Hands on Banking
About this resource
- Appropriate grades
- 4–12
- Subjects
- guidance (careers, college planning, life skills), social studies (economics), teaching methods (online learning, self-paced learning)
- Provider
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
- Special requirements
- Macromedia Flash and Adobe Reader are required for use of this site. Headphones or speakers strongly suggested.
Legal
This catalog record is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. This license applies to the content of this page only and does not apply to the referenced website.
This site's by-line is "Money Skills You'll Need for Life" and nothing could be truer. With age-appropriate portals for Kids, Teens, Young Adults and Adults, this financial literacy resource and activity is sure to provide the right information for you!
Select the appropriate age level guide and you will be on your way toward either an extensive course of study in personal finance or resources to answer specific questions about how you should handle your money. The program offers modules you can read and listen to covering topics like how money works, managing your money, spending money, borrowing money, school and money and work and money. Whether you are trying to figure out how to open a checking account or exploring the effect of education on your earning power, Hands on Banking has learning modules to cover the topic. The Hands on Banking Library contains printable documents you can use to get organized as well as tools like an earnings calculator, a dictionary of financial terms and a tour of online banking. These tools are available by selecting the Options button to the right of the Library screen.
This site is also available in a Spanish version, El futoro en tus manos.
Educator's guide
The site offers a teacher's guide for each level that thoroughly outlines the activities and their learning objectives and standards alignment. The teacher's guide includes lessons that correlate to the online activity and includes printable resources you can use in the classroom right away; there are even assessment materials. Each teacher guide includes a dictionary of financial terms as well as other relevant documents students will access through the Hands on Banking Library.
