Resource Type: Spending
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Tracking income for an artist family
Using a case study about a family of artists, students calculate monthly net income and explore the impact of having irregular income. Topic Earn (Becoming an entrepreneur, Getting paid, Making money), Spend (Budgeting) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Fine arts and performing arts, Math Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 45-60…
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Tracking income
Using a case study about an urban family, students calculate monthly net income and explore the impact of having irregular income. Topic Earn (Becoming an entrepreneur, Getting paid, Making money), Spend (Budgeting) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Math, Social studies or history Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 75-90 minutes Back…
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Differentiating fixed and variable expenses
Using real-world scenarios, students identify fixed and variable expenses and reflect on how they are similar and different. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things, Paying bills) Subject CTE (Career and technical education) Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Jun 02, 2022 Big idea To manage your…
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Choosing how to get paid
Students explore and compare common payment methods and pay periods that employers use. They apply their learning by voting on their preferred methods in a class poll. Topic Earn (Getting paid), Save and invest (Banking options), Spend (Paying bills) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Social studies or history Grade Level High school (9-10), High…
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Categorizing expenses in any language
Students brainstorm typical household expenses and collaborate to come up with the proper terms in their target language. They then categorize those expenses as either fixed or variable. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things, Paying bills) Subject World languages Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 15-20 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Jun…
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Spending scenarios
Students consider everyday spending decisions by working through real-world scenarios. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Fine arts and performing arts, Social studies or history Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 15-20 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Jun 09, 2022 Big idea People face spending decisions…
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Analyzing budgets
Students analyze case studies and apply the 50-30-20 rule of budgeting. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things, Paying bills) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Math Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 75-90 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Jun 02, 2022 Big idea Budgeting helps ensure that you’ll have enough money for…
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Bouncing ball budgets
Through an interactive game, students share spending decisions they’ve made in the past and start to think about their spending habits in new ways. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Physical education or health Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 15-20 minutes Back to All Activities Updated…
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Budgeting games for world languages
Through an interactive game, students practice speaking in the language they’re studying as they share spending decisions they’ve made in the past and start to think about their spending habits in new ways. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Math, Physical education or health, World languages Grade Level High school…
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Categorizing expenses
Students work with a partner to brainstorm typical household expenses and then categorize those expenses as either fixed or variable. Topic Spend (Budgeting, Buying things, Paying bills) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), Math Grade Level High school (9-10), High school (11-12) Duration 15-20 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Jun 02, 2022 Big idea…