Planning and Budgeting

Division IV: Gr. 10-12

Tracking, Managing, and Planning How You Use Your Money

The key to staying in control of your money is to set goals so you know where you want your money to go – today and in the future. Then, have a plan to make sure your money goes to the uses where you want it to go. It is important, then, to help youth learn how to set realistic goals and develop a plan for how they want to use their money, create a budget to help implement their plan to achieve their goals. It is important then to help youth know how to track where their money is actually going so they can make changes if they find they are getting off track. Staying in control of money is the key to financial health.

Please Note: Teaching Units provided are for support and consideration by teachers and are not prescriptive.

Learning Map and Supports for Instruction

The “Learning Map” identifies teaching opportunities in Alberta’s curriculum for each topic and you will find them as part of the Support Teaching Materials provided here. Teachers can, of course, integrate the target areas of financial knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviours anywhere they can find a fit. The Supports for Instruction provide videos, animations, and links to other resources to support teachers in their efforts to improve the financial literacy of their students.