Essential Lesson
20 MIN(S)
Managing Risk
Students will learn about managing risk by accepting, reducing, or transferring risk. They will be introduced to a variety of types of insurance and to be alert to common scams and identity theft.
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Choices and Risks
This essential lesson teaches students the concept of managing risk. It also introduces the concept of insurance. Students will read about the concepts and answer discussion questions.
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Choices and Risks
Essential Lesson
40 MIN(S)
Types of Insurance
This essential lesson teaches students about common insurance products. Students will read a table that lists the most common types of insurance that families purchase and answer related questions.
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Types of Insurance
Essential Activity
30 MIN(S)
What Insurance Do We Need?
This essential activity teaches students how to make choices based on their needs. Students will read about a family scenario and make recommendations to the family about which insurance they should purchase.
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What Insurance Do We Need?
Supplemental Activity
30 MIN(S)
Intro to Common Scam Types
This supplemental lesson teaches students about common consumer scams. Students will watch two videos about imposter scams and learn about different types of scams. You can show the Common Scam Frauds web page and review it with the students.
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IRS Imposters
Family Emergency Imposter Scams
Common Scam Frauds
Supplemental Activity
30 MIN(S)
Is it a scam?
This supplemental activity teaches students how to decide whether scenario is scam. You can have student read each of the scenarios and explain why they made that decision.
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Scam or No Scam
Scam or No Scam Answer Key
Supplemental Activity
20 MIN(S)
How to Protect Yourself
This supplemental reading contains useful tips for students to protect themselves from common scams and identity theft. You can have students read How to Protect Yourself document and have them reflect new things they learned.
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How to Protect Yourself
Additional Resources
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Types of Insurance
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Managing Risk Quiz