ja BIZTOWN® (Grades 4-6)
JA BizTown® combines in-class learning with a day-long field trip to a simulated town at either our Columbus or Newark Learning Centers. This popular learning experience allows elementary school students to operate banks, manage restaurants, write checks, and vote for mayor. Students are able to connect the dots between what they learn in school and the real world.
Check out the program overview here.
JA Ourselves® (kindergarten)
JA Ourselves introduces students to the intersection of financial literacy and early elementary social studies learning objectives. Through hands-on classroom activities, the program introduces students to personal economics and the choices consumers make to meet their needs and wants. It also introduces students to the role of money in society while providing them with practical information about earning, saving, and sharing money.
This program can be led by either an educator or a community volunteer in the classroom.
JA Our Families® (Grade 1)
JA Our Families explains how family members’ jobs and businesses contribute to the well-being of the family and the community. The program introduces the concept of needs and wants and explores the ways families plan for and acquire goods and services. Students analyze their skills to determine ways they can support their families.
This program can be led by either an educator or a community volunteer in the classroom.
JA our community® (grade 2)
Through JA Our Community, students are immersed in the daily life of their community—the people who work there, the money decisions they make, the flow of the community’s economy, and the importance of being an involved and responsible community member. They are introduced to the types of skills and knowledge necessary to be a worker in the community: the experience of working as a team in a pizza shop, buying and selling goods and services in exchange for money, getting paid and paying taxes, exercising their civic duty to make decisions for the good of the community, and using digital tools.
This program can be led by either an educator or a community volunteer in the classroom.
ja our city® (Grade 3)
JA Our City introduces third-grade students to financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and social studies learning objectives. These objectives include personal economics, the importance of economic exchange in a city, and an understanding that entrepreneurs promote a healthy economy within a city. Through engaging activities, students learn about money choices and how the flow of money promotes a city’s vitality and health.
This program can be led by either an educator or a community volunteer in the classroom.
JA Our Region® (Grade 4)
JA Our Region introduces students to entrepreneurship and how entrepreneurs use resources to produce goods and services in a region. Students operate a hypothetical hot dog stand to understand the fundamental tasks performed by a business owner and to track the revenue and expenses of a business.
This program can be led by either an educator or a community volunteer in the classroom.
ja our nation® (Grade 5)
JA Our Nation® provides practical information about the need for employees who can meet the demands of the 21st-century job market, particularly high-growth, high-demand jobs. Through hands-on classroom activities, students learn about the free-market system and how it is an economic engine for business and careers. It introduces the need for entrepreneurial and innovative thinking and the concept of globalization in business. By the program’s end, students will understand the skills, especially in science, technology, engineering, and math, that will make their futures brighter
This program can be led by either an educator or a community volunteer in the classroom.
ja more than money® (Grade 5)
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.
This program is delivered in the classroom by an educator or volunteer.
JA It’s My Future® (Grades 6-8)
JA It’s My Future® offers students practical information to help prepare them for the working world. Students explore career resources to develop the job-hunting skills needed to secure a job.
This program is delivered in the classroom by an educator or volunteer.
