Lesson 4: Banking on the Future Time Required: 30 minutes Materials: Banking on the Future Student Reproducible 4 (PDF); Get Your Money in Motion Classroom Poster (PDF); Student Finance Guide (PDF) for each student; pen/pencil Overview: Students will understand the many ways in which banking affects their lives and learn the definitions of common financial literacy terms. Directions: Distribute Banking on the Future Student Reproducible 4 and direct your students to the vocabulary on the front cover of the Student Finance Guide. Then read through the lesson with your class. Direct students to the "My Financial Goals" and "Charting My Future" budgeting activities in the center of the Student Finance Guide. Encourage students to use their guides to help them think through their financial situation. Have students write a journal entry describing what they've learned as a result of completing this unit—what do they now know about banks, banking, and bankers that they didn't know before? What else do they want to know? How might they find out more? Curriculum Connections Social Studies: Production, Distribution, and Consumption Economics: Limitation of Resources; Decision Making; Interest Rates; Income English: Workforce Demands; Communication Financial Literacy: Money Management; Income; Savings and Investing; Spending Photos from top to bottom: © Rubberball Productions, © Photodisc/PictureQuest. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader® software, version 4.0 or higher to view and print items marked PDF. Get Adobe Reader® for FREE