6-8 Programs
JA America Works
America Works provides students with examples of how business and entrepreneurship affected the economic development of the United States during the 19th Century.
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JA Connect the DOTS (Dynamic Opportunities for Today's Students): Energy Industry
This program explores Colorado energy companies, the importance of math and science skills to the energy industry, and students’ education and energy career options based upon their skills and interests. Includes three lessons.
JA Economics for Success
Economics for Success explores personal finance, and students’ education and career options based on their skills, interests and values.
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JA Global Marketplace
Global Marketplace provides practical information about the key aspects of the global economy, what makes world trade work and how trade affects students’ daily lives.
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JA It’s My Business
It’s My Business encompasses entrepreneurship curriculum for students in grades six, seven and eight. The program emphasizes entrepreneurship while providing a strong focus on social studies, reading and writing skills.
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JA Sum It Up
This program was designed for middle school students lacking basic math skills and needing to see the relevance of what they are learning in school to real-life situations.
JA Finance Park
JA Finance Park is an innovative financial literacy simulation that introduces young people to personal financial planning and career exploration. Through the program, students can participate in this powerful hands-on experience. Students first build their skills in the classroom with four weeks of teacher-led lessons; then they put what they’ve learned about economic options and budgeting into practice through a role-play scenario. Students will assume randomly generated life situations with an assigned job, age, marital status, income and educational background. They then face the realities of successfully developing a budget, maintaining a household and pursuing a career.
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