Week 02, Class 08
Insurance and Financial Safety
Borrow, protect and grow your money
Teenagers are targeted financial prey: old enough to have accounts and payment apps, fluent in exactly the channels where fraud arrives, and too young for some institutional protections. This class teaches them to see it coming.
Students learn what insurance actually does and why financial protection matters, then study the patterns behind common scams and suspicious offers. The goal is calm skepticism: the habit of verifying before paying, clicking or sharing.
Topics covered
- What insurance does
- Why financial protection matters
- Common scams aimed at teens
- Spotting suspicious offers
- Protecting accounts and personal information
The practical activity
Students review a set of hypothetical messages, advertisements and offers, flag the ones designed to deceive, and make practical financial safety decisions.
The learning outcome
Students can recognize common scams and make practical financial safety decisions.