College, Career, Personal Finance, and Life Skills Project (~3 weeks!)

I have this product available in multiple formats: Google, Microsoft, PDF, etc.

Please email me at sjewitt@enoriveracademy.org if you prefer another format and I can provide that!

For this project, students will create a personal financial budget for an anticipated career, salary, and expenses for when they graduate college. There are many steps to this project that are clearly laid out and and broken into chunks.

This could also be modified to be used as a unit lesson plan for college exploration, career education, life skills, financial planning, or personal finance.

Students will:

-Select a career they think they may be interested in

-Research the demands of the job--skills necessary, hours worked, and necessary education.

-Research colleges that may offer the education necessary for their chosen career.

-Determine what essential costs they will have to pay for (rent, food, electricity, clothing, transportation, etc.)

-Determine what non-essential costs they may want to save for (vacations, retirement, emergency fund, etc.)

-Choose an actual apartment or house to rent in a city of their choosing

-Decide what to do with money that is not spent / "left over" each month

-Discuss the importance of having a balanced budget, how one can help you save and spend, and plan for the future.

-Create a pie graph/chart that shows a visual distribution of your money

-Fill out a monthly / yearly budget chart with income and expenses

-**Includes extensions that challenge students to research and include information on income tax, state and federal salary deductions, gross vs. net salary, health and car insurance, cost of college, and paying / repaying for college.

The project can easily be modified to be easier or more in-depth.

It also includes:

-A pacing guide (~15 class days / 3 weeks)

-Grading rubric

I also have available for purchase a 4 day Personal Finance Unit that includes 3 lesson plans, accompanying Presentations, and a Quiz: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Personal-Finance-Unit-Lesson-plans-presentation-and-assessment-4-days-5647204

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Thanks!

-Scott