Financial Literacy

Weekly Schedule:

Session 1 - Intro, Group Building, Goal Setting and Intro to Money Theory. Homework - Review Assignment and Web search Activity.

Session 2 - Money, Asset and Commodity History and Learning. Gold, Coins, Food and Shells. Homework - Web Scavenger Hunt.

Session 3 - Canadian Finance and Teen Tools: Saving and Chequing Accounts, RRSP, TFSA, GIC, RESP, Home Buyer Plans, Tax Systems, Capital Gains, Income Tax. Homework: Interview activity.

Session 4 - Bitcoin History, and Basics to Cryptography. History, use and principles. Homework - Key Pair Theory Package and Take-home Quiz.

Session 5 - Guest Speakers and Digital Key Storage - Key password management. Restoring a hardware and software wallet. Using Layer2 Bitcoin. Guest Speaker & Prizes! Homework: Roadmap for future networking and learning.

Final Test, Review and Celebration! - Review of learning and Final Test. Certificate presentations and celebration with games and food!

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-Computational Thinking

-Computers

-Digital Literacy

-Entrepreneurship

-Media Arts

-Economic Theory 12

Lead Instructor

Angela has been a public school educator for more than 20 years!

She currently teaches Business and Technology courses at the secondary level.

In addition to being an experienced and knowledgeable finance teacher, Angela has expertise in global applications, equity and emergent trends.