The middle grades programs build on the lessons the students learned in Junior Achievement s Elementary School program and helps teens make difficult decisions about how to best prepare for their educational and professional future. The programs supplement standard social curricula and develop communication skills that are essential to success in the business world. They also learn about budgets, personal and family financial management, and the use of credit. The activities reinforce economic concepts taught in career, life skills, and other social studies electives. The activities are designed to reinforce economic concepts taught in U.S. history, state history, and civics courses.
Students learn the steps in organizing a business and producing marketing products.
They also study the social responsibilities of business and the role of government in the U.S. economy. Helps students appreciate how they are connected, through trade, to people and cultures throughout the world. The activities are designed to reinforce economic concepts taught in world history and geography courses. The program begins with a focus on the resources of selected countries and how they impact cultures, governments, and economic systems. The focus then turns to the benefits of international trade and important international economic issues.