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Middle School Personal Finance

Middle School Personal Finance

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Financial Responsibility

3: Explain how goals, decision‑making, and planning affect personal financial choices and behaviors.

Standards
Defined by Alabama Course of Study: Finance 9th-12th Grades and align with Middle School Personal Finance
a: Create a plan to reach a specific financial goal.

Money Management

16: Prepare a monthly budget for an individual or a family given their income, savings goals, taxes, and list of fixed and variable expenses.

Standards
Defined by Alabama Course of Study: Finance 9th-12th Grades and align with Middle School Personal Finance
a: Evaluate the impact of taxes, government payments, and employee benefits on budgeting decisions. Examples: FICA, income taxes; SNAP, Medicaid, unemployment insurance, farm subsidies; health insurance, retirement plan contributions

Saving

22: Research and report on the benefits of savings.

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Defined by Alabama Course of Study: Finance 9th-12th Grades and align with Middle School Personal Finance
a: Distinguish between saving and investing, considering the characteristics of various methods of saving. Examples: savings account, money markets, certificates of deposit, IRAs, retirement accounts

23: Compare certificates of deposit, money markets, and savings accounts and identify the benefits and disadvantages of each.

Standards
Defined by Alabama Course of Study: Finance 9th-12th Grades and align with Middle School Personal Finance
c: Explain the difference between simple and compound interest and calculate interest on a given amount of savings using each method.

Investing

24: Identify types of investments appropriate for different objectives. Examples: short term vs. long term goals, liquidity, risks vs. reward

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Defined by Alabama Course of Study: Finance 9th-12th Grades and align with Middle School Personal Finance
d: Describe steps that will maximize long‑term investment returns and explain the advantages of each. Examples: begin investing at an early age, diversify investments, take advantage of employer matching programs