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A Beginner's Guide to Securing Your
Financial Future
A personal finance education
resource that can be used individually or in the classroom to help
young people develop a plan for building personal wealth. Presents
an overview of personal wealth-building strategies
that includes setting financial goals, budgeting, saving
and investing, managing debt, and understanding credit
reports and credit scores.
Start Building Wealth
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| Building Wealth in the Classroom |
 The Texas Legislature mandated
the teaching of personal finance education in the economics
high school classroom. The Texas State Board of Education approved
Building Wealth as one of the resources that meets this
mandate.
Classroom Lessons
This collection of lesson plans is designed to facilitate the use of Building Wealth in the high school classroom. The lessons use a variety of instructional techniques and include student handouts as well as presentation visuals to be used by the teacher.
- Unit 1: Budget to Save
Lesson 1.1 What Does It Mean to Be Wealthy?
Lesson 1.2 Developing a Budget
- Unit 2: Save and Invest
Lesson 2.1 The Rewards and Risks of Saving and Investing
Lesson 2.2 Entrepreneurs and the Economy
- Unit 3: Take Control of Debt
Lesson 3.1 Use Credit Wisely
Lesson 3.2 Do Your Credit Homework
- Payment Calculators
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- Building Wealth may be reprinted
in whole or in part for training purposes, provided
it includes credit to the publication and the
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
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