WEIRD SCHEDULE 12/16-12/18
Final Exam!
Absent? Students will not be able to make up the final exam. Please come to class to take the exam!
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Monday, December 15, 2014
Presentations!
Bellwork: Prepare to present your project folder
Objective: students will explain how education, career choices, and family obligations affect future income
Activity: Students will present their projects to three other students in class (please see the PowerPoint from 24 Nov for more details).
After the presentations, students will create a wordle in class.
Homework: Prepare for the final exam! Remember that you can use all of your notes for the final exam.
Objective: students will explain how education, career choices, and family obligations affect future income
Activity: Students will present their projects to three other students in class (please see the PowerPoint from 24 Nov for more details).
After the presentations, students will create a wordle in class.
Homework: Prepare for the final exam! Remember that you can use all of your notes for the final exam.
Final Exam Review: Economics
systems, Property
rights, Tragedy
of the commons, Consumer
sovereignty, Types
of advertising, Factors
of poverty, Purpose
of taxes, Types
of taxes, Three economic questions, Invisible
hand, Scarcity, Laissez
faire, Types
of loans, Credit
history, Financial
aid, Savings
vehicles (bonds, mutual funds, certificate of deposit, savings account, stocks)
Absent? Please turn in your completed folder for half-credit on or before Thursday at 12:00pm!
Friday, December 12, 2014
Budgeting Day 2/Catch Up Day
Bellwork: What is the most important thing you have learned from this project?
Objective: students will create a budget based on the information they find. students will finalize their projects and prepare for the presentations on Monday.
Activity: in the computer lab today (12 Dec)! Students will use the internet to fill out the ""budget worksheet" in their Personal Finance Folder (please see the PowerPoint from 24 Nov for more details). Students will catch up on any work they are behind on.
Homework: complete the "Budgeting log" tonight:
Please have a conversation with a parent/guardian/adult about the budget you created in class. Write a 100 word response here in which you detail the conversation. Share your thoughts as well as the parent/guardian/adult’s thoughts on your budget. Has your mind changed about any of the numbers? Why/why not?
In addition, complete the reading questions that you were unable to finish in the folder on page 23.
Absent? Please complete the "Budget Worksheet" on your own time.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Budgeting
Block Day Dec 10/11
Bellwork: What is a budget?
Objective: students will create a budget based on the information they find.
Activity: in the computer lab today (10/11 Dec)! Students will use the internet to fill out the "Career Worksheet", "Automobile Worksheet", "Family Worksheet", and "House/Mortgage Worksheet" in their Personal Finance Folder (please see the PowerPoint from 24 Nov for more details).
Homework: complete the "Budgeting log" tonight:
Please have a conversation with a parent/guardian/adult about the budget you created in class. Write a 100 word response here in which you detail the conversation. Share your thoughts as well as the parent/guardian/adult’s thoughts on your budget. Has your mind changed about any of the numbers? Why/why not?
Bellwork: What is a budget?
Objective: students will create a budget based on the information they find.
Activity: in the computer lab today (10/11 Dec)! Students will use the internet to fill out the "Career Worksheet", "Automobile Worksheet", "Family Worksheet", and "House/Mortgage Worksheet" in their Personal Finance Folder (please see the PowerPoint from 24 Nov for more details).
Homework: complete the "Budgeting log" tonight:
Please have a conversation with a parent/guardian/adult about the budget you created in class. Write a 100 word response here in which you detail the conversation. Share your thoughts as well as the parent/guardian/adult’s thoughts on your budget. Has your mind changed about any of the numbers? Why/why not?
Absent? Please complete the "Career Worksheet", "Automobile Worksheet", "Family Worksheet", and "House/Mortgage Worksheet" on your own time
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Savings
Bellwork: Do you think you will be a millionaire by the time you are 65? Why? Why not?
Objective: students will explain the risk, return, and liquidity of short- and long- term savings and investment vehicles.
Activity: students will listen to a presentation on savings and fill out the "Savings Worksheet" in the portfolio. (please see the PowerPoint from 24 Nov for more details).
Homework: complete the "Savings log" tonight:
Please have a conversation with a parent/guardian/adult about the types of savings options available to you. Ask them if they own any stocks and how they feel about stock ownership. Write a 100 word response in which you detail the conversation and share your thoughts on savings as well as the parent/guardian/adult’s response to your ideas. Absent? Please complete the "Savings Worksheet" on your own time.
Monday, December 8, 2014
Paying for College
Bellwork: How will you afford college?
Objective: Students will identify the four major ways to pay for college: scholarships, grants, loans, and the military
Activity: students will listen to a presentation while filling out the "Paying for College" worksheet. (please see the PowerPoint from 24 Nov for more details).
Homework: None
Absent? Please complete the "Paying for College" worksheet on your own time. Please see the PowerPoint from 24 Nov for more details.
Friday, December 5, 2014
Debt
Bellwork: Is there such a thing as good debt?
Objective: students will explain the risks and benefits of different types of loans.
Activity: Students will complete the "debt worksheet" in their portfolio today by rotating around different stations with the information.
Homework: complete the "Credit Cards log" tonight:
Please have a conversation with a parent/guardian/adult about credit cards. Talk to them about the dangers and benefits of credit cards. Ask them their feelings on credit cards and how they see you using them in the future. Write a 100 word response here in which you detail the conversation and share your thoughts as well as the parent/guardian/adult’s response to your ideas
Absent? complete the "Debt Worksheet" on your own time. Please see the PowerPoint from Nov 24th.
Objective: students will explain the risks and benefits of different types of loans.
Activity: Students will complete the "debt worksheet" in their portfolio today by rotating around different stations with the information.
Homework: complete the "Credit Cards log" tonight:
Please have a conversation with a parent/guardian/adult about credit cards. Talk to them about the dangers and benefits of credit cards. Ask them their feelings on credit cards and how they see you using them in the future. Write a 100 word response here in which you detail the conversation and share your thoughts as well as the parent/guardian/adult’s response to your ideas
Absent? complete the "Debt Worksheet" on your own time. Please see the PowerPoint from Nov 24th.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Ivory Tower
Block Day 3/4 Dec
Substitute
Bellwork: Is College Worth the Money You Pay?
Objective: students will compare colleges and define what they have to offer.
Activity: Ivory Tower Video and Graphic Organizer
Homework: None
Absent? Write a 300 word essay in which you describe the failures and triumphs of the College education system in America. Explain why college tuition has increased so rapidly.
Substitute
Bellwork: Is College Worth the Money You Pay?
Objective: students will compare colleges and define what they have to offer.
Activity: Ivory Tower Video and Graphic Organizer
Homework: None
Absent? Write a 300 word essay in which you describe the failures and triumphs of the College education system in America. Explain why college tuition has increased so rapidly.
Monday, December 1, 2014
Personal Finance: Which College?
We will be working on this part of the project for two days 1/2 Dec
Bellwork: Where do you want to go to college? Why?
Objective: students will compare colleges and define what they have to offer.
Activity: first in the classroom and then in the computer lab today (1/2 Dec)! Students will use the internet to fill out the "College Worksheet" in their Personal Finance Folder (please see the PowerPoint from 24 Nov for more details).
Homework: complete the "College Education log" tonight:
Please interview a parent/guardian/adult about the colleges that you are interested in attending once you graduate. Talk especially about your plans on HOW you will pay for the education. Write a 100 word response here in which you detail the conversation and share your ideas about paying for college as well as the parent/guardian/adult’s response to your ideas.
Absent? Please complete the "College Worksheet" on your own time
Bellwork: Where do you want to go to college? Why?
Objective: students will compare colleges and define what they have to offer.
Activity: first in the classroom and then in the computer lab today (1/2 Dec)! Students will use the internet to fill out the "College Worksheet" in their Personal Finance Folder (please see the PowerPoint from 24 Nov for more details).
Homework: complete the "College Education log" tonight:
Please interview a parent/guardian/adult about the colleges that you are interested in attending once you graduate. Talk especially about your plans on HOW you will pay for the education. Write a 100 word response here in which you detail the conversation and share your ideas about paying for college as well as the parent/guardian/adult’s response to your ideas.
Absent? Please complete the "College Worksheet" on your own time
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