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Financial and Decision Making

8-1.1: Demonstrate taking responsibility for personal financial decisions.

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Defined by Personal Financial Responsibility Course and Standards 8th Grade and align with Life Scenarios
8-1.1.1: Describe the benefits of financial responsibility and the costs of financial irresponsibility.

8-1.4: Make financial decisions by systematically considering alternatives and consequences.

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Defined by Personal Financial Responsibility Course and Standards 8th Grade and align with Life Scenarios
8-1.4.2: Evaluate the results of financial decisions.
8-1.4.3: Apply systematic decision making to short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals.

Relating Income and Careers

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Defined by Personal Financial Responsibility Course and Standards 8th Grade and align with Life Scenarios
8-2.2: Identify sources of personal income.

Planning and Managing Money

8-3.1: Demonstrate ability to use money management skills and strategies.

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Defined by Personal Financial Responsibility Course and Standards 8th Grade and align with Life Scenarios
8-3.1.1: Explain basic budget categories, including income, taxes, planned savings, and fixed and variable expenses.
8-3.1.2: Explain the relationship between spending practices and achieving financial goals.

8-3.2: Develop a system for keeping and using financial records.

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Defined by Personal Financial Responsibility Course and Standards 8th Grade and align with Life Scenarios
8-3.2.1: Create a system to record income and spending for purchases, services, and taxes.

8-3.4: Apply consumer skills to purchase decisions.

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Defined by Personal Financial Responsibility Course and Standards 8th Grade and align with Life Scenarios
8-3.4.3: Apply systematic decision making to choose among courses of action that include a range of spending, delayed spending, and non-spending alternatives.

8-3.5: Connect the role of charitable giving, volunteer service, and philanthropy to community development and quality of life.

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Defined by Personal Financial Responsibility Course and Standards 8th Grade and align with Life Scenarios
8-3.5.1: Determine how charitable giving can fit into a personal budget and appropriate percentages for giving.

Risk Management and Insurance

8-5.3: Apply concepts related to financial risk, protection from loss, and financial planning.

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Defined by Personal Financial Responsibility Course and Standards 8th Grade and align with Life Scenarios
8-5.3.1: Apply opportunity-cost analysis to potential situations that can threaten personal and family income and assets.