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The Social Security Administration has a free teaching kit for high school students called Social Security and You. It consists of five lessons plus an overview and includes factsheets, handouts, and quizzes. A 25-minute videotape is also available. You can download the text from the Social Security Administration Web site www.ssa.gov or you can receive the kit, including the video, by sending a blank 60 minute VHS videotape with your mailing information to: Social Security, 4-J-8 WHR, Baltimore, MD 21235. Be sure to mention that you would like the tape duplicated.

At www.investorguide.com there is an estate-planning guide. It is a basic primer on financial planning and includes the topics 401(k), IRAs, Social Security, After Retirement, Estate Planning, Calculators, Discussion Groups, and Organization.

The Motley Fool Web site, www.fool.com, includes retirement planning information.

www.jumpstartcoalition.org The Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy seeks to improve the personal financial literacy of young adults. Its purpose is to evaluate the financial literacy of young adults; develop, disseminate, and encourage the use of guidelines for grades K-12; and promote the teaching of personal finance. Its Web site provides a searchable database of educational materials for the K-12 age group. (888) 45-EDUCATE.

The public radio program, Sound Money, frequently features financial planning for retirement. For a list of programs, broadcast schedule, resources, and audio archives, visit their Web site at www.money.mpr.org.

www.ncfe.org is the Web site for the National Center for Financial Education. It is a consumer-oriented, nonprofit, public education organization that offers articles and worksheets on topics, such as spending perception and creating a spending plan.

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