Plan for future lifestyle, including education, career, finances and aspirations.
| (a) | Define the term ‘lifestyle’. |
| (b) | Reflect on future lifestyle, including personal needs, wants, and financial priorities. |
| (c) | Explore several career options of personal interest and their earning potential. |
| (d) | Explore educational pathways and associated costs related to career choices. |
| (e) | Evaluate achievable lifestyle expectations based on projected income. |
| (f) | Discuss ways to align the earning potential of one’s chosen career with the costs associated with a desired future lifestyle (e.g., increase income, reduce expenses, adjust goals). |
| (g) | Design and present a personal financial plan that connects education, career, income, expenses, savings, and long-term goals. |
The Canadian Foundation for Economic Education (CFEE) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization, founded in 1974, that works to improve economic, financial, and enterprising capability.
Here are some resources that support Financial Literacy 10:
- Building Futures in Saskatchewan
- Lists the CFEE resources for each outcome of Financial Literacy 10.
- Money Laughs
- 10 vignettes
- Just For Laughs Gags mime style
- Includes "Money Tips"
- Teacher Guide
- Cash Class
- Short animated video for each outcome
The Saskatoon Industry Education Council offers career exploration education through hands-on programs, events, and partnerships that connect students with industry professionals and real-world experiences.
Their Contact360 site offers career exploration resources such as:
- Relevance Magazine: interviews with young professionals, career tips and information, and the annual Job Chart.
- Career Talks: videos featuring over 100 local professionals sharing their career journeys.
- employABILITY: job readiness resources, including instructional resources for resumés, cover letters, job interview skills, and more.
- Career Education 6-9: Access discussion questions, activity suggestions, and local resources.
Financial Basics is a resource to help students learn about budgeting, saving, credit, investing, fraud prevention and financial planning.
The resource includes:
- Presenter's Manual (Teacher Guide), 64 pages, English or French, online PDF or print.
- Participants' Handbook (Student Guide), 47 pages, English or French, online PDF or print.
- Presentation slides (PowerPoint format), 98 slides, English or French.
- E-learning Videos, 8 videos, one video for each module, English or French.
Description of modules:
- Module 1 - Introduction
- Module 2 - Budgeting
- Module 3 - Managing Your Cost of Living - Being a Smart Consumer
- Module 4 - Credit and Debt Management
- Module 5 - Saving and Investing
- Module 6 - Setting Financial Goals
- Module 7 - Protect Yourself
- Module 8 - Summary and Wrap-up
The Indigenous Edition of Money and Youth builds on the original resource from the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education, CFEE. Damon Johnston, President of the Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg, provided guidance rooted in traditional teachings and the Seven Sacred Laws. Vanessa Everett, CEO of Economic Development with the Keewatin Tribal Council, adapted the original version by Gary Rabbior of CFEE. Input from respected individuals across Turtle Island also helped shape this edition.
Topics covered:
- Goals, Values and Decision-making
- Getting and Earning Money
- Spending Money and Taking Control
- Borrowing Money and Using Credit
- Saving and Investing Money
- Protecting Assets and Planning for the Future.
The resource includes:
- Student Guide, English, free online PDF version or hard copies can be ordered at a minimal fee
- Teacher's Guide, English, free online version
Junior Achievement Canada offers several resources to support teaching and learning about financial literacy in Saskatchewan.
Suggested resources to support Financial Literacy 10 include:
Budget Creation Tool
- Online interactive budget creation tool
Access Financial Literacy Experts
- Classroom presentations from experts in various fields of financial literacy can be arranged via Junior Achievement Canada, Saskatchewan Chapter, lsteinley@jasask.org.
Open Access Modules (no sign in required)
- Financial Future Modules
- My Career Goals
- My Credit and Spending
- The Financial Roller Coaster
- My Transferable Skills
- Paying for My Wants and Needs
- Planning for My Future Income
-
Your Money Questions Answered Modules (video, independent online learning)
- How do I pay for things?
- How can I have money for the things I need?
- How can I keep my money safe?
- What do I need to know about credit?
- Scam Smarts
- Phishing Scams
- Website Scams
- Social Media Scams
- Post Secondary Questions
- Pathways
- Costs
- Budget
- Income Potential
Programs (An enrollment code is required.)
- Dollars with Sense
- Budgeting
- Saving and investing
- Spending wisely
- Credit and debt
- Financial planning
- Personal Finance
- Budgeting
- Saving
- Investing
- Credit
This Canadian resource supports the Financial Literacy curriculum and provides information at a suitable introductory level. The resource is organized under six headings for a total of 15 modules.
Topics covered:
- Goals, Values and Decision-making
- Getting and Earning Money
- Spending Money and Taking Control
- Borrowing Money and Using Credit
- Saving and Investing Money
- Protecting Assets and Planning for the Future.
The resource includes:
- Student Guide, English or French, free online PDF version or hard copies can be ordered at a minimal fee
- Teacher's Guide, English or French, free online version
This Canadian textbook is divided into five parts:
- Planning Your Personal Finances
- Managing Your Personal Finances
- Insuring Your Assets
- Investing Your Financial Resources
- Controlling Your Financial Future
The resource contains case studies, concept checks, assignments and assessment examples.
There are four purchase options:
- eBook
- eBook only (online version of textbook)
- Connect
- eBook, homework, adaptive assignments and study tools
- Connect and print text
- eBook, homework, adaptive assignments and study tools
- printed textbook
- Print text
- printed textbook only
SaskMoney is a website that has been created by the Saskatoon Industry Education Council (SIEC) to support Saskatchewan educators in implementing financial literacy curricula. The website provides a variety of activities and resources to increase students’ financial literacy skills.
The website includes:
- Online and printable teacher guides for Financial Literacy 10 outcomes and Financial Literacy 20, 30 modules that contain the following sections:
- Overview
- Suggested time
- Suggested activities
- Resources
- Assessment
- Student Sask Money Minute project overview
- Sask Money Minute videos on various subjects, including:
- Budgeting
- Saving
- Spending
- Borrowing
- Money Fair project overview
myBlueprint is an online education and career/life planning platform designed for Canadian students aged 12–18, offering tools to explore personal interests, plan high school courses, and prepare for post-secondary pathways . It features self-assessments, digital portfolios, and real-time eligibility tracking for post-secondary programs, helping students make informed decisions about their futures .
Here are just a few of the topics covered by this platform:
- Interactive Self-Assessments: Tools to explore interests, personality, learning styles, and career matches.
- Digital Portfolios: A space to document achievements, reflections, goals, and experiences throughout their education journey.
- High School Course Planner: A visual planner that ensures students meet graduation requirements and align courses with future goals.
- Post-Secondary Exploration: Access to detailed information on colleges, universities, apprenticeships, and workplace pathways across Canada.
- Goal Setting and Reflection Tools: Features that help students set academic, personal, and career goals with regular progress tracking.
- Resume and Cover Letter Builder: Step-by-step guidance to create professional resumes and cover letters using their saved experiences and skills.