Fun and Wages Is Real
Unit 4: Personal Financial Literacy--Earning
  👉In Class Lesson: The Inventory Game--Net Worth & Cash Flow (Teacher Only)
  📈It's Your Paycheck, Lesson 2:"W" Is for Wages, W4 and W2
Unit 5: Personal Financial Literacy--Entrepreneurship
  👉In Class Lesson: Entrepreneurship: Working For Yourself (Teacher Only)
  🎧Economic Lowdown Audio Series—The Role of Self-Interest and Competition in a Market Economy
  🎧Planet Money: How a Teenager Became an Entreprenuer
Unit 6: Personal Financial Literacy--Spending
  👉In Class Lesson: Making a Budget--It's All Spending! (Teacher Only)
  👉In Class Lesson: Budget Tradeoffs (Teacher Only)
  👉In Class Lesson: Financial Goal Setting (Teacher Only)
  📈Budgeting 101
  📈Cards, Cars and Currency, Lesson 4: The Car Deal Package
  📖On the Move: Renting Basics
Unit 7: Personal Financial Literacy--Credit & Debt
  👉In Class Lesson: The Three C's of Credit (Teacher Only)
  👉In Class Lesson: Evaluating the Benefits & Costs of Credit (Teacher Only)
  📈Cards, Cars and Currency, Lesson 2: The Credit Card Deal
  📈Cards, Cars and Currency, Lesson 3: Banking on Debit Cards
  📺Personal Finance 101 Conversations—Banks and Alternatives
  📺Continuing Feducation Video Series—The Amazing $2000 Pizza
  📺Continuing Feducation Video Series—Understanding How a FICO Credit Score is Determined
  📖Bankruptcy: When All Else Fails
Unit 8: Personal Financial Literacy--Saving & Investing
  👉In Class Lesson: Savvy Savers (Teacher Only)
  👉In Class Lesson: Types of Savings Accounts (Teacher Only)
  📺No-Frills Money Skills Video Series—Growing Money
  📺No-Frills Money Skills Video Series—Growing Money (Spanish)
  📺No-Frills Money Skills Video Series—Get into Stocks
  🎧Planet Money: Index Funds vs. Managed Funds: Decision-Making and the Stock Market
  📺No-Frills Money Skills Video Series—Understanding Bonds
Unit 9: Personal Financial Literacy--Protecting & Insuring
  👉In Class Lesson: Is Insurance Worth Buying? (Teacher Only)
  📖Insurance: Managing Risk and Balancing Responsibility with Affordability
  📺No-Frills Money Skills Video Series—Insurance: Protecting Yourself from Damage
  📺No-Frills Money Skills Video Series—Understanding Car Insurance: Premiums and How Coverage Works, Segment 1
  📺No-Frills Money Skills Video Series—Understanding Car Insurance: Applying for Coverage, Segment 3
  👉In Class Lesson: Owning vs. Renting (Teacher Only)
  📖Renters and Homeowners Insurance: When the Unexpected Happens
  👉In Class Lesson: The Three D's of Identity Theft (Teacher Only)
  📺Trick$ of the Trade—Introduction
  📺Trick$ of the Trade—Phantom Riches
  📺Trick$ of the Trade—Scarcity
  📺Trick$ of the Trade—Social Consensus
Unit 10: Personal Financial Literacy--Personal Financial Goals
  👉In Class Lesson Evaluating Investment Options (Teacher Only)
  👉In Class Lesson: Managing Risk (Teacher Only)