Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF) offers nine-week, semester, and year-long courses, but teachers can also pick and choose, developing smaller units or inserting a financial lesson into their existing curriculum. Math teachers can use the math-focused lessons and free Desmos activities to reinforce real-world applications. Assign activities or group projects to dig deep into important financial topics, or lead class discussions on financial success and stability. Students can also watch relevant videos or participate in high-quality simulations from the website's well-curated collection. Most of the site's resources are kept on Google Drive and thus can be downloaded and customized for your class's needs. Each unit also has premade assessments for users with free teacher accounts.
The NGPF blog and social media accounts post new content daily. Get students talking with the Question of the Day, participate in Math Mondays, and spice things up with FinCap Friday, a competitive multimedia activity that focuses on current events. In addition to the standard curriculum, there are also Mini-Units that cover a variety of topics, from philanthropy to cryptocurrency to racial discrimination in finance.
Note that lessons often feature third-party links. Teachers will want to review these prior to teaching, since some are better than others. These external sites might also feature ads or be tied to financial institutions or products.
