Consumer Smarts

Game • 45 min of learning

Here's how Consumer Smarts aligns with curriculum standards in Vermont. Use the filters to change the location, set of standards, and grade level.

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Defined by Jump$tart National Standards in 2022 4th Grade and align with Consumer Smarts

4-1a: Give examples of differences in people's preferences that can influence their spending on goods and services.

4-3a: Define the concept of opportunity cost.

4-5a: Explain how peer pressure can affect purchasing decisions.

4-2b: Analyze how people differ in their values and attitudes about spending money.

4-3b: Provide examples of financial choices that have opportunity costs.

4-5b: Share examples of how price, spending choices of others, peer pressure, or advertising influence a purchase decision.

4-1c: Find an example of an advertisement (in a newspaper, magazine, on TV, social media, or online) that is designed to influence people to spend money right away instead of saving their money.

4-2c: Describe ways that people can decrease expenses to save more of their money.