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What's a Good Job?
Upper graders almost always stress about life after high school. To ease the transition to adult life, discuss how to select a job to meet personal needs. Two writing prompts are included to help learners consider what they'd like to do...
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Taxes, Tips, and Salaries
In this taxes, tips and salaries worksheet, students read story problems and determine the sales price, percent of change, amount of tax, and final price. This four-page worksheet contains 8 multi-step prolems. Answers are...
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Money Math: Lessons for Life
Students explore money as it applies to salary, paychecks, and taxes. In this essential mathematics instructional activity, students explore how math is used in various careers, how income takes are calculated and other important life...
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Economic Activity and Markets
Students identify and interpret that economic activity involves making choices in the face of scarcity, therefore making choices involves a cost. They also identify that individuals interact in markets by inducing one another, through...
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Moving On Up!
Students complete a game-like simulation to determine a career and salary. In groups, they collect information and decide what is the "best" city in which to live. They create a monthly budget for their "best" city based on salary from...
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Value of Education: Education and Earning Power
Students explore the earning power of someone with a post-high school education. In this education and income lesson, students evaluate examples of occupations, their salaries, and education level needed for the job. Students calculate...
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Real Life Challenge
In this consumer mathematics worksheet, learners use the newspaper to complete the sheet and figure out their budget for the next six months. They include parenting challenges and a new baby in their budget factors.
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Month 2 Budget
In this consumer mathematics worksheet, students complete a monthly budget by completing each category on the sheet. They fill in the blanks and calculate their totals for month two.
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Month 3 Budget
In this consumer mathematics worksheet, students complete a monthly budget form by filling each of the categories. They fill in their total expenses for each category and calculate their budget for month three.
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Month 4 Budget
For this consumer mathematics worksheet, students complete a monthly budget form by filling each of the categories. They fill in their total expenses for each category and calculate their budget for month four.
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Real Life Challenge ~ Budget
In this consumer mathematics activity, students complete one month of budgeting by completing each of the statements with the appropriate information. Then they calculate their total expenses for the month minus their savings account...
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Month 5 Budget
In this consumer mathematics activity, students complete the following statements with their appropriate information. Then they calculate their total expenses and subtract a portion for savings.
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Month 6 Budget
In this consumer mathematics instructional activity, students complete each statement with their appropriate information. Then they calculate their total expenses for month six and subtract a portion for savings.
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Salaries: How much do Professional Football players Make?
Seventh graders use the internet to investigate the salaries of professional football players. They calculate how much the top five paid athletes in football earn for one game and for one minute of playing time. Students determine the...
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Careers
Students discuss job choices, careers, and how they can affect lifestyles. They research a job they are interested in and write answers to questions about that job. They prepare a poster which includes information about the career they...
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook
See hundreds of featured career profiles. Find out for each occupation a description of the job, typical work environment, how to prepare for that career, salary range, and more. Each profile also includes Bureau of Labor Statistics...
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Income Budgeting
This site contains a unit on budgeting money for use by middle school teachers. Includes enrichment problems, a bibliography, and many example problems and situations.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Income Budgeting
This site contains a unit on budgeting money for use by middle school teachers. Includes enrichment problems, a bibliography, and many example problems and situations.
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Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Wage and Tip Income Lesson Plan [Pdf]
This lesson plan will help students understand that wage and tip income is taxable.
Other
Uncle Fed's Taxes: Tax Topic 401, Wages and Salaries
This site from Uncle Fed's Tax board explains withholding tax from wages and salaries. Mentions various forms that are used when filing taxes.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 1: Money Matters
The process of earning money is the cornerstone of financial literacy. In this lesson, students will identify key terms associated with earning money, explore ideas for earning money now, and evaluate various career options as sources of...
Employment Spot
Employment Spot: Evaluating Job Offers
The search is finally over. You've received a job offer and it sounds too good to be true. Before you scream "I accept," step back and think. There are many factors to weigh before deciding whether to accept and on what conditions.The...
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Current Employment Statistics
This resource provides both long term and current national employment information and statistics.
US Census Bureau
U.s. Census Bureau: Income
This U.S. Census website gives current and past information on the income of Americans.