How To Use

Welcome to the Teachers Area of "Bank Junior." Here's what you see below.

Bullets
In the tan area, you see a link called "Recent additions" Check here to see if new content has been added recently to Bank Junior relevant to your teaching.

The next link, "Financial Literacy," will help you learn about this topic and how important it is in the U.S. and in Utah.

The next one keeps you up to date regarding the rate of personal bankruptcies in Utah. Utah has been leading the Nation in the per capita ranking for over three years. The next link helps explain why that's been the case. Please help us do something about this dubious honor!

The next link helps teachers in Idaho relate the content to their teaching objectives.

PDF Folder
Below those bulleted items is a link to the folder of graphics (in PDF format). The folder contains images of a check, deposit slips, check registers, job application forms, budget planner...and other forms useful in teaching personal finance.

Contact Me
We welcome your suggestions to continue to improve Bank Junior. "Contact me" gives you a form to send me a comment or suggestion by e-mail. Please use it.

Bookshelf
Just below the logo in the upper left-hand corner of the page is the link to the Bookshelf. This one takes you to a list of books available in school or public libraries that provide further insight into personal financial literacy. Some are for kids; some are for teachers and parents.

Content
The next links below take you to the content of Bank Junior. Choose the one that relates best to the grade level you are interested in. Clicking on one of those choices takes you to a list of documents. Click on any title to review each document to decide which ones are the most useful. At the bottom of the document is a list of the documents from which questions were taken for the Quiz and the name of the Quiz in the Testing Center.

Going back to the Site's home page, entering the Classroom at the lower left will take you to the same documents. Choose "Elementary" or "6+," then note a dark green column on the left. Click on the category you wish to explore and use. You may print any document and use it a master to copy and distribute or use as you wish.

Savings Wizard
Use this fun tool to help students realize how much he or she needs to save every week to reach a goal in a given number of weeks.

Testing Center
Find a list of the quizzes available by name. You can assign these to your students after they read the covered pages of content. Each student should type his or her first name in the white block, answer each question by clicking on one of the "radio buttons" below each one, then clicking on "Grade Quiz" at the bottom of the quiz. The grade report and analysis will appear. The student should print that page, adding his or her full name or as you instruct for recording.

Glossary
It's a list of over 100 money-related terms. Throughout the content, these words are shown in a different color. Clicking on them will take the user directly to the Glossary, then return to the document.

Disclaimer
All information on the Site is provided as a public service by Zions Bank. Its objective is to expand the knowledge of teachers, teachers and students in public and private schools about money and related financial matters. Some of the information is clearly subjective. However, every effort has been made to provide current and reliable information, Appropriate attribution is posted at the end of documents, where needed.