JA Our Neighbors
The JA Our Neighbors video resource is designed to help students with their need to bridge the digital divide, promote diversity, increase literacy, and boost confidence when a volunteer visits the classroom. These program enhancements are intended to enrich the JA experience for students, teachers, and volunteers, creating a deeper relationship with Junior Achievement and the mission.
Applications
JA Our Neighbors ™
JA Our Neighbors is a series of culturally responsive videos designed to help contextualize concepts introduced in JA's elementary school programs. The videos utilize social emotional learning concepts to support the participating students.
Related Curriculum
JA Our City
JA Our City® introduces third-grade students to financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and grade-level social studies learning objectives, including how people manage their money and the importance of economic exchange within a city. (Grade 3)
LEARNING EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS
-- A flexible model designed to support multiple learning environments
-- Five 45-minute sessions
-- Experiential, engaging in-class activities that support learning objectives, including digital and physical board games, mapping activities, and role-plays
-- School-to-home activities that extend the lessons from the classroom to students’ families and their own communities
-- Elementary-appropriate content in financial literacy with entrepreneurship woven throughout
-- A fun sing-along video to get students up and moving in the classroom, while reinforcing financial literacy concepts.
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JA Our Community Blended USA
JA Our Community Blended is the first program in Junior Achievement's elementary suite to be developed as a blended model program. Students are immersed in the daily life of their community the people who work there, the money decisions they make, the flow of the community's economy, and the importance of being involved and responsible community members. (Grade 2) It includes five 45-minute sessions, with additional extended learning activities and optional digital assets offered throughout.
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JA Our Families
JA Our Families® explains how family members' jobs and businesses contribute to the well-being of the family and of the community. The learning experience introduces the concept of needs and wants and explores the ways families plan for and acquire goods and services. Students analyze their own skills to determine ways they can support their families. (Grade 1)
The learning experience includes five 45-minute sessions, with additional extended learning activities and optional digital assets offered throughout.
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JA Our Nation
JA Our Nation® provides practical information about the need for employees who can meet the demands of the 21st century job market, particularly high-growth, high-demand jobs. Students will understand the skills, especially in science, technology, engineering, and math, that will make their futures brighter. (Grade 5)
JA Our Nation offers flexible implementation options to meet the needs of students and teachers in a variety of use cases. It includes five 45-minute sessions and one optional supplemental session, with additional extended learning activities and optional digital assets offered throughout.
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JA Our Region
JA Our Region® introduces students to entrepreneurship and how entrepreneurs use resources to produce goods and services in a region. Students operate a hypothetical hot dog stand to understand the fundamental tasks performed by a business owner and to track the revenue and expenses of a business. (Grade 4)
JA Our Region offers flexible implementation options to meet the needs of students and teachers in a variety of use cases. It includes five 45-minute sessions, with additional extended learning activities and optional digital assets offered throughout.
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JA Ourselves
JA Ourselves® uses storybook characters in read-aloud and hands-on activities to introduce the role people play in an economy. Through engaging, volunteer-led activities, young students learn about individual choices, money, the importance of saving and giving, and the value of work. (Kindergarten)
JA Ourselves offers flexible implementation options to meet the needs of students and teachers in a variety of use cases. It includes five 45-minute sessions, with additional extended learning activities and optional digital assets offered throughout.
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