Financial Resilience and Informed Investing

This unit develops students’ ability to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to personal and societal financial crises by combining historical context, research skills, and practical planning. Students will learn to evaluate economic information and financial advice, build emergency savings and insurance strategies, and make disciplined investing decisions that adapt to changing circumstances.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze historical financial crises and identify root causes, common patterns, and likely impacts on individual finances and markets.
• Apply research and source-evaluation techniques to interpret economic reports, assess the credibility of financial gurus, and vet investment recommendations.
• Demonstrate creation of a personal crisis-preparedness plan that includes emergency savings targets, insurance considerations, and contingency budgeting to balance spending and saving.
• Evaluate saving, investment, and risk-management strategies — including health-related protections — and recommend adjustments based on changing economic scenarios and personal life events.