Our free teacher resources bring insurance industry expertise into the classroom with curriculum-based activities that are age-appropriate and teacher friendly. All of our resources include comprehensive teacher notes and lesson plans with in-class and student assignment activities built into each and every lesson. Teachers and students will be guided through activities that will aid students in understanding key insurance and risk concepts.
For information about each resource, click on the image below. Each of the resources are available as downloadable PDFs or as a printed resource that can be mailed to you, free for teachers. There are also additional resources (exercises, PowerPoint presentations, etc.) available that may help you introduce insurance concepts in the classroom. Check out the links in the blue box on the right.
Each of the Insurance Institute's resources has earned the Certificate of Recommendation by Curriculum Services Canada. http://www.curriculum.org
Make a Career Connection – Classroom Kit
Coming Soon! Insurance is part of everything your students do and you can help them find their place in it. These new resources will explore the benefits of a career in the P&C insurance industry, the variety of career options available and demonstrate the entry points leading into a career in insurance.
What is Insurance? New Mini-Lessons
While this resource is no longer available in its original form, as a video and resource materials, it is now available as a set of mini-lessons adapted from the original material and available online as downloadable pdf files. These mini-lessons include teacher’s notes, student activity pages and information sheets as appropriate. The lessons are applicable in career studies, guidance, family management, business studies and consumer studies. This resource was designed for grades 9 through 12 (repackaged in 2007).
You're IN Business
This comprehensive resource brings the real world into you business studies classroom by introducing your students to the business of insurance. This resource builds on provincial curriculum standards while increasing student understanding of ethics, entrepreneurship, marketing and the reality of the risks inherent in operating a business. This resource has been designed for business studies students in grades 9 through 12 studying Intro to Business, Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship.
Read the independent Curriculum Services Canada evaluation assessment.
Risk Responsibility Reality
This resource uses three humourous vignettes, showcasing real-life events relevant to high school students, to explore the issues of social responsibility, legal liability, ethical behaviour and practical life skills. This resource has been designed for grades 9 through 12 for use in Law, Life Skills, Career Planning and Family Studies classrooms.
Read the independent Curriculum Services Canada evaluation assessment.
Know Your Risk
This resource encourages your students to explore the risks in their lives and the role ethics plays in their personal decision-making. This resource has been designed for students in grades 4 and beyond in subjects of Life skills, Career and Life Management and Health. This resource is also available in French.
Read the independent Curriculum Services Canada evaluation assessment.