Advanced Budgeting

Advanced Budgeting

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Here's how Advanced Budgeting aligns with curriculum standards in Minnesota. Use the filters to change the location, set of standards, and grade level.

Minnesota Personal Finance Course Content Recommendations

Focus Area One: Financial Psychology

Standards
Defined by Personal Finance Statewide Guidance 10th-12th Grades and align with Advanced Budgeting
Students are able to identify how unconscious beliefs influence financial decision making.
Students are able to evaluate how behavioral bias affects decision making, and strategies individuals use to navigate the emotions impacting financial decisions.
Students are able to use a systematic process for making financial decisions.

Focus Area Three: Financial Systems

Standards
Defined by Personal Finance Statewide Guidance 10th-12th Grades and align with Advanced Budgeting
Students are able to identify and explain types of taxes, and explain the reasons for taxation at the local, state, and federal levels, and the impact of taxation on financial decision making.

Focus Area Four: Credit and Debt Management

Standards
Defined by Personal Finance Statewide Guidance 10th-12th Grades and align with Advanced Budgeting
Students are able to evaluate the various sources and types of consumer debt.
Students are able to summarize how one's credit history can affect finances, including loan eligibility and terms.

Focus Area Five: Risk Management

Standards
Defined by Personal Finance Statewide Guidance 10th-12th Grades and align with Advanced Budgeting
Students are able to describe how insurance and other risk-management strategies protect against financial loss.

Focus Area Six: Budgeting and Investing

Standards
Defined by Personal Finance Statewide Guidance 10th-12th Grades and align with Advanced Budgeting
Students are able to identify short and long-term financial goals and develop a spending plan and/or budget.
Students are able to analyze how changes in taxation, inflation, and other external circumstances can affect personal budget.
Students are able to apply formal decision-making models to make financial decisions.
Students are able to determine practices that allow individuals and families to strive for financial security.