---
title: "SSEPF1: Economics-Based Life Decisions (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSEPF1
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSEPF1
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
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# SSEPF1: Economics-Based Life Decisions

Analyze major life decisions using economics-based decision-making skills.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSEPF1a**: Apply a rational decision-making model to evaluate the costs and benefits of post-high school life choices (i.e., college, technical school, military enlistment, workforce participation, or other option).
- **SSEPF1b**: Evaluate costs and benefits of various ways to pay for post-high school life including scholarships, the HOPE scholarship, employment, work-study programs, loans, grants, savings, prior investments, and other options.
- **SSEPF1c**: Identify necessary documents needed to complete forms like the FAFSA or scholarship applications.
- **SSEPF1d**: Apply a rational decision-making model to evaluate other major life choices like employment opportunities, renting a home vs. buying, selecting a mortgage, and buying a car.
- **SSEPF1e**: Describe how individual financial decisions can help create generational wealth.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.