Available Courses

Banzai currently offers four courses: 

• Elementary Personal Finance, grades 3-7
• Middle School Personal Finance, grades 6-12
• High School Personal Finance, grades 9-12
• Digital Citizenship, grades 3-12
• College and Careers, grades 9-12

When you create a class, you can select any or all of those courses for it. Each course includes games, worksheets, and more.

Elementary Personal Finance

In Elementary Personal Finance, students learn the basics of income, expenses, and borrowing.

• Topics: Interest & Fees, Loans & IOUs, Counting Currency, and more
• Lemonade Tycoon: Students open and manage their very own virtual lemonade stand and learn how IOUs mess with their budget.
• Vocabulary Practice

Middle School Personal Finance

In Middle School Personal Finance, students save for the future and navigate day-to-day dilemmas.

• Topics: Insurance & Risk Management, Income Tax, Credit Cards
• Life Scenarios—Start your high schoolers off on a race towards saving for their future & navigating life's unexpected challenges.
• Consumer Smarts—Teach kids how to take charge of a family budget for an entire month while cutting costs along the way.
• Banking—Immerse your students in advanced banking concepts as they establish & operate their own in-school, financial institution.
• Finance Summer Camp—Head to camp where students will work a job, pay for activities, and save for their chosen "Big Adventure."
• Vocabulary Practice

High School Personal Finance

In High School Personal Finance, players plan for the long-term with advanced budgeting and borrowing.

• Topics: Mortgage, Loans/Credit, Identity Theft
• Life Scenarios—Start your high schoolers off on a race towards saving for their future & navigating life's unexpected challenges.
• Advanced Budgeting—Students navigate the complex process of buying a house, working towards a good credit score, and coping with the financial challenges of everyday life.
• Vocabulary Practice
• Retirement: The Elephant in the Room—Practice saving for retirement over 40 years.
• Stock Market Showdown
• Consumer Smarts—Teach kids how to take charge of a family budget for an entire month while cutting costs along the way.
• Banking—Immerse your students in advanced banking concepts as they establish & operate their own in-school, financial institution.

Digital Citizenship

In Digital Citizenship, players learn to be a savvy online citizen and practice digital wellness.

• Topics: Privacy, Scams, Social Media, Mental Health, Cyberbullying
• Internet Safety—Students will master cybersecurity skills as they navigate a hypothetical social media app called Cybr.
• Digital Dragons—Students embark on a quest to protect the internet from malware, cyberbullying, and more.
• Cyberbullying—Teens learn all about the damaging effects of cyberbullying and what to do when it happens to them.
• Digital Wellness—Students take a close look at their relationship with technology to learn how mental, emotional, and physical health is affected by different online habits.
• Digital Footprint—Users experience how everyone's identity is left and tracked online while facing off with a cyber criminal.
• Vocabulary Practice

College and Careers

In College and Careers, students understand what to expect after high school and explore their options.

• Topics: Financial Aid, Career Preferences, Hard & Soft Skills, Applications, Essay Outlines
• Cost of College—Breaks down the real-data cost of attendance for over 8,000 universities, colleges, and trade schools with an interactive storyline.
• Paying for College—Demonstrates how to calculate all expenses associated with education and provides strategies to cover them, including tuition, fees, supplies, housing, and more.
• College Alternatives—Helps students research alternative college options while they role-play as a journalist.
• Scholarships—Equips teens with the know-how to write an essay outline for and apply to real-world scholarships that fit their interests.
• Career Field Quiz—Shows teens what career paths match their personal values, preferred job attributes, education paths, and desired compensation.
• Soft Skills—Encourages high schoolers to utilize soft skills like teamwork, problem solving, communication, and professionalism.
• Vocabulary Practice

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