Dollars & Sense Program

A suite of financial literacy workshops for Indigenous youth

AFOA Canada has developed three financial literacy Dollars and Sense modules for Indigenous students: (1) The Secondary School Module for students in grades 11 and 12; (2) The Middle School Module for students in grades 7 and 8; and (3) The Elementary School Module for students in grades 3 and 4.

The goals of the Dollars and Sense Program are to:

        1. Enhance students understanding of handling finances and using money wisely;
        2. Provide the knowledge and skills to help students make informed financial decisions;
        3. Increase students understanding of saving and setting financial goals;
        4. Assist students in determining the real costs of products and services; and
        5. Build students awareness of career opportunities in finance.

Contact us today to take advantage of this opportunity to invest in helping our Indigenous youth understand what financial literacy is and why it is so important. These workshops can be offered virtually and, coming in early 2021, for independent learning!

Let’s work together to help build a community of Professionals!

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Are you interested in delivering a Dollars & Sense module to your students? Register to facilitate today. You must be able to provide a list of your students for registration.

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Elementary School Module – Grades 3 & 4

Topics
      • Responsibility
      • Financial Goal Setting
      • Ways to Earn Money
      • Prioritizing Your Money
      • Smart Shopping
      • The Bank and Me
Activities

Introductory Activity – Getting to Know You and Meeting Module Characters
Activity 1 – Responsibility
Activity 2 – Financial Goal Setting: River and the Zoo
Activity 3 – Ways to Earn Money
Activity 4 – Prioritizing Your Money: Star and the Pow Wow
Activity 5 – Smart Shopping: Creating a Budget
Activity 6 – Smart Shopping: Advertisements
Activity 7 – The Bank and Me: Smart Banking Tools
Closing Activity – Final Reflections

Middle School Module – Grades 7 & 8

Topics
      • Wants and Needs
      • Goal Setting
      • Ways to Save and Use Money
      • Consumer Decision Making, and
      • Banking that’s Right for You
Activities

Introductory Activity – Getting to Know You
Activity 1– Needs and Wants
Activity 3 – Establishing Personal Goals
Activity 4 – Changing Your World – Group Goals
Activity 5 – Ways to Make Money
Activity 6 – ABCs of Saving
Activity 7 – Becoming a Wise Consumer Game
Activity 8 – What Are My Banking Needs?
Closing Activity – Final Reflections

Secondary School Module - Grades 11 & 12

Topics
      • Effective Money Management – PLANNING
          • Income & Expenses, Goal Setting & Budgeting, Banking
      • Effective Money Management – SPENDING
          • Consumer Awareness
      • Effective Money Management – FINANCIAL RESOURCES
          • Saving; Investing; Credit; How Credit Works and How Credit is Scored; and Risk (SCAMS)
      • Careers in Finance
Activities

Introductory Activity – Getting to Know You
Activity 1 – Spending Journal
Activity 2 – Goal Setting
Activity 3 – Developing a Budget
Activity 4 – My Summer Job
Activity 5 -Trends and Advertisements
Activity 6 – Careers in Finance
Activity 7 – Banking
Closing Activity – Final Reflections

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AFOA Canada thanks and acknowledges TD Bank Group for providing funding for this Program.

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