New Hampshire
9th-12th Grades
State Standards
New Hampshire Financial Literacy Standards (from Social Studies Framework)
SS:EC:6Personal Finance - Students will be able to explain the importance of money management, spending credit, saving, and investing in a free market economy
SS:EC:12:6.1Compare the risk, rate of return, and liquidity of investment.
SS:EC:12:6.2Identify and analyze sources of consumer credit.
SS:EC:12:6.3Explain factors that affect creditworthiness and identify ways to avoid and correct credit problems.
SS:EC:12:6.4Describe how insurance and other risk management strategies protect against financial loss.
SS:EC:4Financial Institutions and the Government - Students will understand how financial institutions and the government work together to stabilize our economy, and how changes in them affect the individual.
SS:EC:12:4.1Analyze the effect of government actions on financial institutions, e.g., securities and exchange regulations or the New Hampshire Banking Commission
SS:EC:12:4.2Explain the components of the money supply, e.g., currency or money market accounts.
SS:EC:12:4.3Distinguish between monetary policy and fiscal policy and how they influence the economy, e.g., the reserve ratio or taxation.