Welcome! You are about to take part in UF SIFE’s Financial Literacy Challenge. The goal of this project is to raise the financial literacy knowledge of high school students across the nation. For this project, you will need to read about different financial literacy topics (credit, debit, stocks, etc.) from Wells Fargo. These lessons can be accessed online and directions on how to get to these lessons are listed below. Then, we will be administering three quizzes for three weeks. The student who gets the best combined score will win a prize of $500 dollars. If there is a tie for the best score we will base the tiebreaker on who took the quizzes the fastest.
In order to take part in this challenge, you must currently be enrolled in high school. Also, if you are the winning student we will contact you requesting personal information. This information will be kept confidential. We hope you learn some new information while doing this project. If you have any questions you can e-mail them to this account, FLC.UFSIFE@gmail.com.
The Challenge will begin on Monday, February 20th and will end on Monday, March 5th. You will not be able to take the quizzes before or after those dates so mark your calendars! To access the quizzes please click here or visit http://warrington.ufl.edu/sb/leadership/sife/quiz/
Good Luck!
Directions on How to Access the Curriculum
1. Go to the following address: http://www.handsonbanking.org/en/. This is Wells Fargo Financial Education center called Hands on Baking.
2. Then click on Young Adults.
3. Once you have done that Select Library.
4. When you are in the Library you will read the following lessons to prepare for each quiz. Below are the lessons that you will need for each quiz.
Quiz 1: About Credit Cards, Card Safety Tips, About Credit Score, Credit Card or Debit Card: Which is better?, How to Establish Credit
Quiz 2: About Stocks, About Mutual Funds, Avoid Common Investing Mistakes
Quiz 3: Decrease your Expenses, Budget Tips, How to apply for Financial Aid, Money Tips for Students