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OppU: Free, Standards-Aligned Personal Finance Lessons for 11th-12th Grade Students

1/17/2018

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For many students across the nation, personal finance is unfortunately not a topic that is typically covered in high school.  Rather, students learn from their parents, siblings, friends, or more typically, from making mistakes along the way once they’re out on their own.  For students and teachers looking for an opportunity to expand personal finance knowledge, OppU offers a free online program.

This program consists of four courses, all of which are aligned with national standards from the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy.

To begin, no account is required to access and use these courses, however, it can be beneficial to start one, just for tracking progress through the lessons.

Students begin with the “Freshman: Spending” course, which consists of two videos, a quiz, and a place to take notes.  I would recommend opening the video in a new tab, so that you can keep your notepad open if you’re using it.  The videos also contain questions throughout in order to check-in on understanding while students are watching.

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After completing the Freshman level, students move on to the Sophomore, Junior, and Senior levels. Each level consists of a series of videos with embedded questions, as well as a final quiz.  Overall, the lessons provide a solid, but quick, introduction to concepts of personal financial literacy such as budgeting, saving, and credit.  

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One important thing to point out, is these courses are designed for college students and high school students who are planning on living on their own soon.  Because of this, these courses offer great introductory financial lesson for adults, and soon to be adults.  In other words, I wouldn’t recommend these courses to high school freshmen and sophomores.


Overall, these courses provide an important overview to personal financial literacy that many students might not otherwise receive.  It’s unfortunate that financial literacy is so often overlooked in the secondary curriculum, and it’s great to see a resource designed with this audience in mind. 

OppU’s free collection of personal financial literacy lessons are an excellent resource for any teacher, parent, or student looking to increase their knowledge on these important topics.  You can check out the courses from OppU here.

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The opinions expressed in this review are my own.

I was not compensated for writing this review.


5 Comments
Julianna
1/25/2018 12:39:56 pm

I totally agree and think that having students learn about financial is great because you need to know how to do all of that kind of stuff in college and I was never taught that stuff so my parents had to explain it all to me but I think it would be a great idea to teach children this kind of stuff.

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Mike
1/25/2018 12:53:37 pm

Hi Julianna,

Thanks for reading! I absolutely agree! Teaching financial literacy is so important, yet so often overlooked!

Mike

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Nicole
1/27/2018 01:09:29 pm

I love this! I am a secondary ed student currently working in a very diverse high school as an intervention assistant. The population I work with would benefit so greatly from this course. Many of them do not have support at home to graduate high school, making life skills even more important for this population that will likely be on their own with minimal education (hopefully a high school diploma, but not always the case). I hope to be able to recommend this to students I work with.

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Mike
1/27/2018 03:53:29 pm

Hi Nicole,

Thanks for reading and happy to hear this would be a beneficial resource for your students!

Mike

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Sam link
11/10/2019 12:27:24 am

Great stuff! Wish I had access to such resources back in high.
Kids these days don't realize how fortunate they are to have such guidance.

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