Students gain valuable insights into the world of work through lessons focused on:

• Career exploration
• Workplace expectations
• Communication skills
• Teamwork and problem-solving
• Goal setting and decision making

Students develop an entrepreneurial mindset by learning:

• How businesses operate
• Innovation and creativity
• Business planning and funding
• Leadership and responsibility
• How entrepreneurs contribute to their communities

JA Our Families® introduces first graders to financial literacy and work and career readiness through exploring the roles and responsibilities of family members and how families work together to meet needs and wants. Students learn about the importance of jobs, money, and decision-making through fun stories, discussions, and hands-on activities, including a new design-and-build STEM session where they create and build tools to solve daily challenges. They begin to see how families are the building blocks of their community.

Following participation in the program, students will be able to:

-- Identify how everyone, including them, helps in a family.
-- Describe how families make money choices by considering what they spend on needs and wants, and what they choose to save.
-- Explain how jobs help provide goods and services for a family.

JA Our Families is recommended for students in first grade. The learning experience offers flexible implementation options to meet the needs of students and teachers in a variety of use cases. It includes five 30-minute sessions, with additional extended learning activities and optional digital assets offered throughout. Spanish translation is available for JA Our Families.

JA Learning Experiences support national and state standards in reading, mathematics, social studies, work and career readiness. Please see below for more information on alignment with national and state standards.

JA Our City® introduces third grade students to the essential concepts of community, collaboration, and the economy through hands-on, engaging activities. Through interactive experiences like city-building, designing sustainable spaces, and simulating financial decisions, students will connect their actions to broader societal outcomes, highlighting the impact of personal choices on local economic success.

Following participation in the learning experience, students will be able to:

-- Identify the purpose of a city.
-- Compare and contrast the choices people have with money.
-- Describe how money moves in the city.

JA Our City is recommended for third-grade students. The learning experience offers flexible implementation options to meet the needs of students and teachers in a variety of use cases. It includes five 45-minute sessions, with additional extended learning activities.

JA Learning Experiences support national and state standards in reading, mathematics, social studies, and work and career readiness. See below for more information on alignment with national and state standards.

JA Our Region® helps students explore how regional differences shape job opportunities, resource use, trade, and consumer choices. It shows students how their choices can contribute to their local and regional economies.

Following participation in the learning experience, students will be able to:

-- Determine why different regions have different jobs.
-- Explain the choices that influence what is bought and sold in a regional economy.
-- Recognize how people use resources and work with each other to produce goods and services in a region.

JA Our Region is recommended for fourth-grade students. The learning experience offers flexible implementation options to meet the needs of students and teachers in a variety of use cases. It includes five 45-minute sessions, with additional extended learning activities and optional digital assets offered throughout.

JA Learning Experiences support national and state standards in reading, mathematics, social studies, and work and career readiness. See below for more information on alignment with national and state standards.

JA Our Nation® introduces students to essential aspects of our nation’s economy, skill development, career exploration, and community involvement. Students will see how their skills and actions contribute to their own success and to the economy. Through hands-on games and activities, students will discover how competition and innovation work, explore different career options, and learn the value of giving back to their community.

Following participation in the learning experience, students will be able to:

-- Analyze how transferable skills, education, and personal interests add value to career success.
-- Demonstrate understanding of how networking allows one to accomplish personal or community goals.
-- Explain how competition and innovation between producers and consumers shape the U.S. market economy.

JA Our Nation is recommended for fifth-grade students. The learning experience offers flexible implementation options to meet the needs of students and teachers in a variety of use cases. It includes five 45-minute sessions, with additional extended learning activities and optional digital assets offered throughout.

JA Learning Experiences support national and state standards in reading, mathematics, social studies, and work and career readiness. See below for more information on alignment with national and state standards.

JA More than Money® introduces students to financial literacy and entrepreneurship, and to social studies learning objectives that include money-management skills, goods and services, and global markets. Through hands-on activities and a JA cast of characters serving as symbols for financial literacy and entrepreneurship concepts, students learn a practical approach to starting a business and making smart decisions about managing money.

Following participation in the learning experience, students will be able to:

-- Identify the role of money in everyday life.
-- Think like entrepreneurs and identify a small business they can start.
-- Learn the basic steps of starting a business.
-- Consider the advantages and disadvantages of borrowing money.
-- Explore the opportunities of global markets.

JA More than Money is recommended for students in grades 3-5. This learning experience offers flexible implementation options to meet the needs of students and teachers in a variety of use cases. It includes five 45-minute sessions, with additional extended learning activities and optional digital assets offered throughout. Spanish translation is available for JA More Than Money.

JA Learning Experiences support national and state standards in reading, mathematics, social studies, and work and career readiness. See below for more information on alignment with national and state standards.