Life
In this module, students explore the purpose of life insurance and examine the differences between types of policies.
Pre-/Post-Unit Quiz
What do your students know about life insurance and how it works? Print and distribute the unit quiz, or have students go to www.scholastic.com/nextgeneration/students to take the interactive version of the quiz and print their answers.
This lesson includes two activities—one introduces students to terms and practices related to life insurance, while the other describes policy types and challenges students to evaluate the differences.
Student Activity: Life Insurance Glossary (PDF) Student Activity: Charting My Course (PDF)
Student Activity: Life Insurance Glossary (PDF) Student Activity: Charting My Course (PDF)
Students evaluate the financial standing and future obligations of a couple with two children and determine if their life insurance policy will enable them to meet their future financial needs and goals.
Student Activity: Better Safe (PDF)
Student Activity: Better Safe (PDF)
To help them understand the purpose of life insurance, students will brainstorm portraits of fictional characters and then examine their financial obligations to assess how these responsibilities would be met if the character passed away.
Student Activity: Who Needs Life Insurance? (PDF)
Student Activity: Who Needs Life Insurance? (PDF)
LIFE Foundation Photo Credits | Homepage Photos: girl with backpack, © Supri Suharjoto/Shutterstock; boy on bike, © Ljupco Smokovski/Shutterstock; mother and son, © CREATISTA/Shutterstock; two girls running, © Steve Debenport/E+/Getty Images; boy on crutches, © Sean Justice/Media Bakery; girl looking at computer, © Jose Luis Palaez/Media Bakery; girl with laptop, © Yuri Arcurs/Shutterstock. | Risk Photos: boy on bike, © Ljupco Smokovski/Shutterstock; blackboard, Maridav/Shutterstock; laptop, © Rob Marmion/Shutterstock. | Life Photos: mother and son,
© CREATISTA/Shutterstock; blackboard, Maridav/Shutterstock; laptop, © Rob Marmion/Shutterstock. | Health Photos: two girls running, © Steve Debenport/E+/Getty Images; blackboard, Maridav/Shutterstock; laptop, © Rob Marmion/Shutterstock. | Disability Photos: boy on crutches, © Sean Justice/Media Bakery; blackboard, Maridav/Shutterstock; laptop, © Rob Marmion/Shutterstock. | Financial Planning Photos: girl looking at computer, © Jose Luis Palaez/Media Bakery; blackboard, Maridav/Shutterstock. | Student Resources Photos: girl in blue shirt, © l i g h t p o e t/Shutterstock; family, © George Doyle/Media Bakery. | National Standards Photo: students and teacher, © Altrendo/Media Bakery. | Helpful Links Photo: students looking at laptops, © Media Bakery.
© CREATISTA/Shutterstock; blackboard, Maridav/Shutterstock; laptop, © Rob Marmion/Shutterstock. | Health Photos: two girls running, © Steve Debenport/E+/Getty Images; blackboard, Maridav/Shutterstock; laptop, © Rob Marmion/Shutterstock. | Disability Photos: boy on crutches, © Sean Justice/Media Bakery; blackboard, Maridav/Shutterstock; laptop, © Rob Marmion/Shutterstock. | Financial Planning Photos: girl looking at computer, © Jose Luis Palaez/Media Bakery; blackboard, Maridav/Shutterstock. | Student Resources Photos: girl in blue shirt, © l i g h t p o e t/Shutterstock; family, © George Doyle/Media Bakery. | National Standards Photo: students and teacher, © Altrendo/Media Bakery. | Helpful Links Photo: students looking at laptops, © Media Bakery.
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