The 21st Century Student's Guide to Financial Literacy - Going Global (Instructor's Guide)

There's more to financial literacy than personal finance and money management. In this complex and increasingly globalized world, financial literacy and career readiness requires knowledge about global commerce, business, entrepreneurship, and innovation. This fun curriculum has 17 turnkey and easy to teach lessons covering such important topics as the evolution of money, the rise of capitalism, venture capital, startups, intellectual property, securities and stock markets, wealth disparity, and global free trade agreements. Ideal for a career and business course. What topics are covered in the student workbook? Early commerce and trade, the evolution of money, the gold standard, fiat money, the origins of capitalism, venture capital, traits of innovators and entrepreneurs, associational thinking, Myers-Briggs Personality types, innovation and the R&D process, parliamentary procedure, market sectors and industries, trade secrets and industrial espionage, patents, trademarks, copyright, debt vs. equity securities, how to interpret a stock quote, stocks and securities, IPOs, major indexes, currency around the globe, cryptocurrency, free trade, barriers to free trade, and much more. Students learn about the roles of such powerful institutions as the SEC, USPTO, Federal Reserve Bank, IMF, World Bank, World Trade Organization, G7, G20, and Eurozone, mastering over 250 financial literacy terms and concepts.

Susan Mulcaire, aka The Financial Literacy Teacher, is a banking and finance attorney-turned-teacher who leads the Financial Literacy Academy team. She holds a B.A. from U.C Berkeley, a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law, and a teaching credential. She practiced banking and finance law for over 20 years and is the author of several innovative college readiness programs for middle school and high school.