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Taxes are not the most fun topic to teach but it is important nonetheless. This collection of resources is a solid 3-4 day mini lesson with a summative assessment included. Check out this other original Personal Finance resources: - PBL Real Life Budget Project (Most Popular)- Checking and Savings Account Poster Project (FREE)- Distance Learning Credit, Loans, and Credit Scores Unit CollectionThis zipped file includes:1. "John Dough" Taxes - students get an understanding of what a W2, W4, and

16 products included in this bundle that is best suited for a semester-long Intro to Economics and Personal Finance Course. Best to be used for 8th-12th grades. The length of time is based on about 40-45 classes, 60-75 minute blocks. BONUS!! Sample Alternate Unit Guide that is aligned to national curriculum standards and Vocabulary Terms Organized by Unit. 1. Unit 1 - About Decisions, Scarcity, Opportunity Cost, Marginal Analysis, Basic Economic Systems, Getting to Know Your Students/Community B

This Unit bundle has been in the works for about 5 years, it has been continually added to and developed to make it as meaningful as possible. This can be used along with the following activities projects to teach students about spending and budgeting: - PBL Personal Finance Budget Project- Tracking Your Spending Project "Maxed Out"Goal: For students to be able to understand how credit can be used responsibly and how credit scores are calculated/are important. There are about 20 pages of cre

Students spend about 60 minutes drawing their own city using the instructions in the Power Point presentation. Students come to understandings about how cities grow and how it impacts that people that live there. Cities get progressively larger and it becomes more difficult to find space for all of the new developments. This can be used for face to face as well as distance learning. This is great introduction to Industrialization in History and the growth of cities in Geography. This can be diff

This rubric was created to change the way we evaluate students in our leadership program but it could be used in a variety of settings to measure how students are showing growth in areas besides academics. We emphasize to students that this will impact their grade in addition to classwork/homework/quizzes. It could be modified for lower grades but was originally created for a high school setting. You could also reduce the number of indicators.

This Unit Collection is built for about 3-5 days of instruction (60-75 minute blocks). The goal is to have students discover what human capital is and what skills they have, then look at what education is required for what occupation interests them, it will also provide an opportunity for students to get to know their classmates through a poster project. Consider this PBL Personal Finance Budget Project to carry this unit even further: - PBL Budget ProjectIncluded in this zipped file: 1. 40 sl

Checking & Savings Account Project: Creating an Advertisement Check Out These Other Great Personal Finance Resources:-PBL Personal Finance Budget Project-Credit and Loans Unit Collection-Intro to Economics: Scarcity and Opportunity Cost SimulationIn your groups, you will be creating a poster about the checking & savings accounts offered for teenagers and/or young adults by your bank or credit union. This poster will be an advertisement for teenagers and young adults. Therefore, it should be i

Included is a step by step process/template for leading students through an end of the year reflection on their work and contributions to the school community. This was originally created for a leadership course but can be modified to fit a variety of settings. An exemplary example is embedded into the document for students to reference their work. Each step is explained in specific details to make it easier for students to complete. This could be completed face to face or in a distance setting.

Updated for 2020 tax year changes! This is a great project that incorporates writing, research, math, computer, and real world skills. Also, consider the mini-project assignment below that provides students with a framework to track their monthly expenses and questions for the Personal Finance Documentary "Maxed Out" in addition to a unit bundle on Credit and Loans! - "Tracking Student Expenses" Project- Credit and Loans Unit Bundle- Taxes UnitThis document includes: 1. A project descriptio

30 minute activity, all ready to go! The goal of this activity is not only for students to build communication skills with each other but also to realize that asking questions, especially in group work is useful to get something done more efficiently.  This is a great activity at the beginning of the year or a beginning of group work and can be used with a variety of grades. Classroom community can also be built through this interactive activity. All students must be engaged and in my experienc

This is a 6 page series of activities that can be completed in any order you chose. 1. Student questions to accompany any Shark Tank episode of your choice. 2. A group project that has students brainstorm their own Shark Tank product to present to the class. 3. A rubric for evaluation.

Answer Key Included! This was originally intended to be used with Econ: Alive! Chapter 3 but can easily be adapted for other resources or online learning. The 7 pages of content will lead students through 3 levels of discovery:1. An overview of what an economic system is and what all economies must provide answers for. 2. A more detailed organizer of the 3 major types of economic systems (Market, Command, Traditional). 3. A detailed look at the U.S. Economy and how it's really a mixed system wi

This project provides a great mini-unit before introducing budgeting or could be a sub-day lesson plan. Consider this longer-term project link below for a multiple week student centered budget project where students choose an occupation, work within a budget, pay taxes, and analyze their experience! PBL Personal Finance Budget ProjectStudents watch "Maxed Out" Documentary with provided questions to help them understand the dangers of getting into high interest credit card debt. Following this, t

This collection can be used as a 4-5 Day (60-75 minute) block mini-unit on Supply and Demand. This can be flexible for a on level class as well as an honors/AP setting. This includes introduction, instruction, and evaluation of basic supply and demand concepts. Included in this zip file is: 1. An intro to supply and demand document that has students "simulate" what they would be willing to buy and sell at a certain price. 2. Introduction to the determinants of supply and demand PowerPoint to de

This is a quick 30-40 minute activity that gets students involved in discovering the concept of diminishing marginal utility! 2-3 student volunteers are tasked with eating as many marshmallows as they can while rating their utility or satisfaction with each additional marshmallow eaten. There is also a graphing component which means it can be modified for math/statistics.

This resource provides 5 concrete stations for students to work on as an introduction to Banking, Savings, Interest, and Checking (8 pages total). This could be used for face to face or in a virtual setting. Students could complete as packet or in a jigsaw style. The 5 stations include: 1. Parts of a Check with visuals. 2. Evaluating banking account options organizer. 3. Calculating Simple vs. Compound Interest. 4. Important Unit Vocabulary Organizer with 12+ terms and answers. 5. TED Talk on bu

This is a collection of a variety of viewing guides for the following films, these are comprehensive to a Economics/Personal Finance Course. 1. "30 for 30: Broke" ESPN - Saving, Budgeting, Personal Finance 2. "Jobs": Steve Jobs, Entrepreneurship 3. "Maxed Out": Credit, Debt, Saving 4. "Social Network": Facebook, Entrepreneurship 5. PBS Frontline: "Inside the Meltdown" 2008 Financial Crisis - FREE ONLINE LINK 6. "Ivory Tower": CNN Documentary - College, Cost, Budgeting 7. "30 Days": Living on Mi

This 5 activities include both individual as well as paired/group activities for you to get to know your students. Also, you will be able to start to build classroom community in a time when it is essential.

This can be used for virtual learning! This lesson is adaptable to just about any situation and students can learn a variety of things depending on what you want and how you present things. It can be used as a simple icebreaker or to achieve the listed objectives. It takes a few moments to figure out how to direct the class and what you don’t say is as important as what you do say when giving direction. It helps to incorporate “prizes”(like candy) to make the class more likely to become compet

This DBQ has it all! Background Reading, Documents (A-I), Document Analysis Organizers, as well as Sentence/Paragraph starters to help all students succeed. Students research and come to a conclusion on if NASA should continue to be funded by the U.S. government. A variety of sources (9) are provided from current event readings, to pie charts, and also video links. Teachers can modify the sources as necessary but these should be accessible to students in upper middle school through high school.