Course Description: Understanding money becomes practical and approachable through learning how financial systems work, creating realistic budgets, practicing safe online banking, and developing strategies for future financial planning.

• Classes:
  
  • Class 7: Understanding Money: Exploring currency systems, financial institutions, and the psychology behind spending and saving behaviors.
    
    • Project: Use gamified apps to simulate spending and saving.
  • Class 8: Budgeting Essentials: Learning practical methods for tracking income, managing expenses, and aligning spending with personal values and goals.
    
    • Project: Plan a virtual shopping trip using AI tools.
  • Class 9: Banking & Online Safety: Understanding financial account management, security protocols, and protection strategies against digital fraud.
    
    • Project: Simulate setting up a virtual bank account.
  • Class 10: Future Planning: Developing strategies for long-term financial goals, including investments, retirement, and major life purchases.
    
    • Project: Create a visual plan using animation tools.
  • Class 11: Digital Currencies: Examining blockchain technology, cryptocurrency fundamentals, and the evolving landscape of digital financial transactions.
    
    • Project: Design a presentation with information about online services and digital currencies.
  • Class 12: Financial Decision-Making: Applying critical thinking and analytical skills to complex financial choices and risk assessment.
    
    • Project: Create scenario-based simulations for financial choices using interactive tools.

Course Description: Humor becomes a powerful tool for connection as students learn to create and tell jokes, understand visual comedy, and navigate social interactions with confidence.

• Classes:
  
  • Class 13: Understanding Humor: Exploring the psychology and science behind what makes people laugh, including timing, surprise, and emotional release mechanisms.
    
    • Project: Create one liners, practice and illustrate them.
  • Class 14: Visual Humor: Examining the principles of visual comedy through cartoons, physical comedy, and digital media expressions.
    
    • Project: Illustrate a comic strip or meme using free online tools
  • Class 15: Joke-Telling Skills: Mastering delivery techniques, timing, facial expressions, and adaptability for effective humor communication.
    
    • Project: Practice humor using analytical techniques.
  • Class 16: Social Humor: Learning to use humor appropriately to build relationships, defuse tension, and navigate diverse social settings.
    
    • Project: Plan and deliver several comedy scenarios.
  • Class 17: Digital Comedy Creation: Understanding how humor translates across digital platforms and developing skills for creating engaging comedic content online.
    
    • Project: Produce a short comedy sketch using digital media tools and basic editing techniques.
  • Class 18: Cultural Humor Exploration: Investigating how humor varies across cultures, generations, and contexts while developing sensitivity to diverse perspectives.
    
    • Project: Research and present examples of humor across different cultures, creating an interactive digital showcase.

Course Description: Students explore emotional intelligence by learning to recognize and manage their own emotions, develop stress management techniques, resolve conflicts peacefully, and build personal resilience.

• Classes:
  
  • Class 19: Recognizing Emotions: Understanding the science of emotions, developing self-awareness, and learning to identify emotional states in yourself and others.
    
    • Project: Produce a short clip identifying emotions in yourself and others.
  • Class 20: Stress Management Techniques: Exploring evidence-based approaches to managing stress, including mindfulness, physical activity, and cognitive reframing.
    
    • Project: Animate a calming scene with soothing music tracks.
  • Class 21: Conflict Resolution: Developing communication strategies, active listening skills, and problem-solving approaches for navigating interpersonal challenges.
    
    • Project: Role-play scenarios using AI.
  • Class 22: Building Resilience: Understanding the components of emotional resilience and developing practical skills for bouncing back from setbacks.
    
    • Project: Film a motivational video sharing personal strengths and goals.
  • Class 23: Emotional Storytelling: Learning to express and process emotions through narrative techniques and creative digital expression.
    
    • Project: Create a digital narrative exploring emotional intelligence through visual storytelling.
  • Class 24: Community Connection: Applying emotional intelligence skills to build stronger relationships and foster supportive communities.
    
    • Project: Design a collaborative digital project promoting emotional awareness within a community context.