Below are the Economic Education and Financial Literacy Objectives adopted by Virginia's Board of Education in 2006.  VCEE's affiliated centers for economic education have identified some lesson plans and resources they believe are particularly good for helping middle and high school students with these objectives.  These are available by clicking on each objective below. 

Virginia's Department of Education has also collected a number of resources to help teachers and students with these objectives. 

Objective 1:  The student will evaluate the impact of fundamental principles of economics on personal finances

Objective 2:  The student will analyze how career choice, education, and skills affect income and goal attainment

Objective 3:  The student will compute taxes

Objective 4:  The student will develop a budget/spending plan for personal/business money management (earning, spending, saving and investing)

Objective 5:  The student will judge the quality of a financial institution's services

Objective 6:  The student will demonstrate how to open and manage an account in a financial institution

Objective 7:  The student will examine the basics of personal insurance policies

Objective 8:  The student will complete the process for obtaining a loan

Objective 9:  The student will examine credit card options

Objective 10:  The student will analyze strategies for effective debt management

Objective 11:  The student will interact effectively with salespersons and merchants

Objective 12:  The student will describe consumer rights and responsibilities

Objective 13:  The student will examine the implications of simple contracts

Objective 14:  The student will compare consumer choices for saving and investing

Objective 15:  The student will examine the financial implications of an inheritance