While purchasing insurance and estate planning may seem like a rather irrelevant topic for high school students, introducing this concept now can help your learners develop a solid foundation of financial literacy that will support them becoming more productive, informed adults in the future.

Concepts

health insurance, insurance, future planning, financial literacy, personal finance, risks

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• As an extension activity, reference or have students research current laws regarding health insurance for minors (e.g.polices in the United States under ObamaCare)

Classroom Considerations

• This is the seventeenth lesson in a series of 22 for high school students, aimed at developing key money management and personal finance skills

Pros

• Excellent worksheets that include sample insurance scenarios for analysis
• Useful teacher tips included in right sidebar throughout the lesson plan, including extension activities and time savers

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.9-10.2.a W.9-10.8 W.11-12.2.a W.11-12.8 SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a