We've developed a comprehensive curriculum to cover more topics. Our default curriculum and quiz schedule now starts 3 weeks prior to the simulation start date in order to fit in as much as possible. The chapters and quizzes become available to view and take each week, but all are open for the entirety of the simulation by default, to provide as much flexibility in teaching as possible. The only quiz that closes before the end of the simulation is the pre-simulation assessment, which is just that - an assessment of a student's knowledge before the simulation starts.
| Chapter |
Scheduled sim week |
Quiz |
| Chapter 1 — Keys to Financial Success |
3 weeks before start |
Pre-Simulation Knowledge Assessment (2021) |
| Chapter 1 — Keys to Financial Success |
3 weeks before start |
Chapter 1 — Keys to Financial Success Quiz |
| Chapter 2 — Playing Budget Challenge |
3 weeks before start |
Chapter 2 — Playing Budget Challenge Quiz |
| Chapter 3 — Employment |
2 weeks before start |
Chapter 3 — Employment Quiz |
| Chapter 4 — Banking |
1 week before start |
Chapter 4 — Banking Quiz |
| Chapter 5 — Loans and Credit Cards |
week 1 |
Chapter 5 — Loans and Credit Cards Quiz |
| Chapter 6 — Saving and Investing |
week 2 |
Chapter 6 — Saving and Investing |
| Chapter 7 — Investing for Retirement |
week 3 |
Chapter 7 — Investing for Retirement |
| Chapter 8 — Purchasing and Consumer Protection |
week 4 |
Chapter 8 — Purchasing and Consumer Protection |
| Chapter 9 — Buying or Leasing a Vehicle |
week 5 |
Chapter 9 — Buying or Leasing a Vehicle |
| Chapter 10 — Housing |
week 6 |
Chapter 10 — Housing |
| Chapter 11 — Insurance and Managing Risk Motor Vehicle and Property |
week 7 |
Chapter 11 — Insurance: Motor Vehicle and Property |
| Chapter 12 — Managing Risk: Health, Life, and Disability Insurance |
week 7 |
Chapter 12 — Health, Life, & Disability Ins. |
| Chapter 13 — Building and Managing Credit |
week 8 |
Chapter 13 — Building and Managing Credit |
| Chapter 14 — Data Security |
week 9 |
Chapter 14 — Data Security |
| Chapter 15 — Taxes |
week 9 |
Chapter 15 — Taxes |
| Chapter 16 — The Next Steps |
week 10 |
Chapter 16 — The Next Steps |
| Chapter 17 — Paying for College |
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Chapter 17 — Paying for College |
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week 10 |
Post-Simulation Knowledge Assessment (2021) |
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week 10 |
Post-Simulation FINRA Application Quiz |
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week 10 |
Final Survey |
Figure 1 - The default curriculum schedule for the simulation
Of course, all of this can be further moved around and adjusted by you by editing the curriculum and quiz schedule for your class by clicking the pencil icon next to your class on Teacher Home. You may want to rearrange the order of the chapters, remove certain chapters that aren't relevant, or even set due dates that are week to week instead of all of them being the last day of the simulation. We even have an additional chapter that is not included in our default schedule which is Chapter 17 - Paying for College. You can also choose to assign this chapter/quiz if you feel it suits your students better.
Figure 2 - Edit your class from Create a Class page
Figure 3 - Edit your class from Teacher Home
Once you've clicked the Edit Class icon, scroll down and click the Edit Curriculum/Quiz Schedule button to view and modify your class's schedule. If you have multiple classes, each class will need to be modified individually.
Figure 4 - Click the Edit curriculum/Quiz Schedule button on Edit Class to modify that class's schedule.