High School Personal Finance

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Here's how High School Personal Finance aligns with curriculum standards in Alaska. Use the filters to change the location, set of standards, and grade level.

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Defined by Draft: Alaska Social Students Standards 9th-12th Grades and align with High School Personal Finance

SS.9-12.12.2: Examine the opportunities for earning income, including wages/salaries, commissions, benefits, asset development, and dividends.

SS.9-12.12.5: Calculate tax contributions to local, state, and federal governments and describe the benefits that the taxes may provide to individual and societal structures.

SS.9-12.12.6: Assess the economic advantages of saving in a personal account and other long‐ and short‐term investment accounts.

SS.9-12.12.9: Prepare a budget or spending plan that depicts varying sources of income, a planned saving strategy, taxes, and other sources of fixed and variable spending.

SS.9-12.12.10: Evaluate options for payment on credit cards and the consequences of each option.

SS.9-12.12.11: Describe how a credit score impacts the ability to borrow money and at what rate.

SS.9-12.12.12: Calculate the total cost of repaying a loan under various rates of interest and over different time periods.

SS.9-12.12.13: Explain various types of insurance and the purpose of using insurance to protect financial interests.