Dollars with Sense Resources for Teachers - AIG Resources

Teacher Resources

We're delighted that your class will be participating in the JA Dollars with Sense program. JA will provide all of the resources you will need to run a successful program in your class. Thanks to the generous support of our partners, this opportunity is available to your students at no cost.

Special thank you to our corporate partner AIG Insurance for supporting this program for your class(es). With their support, this opportunity is available to your students at no cost.

Below you'll also find some videos created by our volunteers!

The JA Kit

If you are delivering the program to students in person, you can request the program workbooks to be shipped at no cost to you. Alternatively, students can complete the activities online using fillable PDF forms on the JA Campus.

The JA Campus

To have your class participate in the online program, you'll need to use the JA Campus. This will give you access to online resources and interactive elements which are part of the program.

JA CampusClick here to access the online program

Using the JA CampusTips to help you access the online program

Video Resources

Your participation in our online platform is possible with the generous support of our partners. To enhance your program experience, our partners have developed some additional content and stories to share with your students. These videos can be shared during the program lessons or as a follow up after students have completed the program.

Advice From Our Dedicated Volunteers

We're grateful for our dedicated volunteers from AIG Insurance. They provided some inspiring video clips which we have put together for your class. Please share these four videos with your students as part of the program experience.

Videos: Money Management Advice

Videos: Online Safety

Part 1

Part 2

Part 1

Part 2

Additional Resources and Activities

To have your class successfully participate in the program, you will need the following:

JA Student Workbooks (shipped to you or you'll be given access to a digital version)
Access to the JA Campus (digital resources)
Additional Notes - Dollars with Sense [PDF Download]
Video Resources (above)
Optional extended learning tools (found in the next section below)

If you have any questions or are missing any of the material or resources you'll need, please reach out to your JA contact.

After completing the program with your students, we would like to encourage you to continue the learning with your class. You are welcome to use the supplementary tools below to encourage participation, support curriculum objectives, and use for student assessment.

Discussion Questions
Below is a discussion guide and suggested answers to use as a follow-up for each lesson. This can be used as a full-class conversation for participation marks, after each lesson to encourage conversation, given to your class as a student-reflection homework assignment, or posted as a question on your Google Classroom.

Class Discussion Questions [PDF Download]

Google Forms Quiz/Assignment
Below, you'll find some quizzes using Google Forms which summarize each lesson. You are welcome to use these for graded content. You will need to take a copy of our Google Forms and easily add them as a Quiz Assignment in your Google Classroom. Alternatively, you can print the PDF version to run a quiz or have a class discussion.

Note: If you would like to use the Google templates, please use the link below. Please make a copy of the files you would like to use and put them in your own Google Drive to share through your Google Classroom. Once you've moved a copy to your folder, you'll be able to adjust the settings.

Quiz Templates [Google Quiz] [PDF Download]
Quiz Answer Keys [Lesson 1] [Lesson 2] [Lesson 3] [Lesson 4] [Lesson 5] [PDF Download]

Curriculum Correlations
JA program activities can assist you in achieving some of the required learning objectives for your students. In the document referenced below we have highlighted the direct connections between the grade 7 curriculum and the Dollars with Sense program.

Dollars with Sense Grade 7 Curriculum Correlations [PDF Download]

Thank you for participating in the JA program and providing this opportunity to your students!

Survey Feedback
We are continually looking for feedback from both teachers and students to improve the program. We'd greatly appreciate it if you could complete the teacher survey below and have your students complete the student survey.

Contact Us
If you have any questions abut the Dollars with Sense Program, please reach out to your JA Staff Contact: Michelle Stone.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the program, accessing our online content, or to share testimonials from your students!