Competencies 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
1.3.2 Interpret credit applications and recognize how to use and maintain credit
Financial Literacy Lessons for ESL Students
Unit 2 - Credit
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Credit and Borrowing"
1.3.3 Identify or use various methods to purchase goods and services, make returns
GCFLearnFree.org
click on "Pay Debit"
1.3.5 Use coupons to purchase goods and services
Tennessee Adult ESOL Curriculum Resource Book
go to page 114 "Using Coupons at the Grocery Store"
1.3.6 Use coin-operated machines
1.3.8 Identify common food items
CLESE - Bright Ideas Curriculum
click on "Fruits, Vegetables, and Flowers"
Eating Well, Living Well
Click on Beginning Low Lesson Plan: Fruits and Vegetables (also worksheets)
GCFLearnFree.org
click on Grocery List"
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Foods"
Teacher's Desk
click on "Shopping for Groceries
Tennessee Adult ESOL Curriculum Resource Book
go to page 62 "Shopping - First Session"
1.3.9 Identify common articles of clothing
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Clothes"
1.4 Understand methods and procedures to obtain housing and related services
1.4.1 Identify different kinds of housing, areas of the home and common household items
California Literacy's PEACE Curriculum
click on 4 - Housing.pdf
CLESE - Bright Ideas Curriculum
click on "Homes"
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Rooms and Structures"
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Furniture, Fixtures, and Appliances"
1.4.2 Select appropriate housing by interpreting classified ads, signs, other info
California Literacy's PEACE Curriculum
cllick on 4 - Housing.pdf
Reading For Life
click on "Housing Advertisements"
Lesson Plans for Employment
click on "Comparing Classified Ads"
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Location, Location, Location"
Tennessee Adult ESOL Curriculum Resource Book
go to page 88 "Using the Newspaper to Find an Apartment"
1.4.5 Interpret information about tenent and landlord rights
Fair Housing - Understanding Your Rights
go to page 20 - "Can We See the Apartment for Rent"
go to page 29 - "Do You Have Children?"
go to page 38 - "We Don't Feel Welcome Here"
go to page 47 - "The Credit Check"
go to page 56 - "How Many People?"
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Renting"
1.4.6 Interpret information about housing loans and home-related insurance
Financial Resources and Economic Education
click on free_unit_6.pdf
Fair Housing - Understanding Your Rights
go to page 65 - "Are You Ready to Buy a Home?"
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
""Home Purchase"
1.4.7 Interpret info on home maintenance/communicate housing problems to landlord
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"When It Doesn't Work"
Refugee Housing Program - Training Refugees About Housing
click on "Welcome to Your New Home" then "Housing Orientation Booklet"
1.4.8 Recognize home theft and fire prevention measures
Home Safety Council.com
"A Burning Issue: Is Your Family Safe?
1.5 Apply principles of budgeting in the management of money
1.5.1 Interpret information about personal and family budgets
California Literacy's PEACE Curriculum
click on 6 - Money Management.pdf
Financial Resources and Economics Education
click on free_unit_2.pdf
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Consumption and Budgeting"