Financial Literacy in the Classroom and the Financial Literacy Competition (FLC) have been developed in collaboration with Business Studies teachers within the Waterloo Region and Waterloo Catholic District school boards. We offer resources for students and teachers looking to explore financial literacy topics within the classroom or on their own as well as resources for those looking to challenge themselves by participating in the FLC. The FLC is offered to Grade 9, 10 and 11 students enrolled in high schools across Canada (excluding Quebec).
Our open resources include:
- EXPLORE - a resource site to explore financial literacy topics. Here you'll find 2 self-guided budget activities designed to get students engaged in planning their financial futures. By September 2020, you'll find additional resources in the form of mini-lessons on a variety of financial literacy topics.
- PRACTICE - a site with lots of practice opportunities to learn more and test a student's knowlege on a variety of financial literacy topics. Here you'll find introductory quizzes covering most of the topic areas noted below. Our quizzes offer instant feedback with the “How did I do” function so that your students can check their progress or explore that particular topic a bit further.
- EDUCATORS - we're working on expanding resources for teachers. Check back in September 2020 for more details.
NOTE: FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2020, OUR OPEN RESOURCES HAVE BEEN EXPANDED DUE TO THE CANCELATION OF THE COMPETITION. INSTEAD OF THE COMPETITION WE ARE OFFERING:
- ADDITIONAL QUIZZES (NORMALLY AVAILABLE WITH REGISTRATION ONLY)
- MOCK COMPETITION (30 PAST COMPETITION QUESTIONS IN 3O MINUTES)
For students/classes/clubs interested in challenging the FLC:
- teachers can register to obtain access to our competition site.
- additional resources to help students prepare for the competition are provided.
- the FLC will be made available online on the day of the competition.
Content of contest
The competition contains 60 questions (primarily multiple choice, short answer and sort/match/rank) covering a wide variety of financial literacy topics in the following areas:
- Income Management & Budgeting
- Banking
- Investing
- Credit
- Economics
- Accounting
- Home ownership
- Post-secondary education financing
- Financial ethics & safety
Whether you’re teaching an introductory business course or covering financial literacy topics in other courses, our resources are available to enhance and support learning both inside and outside the classroom. Don’t have a related course? Consider starting an FLC club to provide students with a challenging extra-curricular activity to develop and test their financial know-how.
Start exploring our open resources by visiting
https://uwsaf.mobius.cloud. Although we welcome and encourage student participation in our competition, our open resources are available to explore at any time with no obligation to register for our competition.
