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Help Give Financial Literacy to New Immigrants

My students need educational workbooks, textbooks, activity guides, and simulations that will help them gain financial literacy.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Ford's classroom raised $1,400

This project is fully funded

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My Students

My students are soon to graduate and move out on their own--a process made all the more complicated for them because they are recent immigrants. It is crucial that they have basic financial literacy to guide them and the materials for this project will give them the background they need to succeed.

As 12th-graders are about to step out into the world on their own, my students need basic financial literacy to help them realize their own vision of the American Dream.

I am so fortunate to teach in a school that is entirely composed of recently immigrated students from around the world. As a teacher of U.S. government and economics, I hope to empower my students to take part in the U.S. democracy and the economy. My students are teenagers from over 30 countries around the world, and they are all new to America and to the English language. They come from China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Tibet, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Ukraine, Mauritania, and many other countries. And the beautiful thing about our school is that all of these students learn to collaborate in class and build their English skills and their content knowledge together. It is a community of caring, respect, and generosity and I feel very lucky to be a part of it.

My Project

My students will use the the educational workbooks, textbooks and simulations to develop the crucial financial literacy they need to survive as high-school graduates on their own. My students are all English language learners and represent a multitude of educational and cultural backgrounds, yet they all work together on project-based assignments to help each other succeed. The materials I have requested here will allow my students to take part in simulations for career-choice, banking, saving, applying for jobs, and searching for housing. The handbooks and worksheets will help me tailor their lessons and meet each student at his or her level of understanding. Through simulated real-world tasks like writing checks, applying for credit cards, and the like, my students will gain vital skills to help them flourish as new members of American society.

My students are on the cusp of graduating high school and starting life on their own.

This is made all the more challenging for them as all of them are recent immigrants who are still very new to the English language. Comprehending the specialized and at times arcane language of money is going to be a struggle for many of them. These materials will boost their financial literacy as they head into life on their own.

Ms. Ford Brooklyn International High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
On Your Own CoasttoCoast Building License • Nasco $399.00 1 $399.00
Life Skills Activity Units Living in the Real World • Nasco $250.00 1 $250.00
Payday A Personal Finance Simulation • Nasco $119.95 1 $119.95
Its Your Money Poster Set • Nasco $49.95 1 $49.95
On Your Own: A Personal Budgeting Simulation (Financial Literacy Promotion Project) • Amazon $41.76 1 $41.76
Managing My Money • AKJ Books $31.46 1 $31.46
5Minute Living on Your Own Activities • Nasco $29.95 1 $29.95
5Minute Financial Activities • Nasco $29.95 1 $29.95
Managing Money Worktext • Teachers' School Supply $14.95 2 $29.90
Living On Your Own - Teacher's Guide - An Independent Living Simulation • Amazon $17.39 1 $17.39
Managing Money Handbook • Teachers' School Supply $16.95 1 $16.95
Living on Your Own : An Independent Living Simulation: Activity Text • Amazon $14.64 1 $14.64
Economics And You • Teachers' School Supply $11.95 1 $11.95
Edupress - Quick Flip Critical Thinking • Teachers' School Supply $5.96 1 $5.96

Materials cost

$1,048.81

Vendor shipping charges

 $95.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,189.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$209.92

Total project goal

$1,399.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,399.46

4 Donors

-$1,337.69

Donations toward project cost

-$1,189.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$148.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$61.77

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