I recently shared a Financial Literacy unit I did with my Grade 5/6 class last year where we explored the topic of “needs and wants” and integrated the inquiry with Literacy, Math, and the Arts. Our class was filmed and the lessons, along with the videos, are now available on Edugains, the Ministry of Education website.
The teachers at the workshop were not aware that Edugains now has an entire section dedicated to Financial Literacy with lessons and videos to support teachers. I was asked to share the resource in case others are interested in implementing and integrating Financial Literacy into their teaching.
Go to:
http://www.edugains.ca/newsite/index.html
Click: Financial Literacy and go to Resources
You can then search based on Grade levels and topics. Our exploration is under Elementary- Grade 5/6 Literacy and the Arts
There are so many amazing lessons and activities. It definitely goes to show that we do not need to reinvent the wheel to try something new.
