Colorado
6th Grade
State Standards
Look below to see how Banzai's courses, worksheets, activities, and games align with the Colorado Academic Standards: Financial Literacy for 6th Grade. Note, any one activity listed will satisfy the associated competency.
Personal Financial Literacy
8: Apply economic reasoning skills to make informed personal financial decisions.
FL.6.5.1: Investigate the role of consumers and businesses within the Western Hemisphere.
Students Can
Standard
Defined by Colorado Academic Standards: Financial Literacy
Banzai Solutions
*Any of the activities below will satisfy the competency
a: Explain the roles of buyers and sellers in product, labor, and financial markets.
b: Explore how consumer spending decisions and demand impact market economies.
c: Analyze how external factors might influence spending decisions for different individuals.
d: Understand how basic budgeting, investing, saving, and personal behavior with money affects the economic system as a consumer and/or producer.
Colorado Essential Skills
Standard
Defined by Colorado Academic Standards: Financial Literacy
Banzai Solutions
*Any of the activities below will satisfy the competency
1: Demonstrate an understanding of cause and effect related to personal financial decisions (Civic Engagement, Interpersonal Communication).
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2: Identify and explain multiple perspectives (cultural and global) when exploring economic events, ideas, and issues within the Western Hemisphere (Civic Engagement, Global and Cultural Awareness).
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3: Assess personal strengths and limitations with a well-grounded sense of confidence, optimism, and a growth mindset (Self-Awareness).
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Inquiry Questions
Standard
Defined by Colorado Academic Standards: Financial Literacy
Banzai Solutions
*Any of the activities below will satisfy the competency
1: How did different societies in the Western Hemisphere define the roles of buyers and sellers in the various markets?
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2: What role did the distribution of resources play in personal financial decisions?
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3: What role have competition and wages played in different cultures?
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4: Why is it important to analyze the various levels of a culture before understanding how individuals in that culture would make financial decisions?
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5: How might your personal spending impact market growth or decline?
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Nature and Skills of Personal Financial Literacy
Standard
Defined by Colorado Academic Standards: Financial Literacy
Banzai Solutions
*Any of the activities below will satisfy the competency
1: Financially capable individuals determine how history, location, and the distribution of resources have impacted financial decisions.
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2: Financially capable individuals understand that competition and wages are not just American concepts. These concepts have applied to individual financial decisions long before the birth of the nation.
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3: Financially capable individuals understand that populations within various cultures have made individual financial decisions differently throughout time and location.
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4: Financially capable individuals identify that peoples' decisions as consumers are formed from diverse and unique experiences.
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Disciplinary, Information, and Media Literacy
Standard
Defined by Colorado Academic Standards: Financial Literacy
Banzai Solutions
*Any of the activities below will satisfy the competency
1: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop on social media.
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2: Explain how a question represents key ideas in the field.
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3: Explain points of agreement experts have about interpretations and applications of disciplinary concepts and ideas associated with a compelling question.
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4: Integrate multimedia as effective tools for presenting and clarifying information.
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