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ERIC ED452129: Basics of Saving and Investing: A Teaching Guide. Financial Literacy Two Thousand and One.

This teaching guide contains learning objectives that focus on the following: how to design a personal financial plan; how financial markets work; how to select among various saving and investment options; how to find out and use investment information; and how to recognize and protect oneself against investment fraud. The guide can be the framework of a course or a supplement to existing high school courses in social studies, economics and consumer economics, business education, personal finance, and mathematics. Each unit contains learning objectives, background information for teachers and students, suggested activities, overheads, handouts, and worksheets. Appendices contain a glossary of terms and resource lists. The guide is divided into the following units: (1) "Financial Decisions" (personal financial planning, factors that influence decisions, a plan to reach financial goals, protection against financial risk); (2) "How Financial Markets Work" (types of financial markets, how securities are bought and sold, regulation of financial markets, factors that affect price); (3) "Investment Choices" (why people save and invest, types of savings and investments, selecting savings a

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