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)
- Price
- Free
- Published / Released Year
- 2017
- Format and Delivery
- Online Accessible
- Resource Type
- Single-Topic Curricula, Lessons, Workbook/Activity Sheet
- Target Audience
- High School, College/Postsecondary
- 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
- Yes
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