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About Us
We are a 501c3 student run non-profit dedicated to spreading knowledge about Economics and Financial Literacy. We believe it is important to learn these concepts at a young age since they can gain critical skills used in life. Only recently, our own founding state of North Carolina did not require Financial Literacy education.
In the past, we have hosted Hackathons, these are timed competitions that allow for the combination of Computer Science and Economic principles. We have hosted competitions in 2024 and 2025, with one set for 2026, as well as over 1600 participants as well as $9500 in prizes for winners from 6 sponsoring companies.
With our Hackathons needing a knowledge of coding and covering an older demographic, we decided to create a Financial Literacy & Microeconomics curriculum. We decided to make this free and accessible to everyone, restricting our tests and modules for school districts if testing is wanted on sections.
About Our Curriculum
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Aim of the Course
As you grow older, you become more financially independent. Unfortunately, many people struggle with it because they know very little about finance. There is no way to avoid becoming financially independent, but there is a way to prepare for it. This is why it is important to learn financial literacy at a young age, so this curriculum allows for students to be prepared for when the time comes.
Unit one, Intro to Financial Literacy, is an overview of what is financial literacy. It provides information about what it is about, how it is used in real life, and why it is important in everyday life. Unit one serves as a great introductory unit to ease students into the curriculum.
Unit two, Budgeting, dives deeper into the purpose and functionality of money. It explains to students how money is used and earned. It also provides information on the different types of currencies that are used. This information lays out the groundwork on how to learn financial literacy.
Unit three, Banking and Savings, talks about how your spending habits and life choices affect your wealth. It shows students that financial literacy and your wealth isn't solely on earning money, but by also saving it. It dives into strategies and effective ways to save and build your wealth.
Unit four dives into taxes and credit. The first couple of modules focus on what taxes are, how they work, and the different types. It also explains the purpose of taxes and how to file them. Then the unit focuses on how credit works. It explains what a credit score and card is, and how to use it. This is one of the largest units because of the surplus of information it has.
Since unit two talked about saving, unit five took the course to the next logical step and talks about investing. Unit five explains how investing works, the different types of investments, and strategies to invest. This unit teaches students how investing is a big part of how to save and earn wealth.
For assistance, every unit will have a video guide of the content and. This is to aid those who benefit from lectures rather than reading and go over key concepts in an illustrated form that students can better connect to. The video will be at the beginning of every unit.
Every unit will have an infographic which highlights the key points of the unit. This allows for a last reviewer of the content and can be exported in PDF form, just like all files on our tab allowing for easy handouts for students to complete. The infographic also aids those who learn better with visuals.
A brief quiz will be given at the end of each module, as well as a test for each unit. This is to test the students' knowledge and to see if they understand the content they learned. These assessments are beyond memorization but tests students on the application of the content. Please email us if you are interested in this extra content.
The quizzes will be a minimum of 5 questions, with tests being a minimum of 15 questions. These include a variety of question types, such as matching, multiple choice, and fill in the answer questions. Multiple choice questions will be based off of 4 answer choices with other likely explanations included, our answer keys explain each correct answer. Short answer questions also have an ideal answer and what to look for when comparing answers for accuracy.
We also use sidenotes to further explain sections. There are 8 types of side notes, from real world examples to thought-provoking questions. These can be provided as extra activities to students if needed. Each side row also contains descriptive images with captions to give more context to topics. We also provide my notes on the side of the curriculum so if students use printed out PDFs they are able to annotate and take notes on specific topics. There area also check for understanding questions directly on the notes to help students engage with a topic.
Thank you for taking the time to view this short explanation of our course, please use the link provided below to access or send to students and let us know if you have any questions. This link will not encompass answer keys or module tests, so they will be new to students.
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Feel free to reach out ot us on our email for quizes, tests, answers, and more at hackonomics1@gmail.com