Fund Your Future
Grades 6 – 8 | Financial Literacy
Fund Your Future teaches students important financial literacy lessons through humor, action and interactive improv. Two professional actors bring to life three fun and educational sketches, covering key topics like credit card usage, interest and fees, saving for large purchases and creating a budget. Students actively participate in the performance, helping them understand these crucial financial concepts in a memorable and entertaining way.
In addition to the performance, students and teachers will receive an exclusive e-learning package with games, quizzes and lesson plans to reinforce the financial literacy topics covered in the show. This includes access to the Money Smart 2.0 online curriculum, providing even more opportunities to extend the learning experience and integrate financial education into the classroom and beyond.
Live In-School Performance
Standards-Aligned
Includes Teacher Resources
Money Smart 2.0 Curriculum
Interactive & Engaging
Topics Covered
Through engaging sketches featuring a variety of entertaining characters, Fund Your Future teaches the following educational points:
- Students will learn the difference between needs and wants in relation to money.
- By introducing the details of credit, students will distinguish the longer impact of it and the highlights of cash.
- Students will learn the basics of investing.
- Money is a tool, not a toy and that’s why developing a savings habit will benefit your life.
Educational Standards
All NTC programs align with state educational standards, including science, social studies, financial literacy, and health standards, depending on the specific program. Programs also align with national standards such as NGSS, NCAS, and Common Core.
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Materials Included
This in-school performance comes with a Teacher Toolkit, providing educators with easy-to-use online resources that extend the learning experience.
Audience Guidelines – Before the show, use our guide to equip students with the skills they need to be excellent audience members.
Pre-Show Materials – Get students primed for learning with KWL charts and vocabulary words to scaffold their experience.
Student Handbook – The printed student handbook takes a deeper dive into program-related educational content. This expanded material, aligned with educational standards, sparks classroom discussion and provides an opportunity for students to explore important information with their families at home. The handbook is also available digitally in the Teacher Toolkit.
Printable Handouts – The toolkit contains several program-themed printable handouts to engage students in the lessons from the performance. These can be completed in the classroom or at home.
Hands-on Lessons – These easy-to-use lessons let students and teachers bring the educational content to life in the classroom.
Money Smart 2.0 – Developing positive financial habits equips students with 21st-century skills and tools that last a lifetime. The engaging lessons, activities and resources found in Money Smart 2.0 can help you build those skills.
Digital Games – Using characters and elements from the program, the digital games offer challenging levels to test students’ knowledge of facts and vocabulary while keeping them engaged.
See the Program in Action
What Teachers are Saying
For the second year, we enjoyed tying the program concepts of financial literacy into our math classes. We appreciate the ease of scheduling and supplemental materials. Thanks for putting this on!
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The actors did a fabulous job of engaging the students into their presentation. This helps keep them engaged. After the program the students could recall the information that was presented. It was great the way they reviewed all of the material at the end. I will recommend to have them come back next year.
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This program is awesome! It should be a yearly thing for all middle schoolers and high schoolers.
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I thought this program was great! It was highly entertaining for both the students and adults. The students were engaged in watching the program and enjoyed the interactive component of it as well.
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The kids really enjoyed this. They loved our interactive it was. It was very educational and lasted the perfect amount of time. Thank you very much!
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The presenters were very engaging and the students truely enjoyed the show.
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Why Schools Choose NTC
NTC has been touring the United States with free educational programming for over 45 years. Whether you are a first-timer or a repeat viewer, we’re excited to offer this opportunity to you free of charge, provided by organizations in your region that care about the future of your students and our planet.
Available for
In-school Assembly
Topic
Financial Literacy
Program Length
35 Minutes
Audience
Grades 6-8
Includes
Teacher + Student Resources