The Truth About Credit
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THE TRUTH ABOUT CREDIT is designed to teach youth how to use credit wisely and avoid pitfalls. Objectives include understanding the differences between credit and debit cards, fees and costs, recognizing how the brain plays tricks and influences spending, and details of credit reports and scores. Activities include a note-taker guide, writing prompts, credit building self-assessments, and a credit product research project.
- Provider
- Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE)
- Author
- Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE)
- Price
- Free
- Published / Released Year
- 2017
- Resource Categories
- Information
- Resource Type
- Lesson/Lesson Plan (one lesson), Workbook/Activity Sheet
- Target Users
- Parent, home school, Teacher, classroom or after school
- Grade Level
- 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, College & young adult
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Order Instructions
- All of our curricula can be accessed for no charge. Please create a free account and download the documents you need. You may also schedule a walkthrough of our materials by emailing info@care4yourfuture.org
- Order Phone Number
- 703-894-5985
- Jump$tart Standards
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- CD1 - Analyze the costs and benefits of various types of credit
- CD2 - Summarize a borrower's rights and responsibilities related to credit reports
- CD3 - Apply strategies to avoid or correct debt management problems
- CD4 - Summarize major consumer credit laws
- FDM3 - Summarize major consumer protection laws
- FDM4 - Make criterion-based financial decisions by systematically considering alternatives and consequences
- SS3 - Describe how to use different payment methods
- SS4 - Apply consumer skills to spending and saving decisions
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