Description
This course focuses on helping you know how to manage money. Courses include easy to follow lessons, videos, and printable worksheets, assignments, and projects. Each course is focused on teaching skills that will prepare you for real life.
- Each course has between 5 and 10 lessons each lasting about 5 minutes.
- The entire course should be able to be completed in 5-10 hours, based on how much effort is put into the projects.
Income
- Vocabulary of Earning Money
- Calculating Wages
- Tips and Equivalent Hourly Pay
- Commission
- Withholding’s
- Form W-4
- Understanding the Paycheck Stub
- Direct Deposits
Bills
- The Language of Home Buying
- Nine Steps to Buying a Home
- Understanding Home Loans
- Language of Renting
- Rental Types, Sizes, and Costs
- Utilities
- Choosing a Utility Company
- Language of Car Buying
- Negotiating the Best Price
- Reducing the Grocery Bill
Budgeting
- Components of a Budget
- Using a Spreadsheet
- Graphing a Budget
Banking and Savings
- Banks vs. Credit Unions
- Types of accounts
- Fees
- Bank Statements
- Check Registers
- Balancing Your Account
Investing and Retirement
- Making Sense of Investing
- The Language of Stocks
- Stocks
- Bonds
- Mutual Funds
- The Money Market
- 401K and Other Retirement Accounts