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Personal Finance Project Resource Book

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Balancing a budget, paying taxes, and buying a home may feel out of reach for your high schoolers, but in their adult years they will thank you for the early tips. A set of five lessons integrates applicable money math activities with personal finance lessons, equipping young investors with valuable skills for adulthood.

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Instructional Ideas
  • Have learners work on the spreadsheet section of the lesson in a computer lab or on a class set of tablets
  • Incorporate the lessons throughout an economics semester or in a seminar about money management
Classroom Considerations
  • Many of the pages are in color, but printing in black and white shouldn't affect understanding
  • Several of the extension links lead to resources that are no longer available
Pros
  • Provides rubrics, answer keys, and homework assignments for each of the five lessons
  • Ideal for a cross-curricular assignment between math and social studies
  • Table of contents allows you to organize and plan the unit efficiently
Cons
  • None