Ourselves® uses compelling stories read
aloud by the volunteer, along with hands-on activities to demonstrate helping,
working, earning, and saving. Five required sessions.
Concepts–Barter,
Benefit, Buying, Choices, Consumer, Costs, Earning, Entrepreneurs, Giving,
Goods, Incentives, Income, Money, Resources, Rewards, Saving, Scarcity, Selling,
Spending, Voluntary exchange, Wants, Work.
Skills–Abstract
thinking, Coin recognition, Decision-making, Drawing, Following directions,
Interpreting information, Listening responsively, Matching, Responsibility,
Sequencing, Teamwork.
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Our Families® emphasizes the roles people
play in the local economy and engages students with activities about needs,
wants, jobs, tools and skills, and interdependence. Five required
sessions.
Concepts–Business,
Choices, Consumers, Economic institutions, Employment, Family, Incentives,
Income, Interdependence, Jobs, Needs, Resources, Scarcity, Skills, Tools,
Voluntary exchange, Wants, Work.
Skills–Analyzing
information, Decision-making, Differentiating, Drawing, Following directions,
Interpreting symbols, Listening responsively, Making observations, Map reading,
Matching, Teamwork.
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Our Community® explores the
interdependent roles of workers in a community, the work they perform, and how
communities work. Five required sessions.
Concepts–Banking,
Business, Choices, Circular flow of money, Community, Division of labor,
Economic institutions, Goods, Government, Incentives, Interdependence, Jobs,
Money, Productivity, Taxes.
Skills–Comparing,
Critical thinking, Decision-making, Identifying choices, Listening responsively,
Making observations, Matching, Problem-solving, Role-playing, Teamwork.
NOTE:
Our Community includes a cassette tape used in Activity 5: Money Moves. The song
is available here as an
MP3
file.
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Our City® studies careers, the skills
people need to work in specific careers, and how businesses contribute to a
city. Five required sessions.
Concepts–Banking,
Business, Careers, City, Consumer, Economic institutions, Entrepreneur,
Incentives, Income, Jobs, Money, Producers, Quality, Resources, Skills,
Specialization, Zones.
Skills–Applying
information, Conducting research, Decision-making, Filling out forms,
Interpreting directions, Map reading, Math computations, News writing,
Role-playing, Teamwork.
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Our Region® introduces the relationship
between the natural, human, and capital resources found in different regions and
explores regional businesses that produce goods and services for consumers. Five
required sessions.
Concepts– Business,
Choices, Economy, Exchange, Expenses, Goods, Incentives, Income, Investment,
Products, Profit, Region, Resources, Risk, Scarcity, Services, Specialization,
Taxes.
Skills–Comparing,
Compiling data, Conducting research, Decision-making, Differentiating, Giving
reports, Interpreting data, Math computations, Problem-solving, Reading,
Teamwork, Understanding symbols.
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Our Nation® provides practical
information about businesses' need for individuals who can meet the demands of
the job market, including high-growth, high-demand jobs. Further, it introduces
the concept of globalization of business as it relates to production materials
and the need for students to be entrepreneurial in their thinking to meet the
requirements of high-growth, high-demand careers worldwide. Five required
sessions.
Concepts– Advertising,
Capital resources, Career preparation, Communication, Competition, Corporation,
Demand, Employees, Employers, Engineering, Entrepreneur, Free enterprise, Global
competition, Goods, High-growth, High-demand jobs, Human resources, Natural
resources, Opportunity costs, Partnerships, Price, Products, Profit, Resources,
Resume, Scarcity, Services, Skills, Sole proprietorship, Specialization, Stock,
Stockholders, Supply, Technology, Technophile, Technophobe
Skills–Addition and
subtraction, Brainstorming, Conceptualizing and designing advertisements,
Creative thinking, Critical thinking, Decision-making, Drawing conclusions,
Estimating, Evaluation, Following directions, Graphing and graph interpretation,
Listening, Map reading, Problem solving, Reading and writing, Reasoning,
Role-playing, Teamwork, Verbal communication, Working in groups.
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NEW!!
Get Moving® Students are introduced to the concepts of saving and
sharing money. They participate in an activity in which they are presented
with opportunities to save or share their earnings and then see the results of
their choices. One required
session.
Concepts– Donate, Earn, Goals, Income,
Saving, Sharing.
Skills–Active listening, Decision-making, Following directions,
Goal-setting, Reading aloud.
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BizKid$ is a multi-media, multi-faceted initiative that shows
school-aged children how to make and manage money, and teaches them about
entrepreneurship. The initiative includes:
DVD Series – Biz Kid$ is a 30-minute TV show by the Emmy
award-winning creators of “Bill Nye the Science Guy.” The show is fun,
fast-paced, and features compelling stories from real-life young entrepreneurs.
DVD's of each episode are available through your local JA office.
Classroom Activities
– JA-created lessons reinforce the content of
each television episode and supplement existing JA programs.
Website – Includes fun content for students - blogs, games, video
clips, opportunities to become part of the Biz Kid$ community and more! Also
available on www.jabizkids.com
is a complete list of all 26 episodes with the downloadable lessons for
classroom volunteers, educators and parents.
eNewsletter
– The Vault is a monthly eNewsletter which offers
ideas on how kids can start their own businesses, hints on earning money and
tips on making their money grow.
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With recent corporate scandals giving way to a declining confidence in the
business world, it is vital that Junior Achievement rethink what and how
children are taught. While Junior Achievement strives to prepare and inspire
young people to succeed in a global economy, JA students should also know that
their goals must be pursued in an ethical and moral manner. One of the best ways
to teach today’s youth that the passionate pursuit of ethics in the business
world is more important than ever is through a defined school curriculum.
To that end, Deloitte has committed $2 million to Junior
Achievement - to develop, test, and implement Excellence through Ethics,
a business ethics curriculum that is inter-woven through JA’s existing classroom
programs.
The curriculum is designed to teach our children that
responsible, ethical behavior is essential to a successful future. It is woven
into all JA programs that are utilized in grades 4-12.
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JA More than Money™ teaches students about earning,
spending, sharing, and saving money, and businesses they can start or jobs they
can perform to earn money. Six required, after-school sessions.
Recommended for grades three-five.
Concepts–Advertising,
Banking, Business planning, Consumer, Deposit, Earn, Employee, Estimate,
Expense, Goods, Income, Market research, Money management, Profit, Role model,
Save, Self-employed, Service, Share, Spend, Withdrawal, Work ethic.
Skills–Active listening,
Analysis, Applying information, Brainstorming, Chart data, Compare and contrast,
Computation, Critical thinking, Deductive reasoning, Decision-making, Drawing,
Evaluating data, Follow written and verbal instructions, Group work,
Mind-mapping, Problem-solving, Recording deposits and withdrawals, Role-playing,
Self-assessment, Taking turns, Teamwork, Vocabulary building.
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