Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Course Description
Journal Tracker: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IReXvByL3UbkxJ3-Bpfd0Hgg03Drbh0cr-N_YEDCbFw/edit?usp=sharing
Blue Sheet Tracker https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SAaDjn0pGwY4dwnp9p5BUarQ3AqRbH5h8ys81JBNkp8/edit?usp=sharing
Wrap up of our previous work:
ICAP - Individual Career Academic Program - Presentation by Ms. WritzICAP is a multi-year process that intentionally guides students and families in the exploration of career, academic and post-secondary opportunities. With the support of adults, students develop the awareness, knowledge, attitudes, and skills to create their own meaningful and powerful pathways to be career and college ready.
Course Description
Journal Tracker: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IReXvByL3UbkxJ3-Bpfd0Hgg03Drbh0cr-N_YEDCbFw/edit?usp=sharing
Blue Sheet Tracker https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SAaDjn0pGwY4dwnp9p5BUarQ3AqRbH5h8ys81JBNkp8/edit?usp=sharing
Wrap up of our previous work:
- Link to Student Project Participation https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qf9oO_-fZpU-HlWf_9RZ2lp9AuNiMYbypcx5cA1_6TQ/edit?usp=sharing
- List of tasks https://docs.google.com/document/d/12AsGW3TKviSDZsxiKn_PuN5piZuDH4Zc5O_2tMlVx8o/edit?usp=sharing
ICAP - Individual Career Academic Program - Presentation by Ms. WritzICAP is a multi-year process that intentionally guides students and families in the exploration of career, academic and post-secondary opportunities. With the support of adults, students develop the awareness, knowledge, attitudes, and skills to create their own meaningful and powerful pathways to be career and college ready.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Journal: How good are you at managing money? What things do you pay for? What things do your parents/guardians pay for? How do you feel about eventually becoming financially independent?
Discussion: Adulting: Whose idea was this anyway? What are your thoughts on this who "adulting" thing? Have you been shielded from responsiblities - like paying for rent and food and your other needs and wants? Are you nervous:?
Reading and Worksheet: A Mystery of Two Families
Spending Log https://docs.google.com/document/d/151p9MgyNvQL8rvUydSXyLgWJWqYcdvOEi80RGHfkDzE/edit?usp=sharing
Journal: How good are you at managing money? What things do you pay for? What things do your parents/guardians pay for? How do you feel about eventually becoming financially independent?
Discussion: Adulting: Whose idea was this anyway? What are your thoughts on this who "adulting" thing? Have you been shielded from responsiblities - like paying for rent and food and your other needs and wants? Are you nervous:?
Reading and Worksheet: A Mystery of Two Families
Spending Log https://docs.google.com/document/d/151p9MgyNvQL8rvUydSXyLgWJWqYcdvOEi80RGHfkDzE/edit?usp=sharing
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Journal: What are some things you hope to be able to afford when you are financially independent? Why do you wish for these things? What are some things that other people may value but you think you can live without? Why do you think others value those things? Why do you not ?
Track Spending - Log https://docs.google.com/document/d/151p9MgyNvQL8rvUydSXyLgWJWqYcdvOEi80RGHfkDzE/edit?usp=sharing
What are typical expenses and how much money would you need to make to afford those expenses?
http://livingwage.mit.edu/counties/08031
How Much Does it Cost? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j1B3ml6kKtC79aAWnrDndTBdnZyH2GofDf1hKx9QtVU/edit?usp=sharing
Budgeting
https://www.kiplinger.com/tool/spending/T007-S001-budgeting-worksheet-a-household-budget-for-today-a/index.php
Typical Household Budget Items
https://budgeting.thenest.com/typical-household-budget-items-4353.html
Friday, April 20, 2018
Guess Who: What's the worst purchase you ever made?
Guess Who: What's the worst purchase you ever made?
Monday, April 23, 2018
1. Journal: I have all of your journals at home and cannot get them back to you until I return. Please create a Google Doc and share it with me. For today's journal, tell me about your weekend and anything else that is on your mind. My email is: [email protected]
I'll try to reply while I'm gone if I can
2. Start tracking your spending again on this sheet. You don't have to go back to last week, just start with what you spent this morning and then each day add to it: Spending Log https://docs.google.com/document/d/151p9MgyNvQL8rvUydSXyLgWJWqYcdvOEi80RGHfkDzE/edit?usp=sharing
3. Find your handout: How Much Does it Cost? and share your answers as a class. Write the range of answers from highest to lowest for each item down the list. For example: Rent for a 2BR, the lowest someone found was $750/month and the lowest others found was more like $1200/ mo, so the Class Range is between $750 - $1200/mo https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j1B3ml6kKtC79aAWnrDndTBdnZyH2GofDf1hKx9QtVU/edit?usp=sharing
Sometime this week fill out the Parent/Friend column with answers that they give you for for what they spend. You can ask multiple people, including staff at Long View.
4. Impulse Control Choose a partner, and together read and discuss one of the following articles. Agree on a list of 5 ideas you take away from each. Put your answers on a Google Doc and share with me: [email protected]
a) Impulse Control https://www.thesimpledollar.com/impulse-control/
b) How to Stop Spending Impulsively Once and For All
https://twocents.lifehacker.com/how-to-stop-spending-impulsively-once-and-for-all-1793105876
1. Journal: I have all of your journals at home and cannot get them back to you until I return. Please create a Google Doc and share it with me. For today's journal, tell me about your weekend and anything else that is on your mind. My email is: [email protected]
I'll try to reply while I'm gone if I can
2. Start tracking your spending again on this sheet. You don't have to go back to last week, just start with what you spent this morning and then each day add to it: Spending Log https://docs.google.com/document/d/151p9MgyNvQL8rvUydSXyLgWJWqYcdvOEi80RGHfkDzE/edit?usp=sharing
3. Find your handout: How Much Does it Cost? and share your answers as a class. Write the range of answers from highest to lowest for each item down the list. For example: Rent for a 2BR, the lowest someone found was $750/month and the lowest others found was more like $1200/ mo, so the Class Range is between $750 - $1200/mo https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j1B3ml6kKtC79aAWnrDndTBdnZyH2GofDf1hKx9QtVU/edit?usp=sharing
Sometime this week fill out the Parent/Friend column with answers that they give you for for what they spend. You can ask multiple people, including staff at Long View.
4. Impulse Control Choose a partner, and together read and discuss one of the following articles. Agree on a list of 5 ideas you take away from each. Put your answers on a Google Doc and share with me: [email protected]
a) Impulse Control https://www.thesimpledollar.com/impulse-control/
b) How to Stop Spending Impulsively Once and For All
https://twocents.lifehacker.com/how-to-stop-spending-impulsively-once-and-for-all-1793105876
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
1. Journal: On your Google Doc that you shared with me yesterday, continue your journal entries. For today's journal:
What are your impulse purchases? When you were a kid what did you ask for continuously? Now, what are the things you can't resist buying? What do you try to do to resist impulse buying? What advice from yesterday's reading stood out for you as being helpful in your situation?
2. Fool Proof Me: Watch the videos and take the tests from each of these pages. You'll need headphones. Complete this worksheet as you watch https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_-SXy76BO-JwpWzuGHvC2tEehVD-mB7Q7sFVXKN4LxM/edit?usp=sharing (make a copy of the worksheet and write your answers there.)
Impulse Buying https://www.foolproofme.com/gullibility/impulse_buying.php
Wants vs. Needs www.foolproofme.com/gullibility/wants_vs_needs.php
Advertising https://www.foolproofme.com/gullibility/advertising.php
Quick Fixes https://www.foolproofme.com/gullibility/quick_fixes.php
1. Journal: On your Google Doc that you shared with me yesterday, continue your journal entries. For today's journal:
What are your impulse purchases? When you were a kid what did you ask for continuously? Now, what are the things you can't resist buying? What do you try to do to resist impulse buying? What advice from yesterday's reading stood out for you as being helpful in your situation?
2. Fool Proof Me: Watch the videos and take the tests from each of these pages. You'll need headphones. Complete this worksheet as you watch https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_-SXy76BO-JwpWzuGHvC2tEehVD-mB7Q7sFVXKN4LxM/edit?usp=sharing (make a copy of the worksheet and write your answers there.)
Impulse Buying https://www.foolproofme.com/gullibility/impulse_buying.php
Wants vs. Needs www.foolproofme.com/gullibility/wants_vs_needs.php
Advertising https://www.foolproofme.com/gullibility/advertising.php
Quick Fixes https://www.foolproofme.com/gullibility/quick_fixes.php
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
1. Journal: On your Google Doc continue your journal entries. For today's journal:
What are your most treasured possessions? What meaning do those things have for you? If you had to choose just a suitcase full of things to begin a new life, what would you pack in the suitcase, and why?
2. Adulting School Watch Video, Discuss, and then Write:
Video: http://video.foxnews.com/v/5230673125001/?#sp=show-clips
Discuss: What do you think the show's hosts think of this Adulting School? Do you think your generation sees "adulting" differently than past generations?
Write: On a Google Doc, create your own "Adulting School". List all of the things you think should be taught at this Adulting School. Put a * by the ones you think you most need. You can work with a partner if you wish. Share the Google Doc with me: [email protected]
1. Journal: On your Google Doc continue your journal entries. For today's journal:
What are your most treasured possessions? What meaning do those things have for you? If you had to choose just a suitcase full of things to begin a new life, what would you pack in the suitcase, and why?
2. Adulting School Watch Video, Discuss, and then Write:
Video: http://video.foxnews.com/v/5230673125001/?#sp=show-clips
Discuss: What do you think the show's hosts think of this Adulting School? Do you think your generation sees "adulting" differently than past generations?
Write: On a Google Doc, create your own "Adulting School". List all of the things you think should be taught at this Adulting School. Put a * by the ones you think you most need. You can work with a partner if you wish. Share the Google Doc with me: [email protected]
Thursday, April 26, 2018
No School
No School
Friday, April 27, 2018
Chores
Breakfast by ???
Guess Who - students choose topic
Chores
Breakfast by ???
Guess Who - students choose topic
Monday, April 30, 2018
Journal: Respond to what I wrote
Trackers: Fill out Blue Sheet Tracker and Journal Tracker for the past 2 weeks
Review of material presented so far
Assignment List https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oput9j6qAAloPk4E07DxBvQKeyXGfvvZISWiC6J6qqg/edit?usp=sharing
Journal: Respond to what I wrote
Trackers: Fill out Blue Sheet Tracker and Journal Tracker for the past 2 weeks
Review of material presented so far
Assignment List https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oput9j6qAAloPk4E07DxBvQKeyXGfvvZISWiC6J6qqg/edit?usp=sharing
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Journal: Look back over your journal, from the beginning. Spend some time reading to get to know yourself in those times through the pages. Don't judge. Be compassionate toward your past self. Talk about what you find in those pages. What is your overall tone and outlook? What are some of the hardest things you've experienced so far this school year? What are some of the best things you've experienced? Then write a letter to yourself about with empathy, advice, encouragement, as you would to a child or a friend.
Spending Log - What did you spend yesterday and this morning so far?
It’s All about the Budget
Complete the worksheet while reading the online article which is linked in the worksheet. To answer the questions, make a copy of the worksheet and create your own Google Doc
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZyhsaGU6HOlKMuDnKaLRHWoGJtOeE-8jJKN4ejYS6GY/edit?usp=sharing
Journal: Look back over your journal, from the beginning. Spend some time reading to get to know yourself in those times through the pages. Don't judge. Be compassionate toward your past self. Talk about what you find in those pages. What is your overall tone and outlook? What are some of the hardest things you've experienced so far this school year? What are some of the best things you've experienced? Then write a letter to yourself about with empathy, advice, encouragement, as you would to a child or a friend.
Spending Log - What did you spend yesterday and this morning so far?
It’s All about the Budget
Complete the worksheet while reading the online article which is linked in the worksheet. To answer the questions, make a copy of the worksheet and create your own Google Doc
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZyhsaGU6HOlKMuDnKaLRHWoGJtOeE-8jJKN4ejYS6GY/edit?usp=sharing
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Journal: What are taxes for? What do you expect the government to do for you with your tax money? How do you feel about your tax dollars going to benefit someone else? What has the government done for you lately?
Spending Log - What did you spend yesterday and this morning so far?
Tax Form 1040 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf
Tax Basics 1/3 (4:05) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2r_apNMTeM
Journal: What are taxes for? What do you expect the government to do for you with your tax money? How do you feel about your tax dollars going to benefit someone else? What has the government done for you lately?
Spending Log - What did you spend yesterday and this morning so far?
Tax Form 1040 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf
Tax Basics 1/3 (4:05) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2r_apNMTeM
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Friday, May 4, 2018
Chores
Breakfast
Guess Who
Chores
Breakfast
Guess Who
Monday, May 7, 2018
Spending Log - What did you spend this weekend and this morning so far?
Tax Basics 2/3 Do I Need to Pay Federal Income Taxes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6mdqqW6Cog&disable_polymer=true
Vocab Terms
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YCaedg1YidCseQveOgqJ3zl1xLe9p5NpnJgObqwtuq0/edit?usp=sharing
The Joys of Adulting
http://thedianebelmont.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-joys-of-adulting.html
Survey
Create your own Google Survey and ask as many adults as you know questions about the joys they find in adulthood.
In your Google Drive, go to New and find Create a new Form
https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/
Spending Log - What did you spend this weekend and this morning so far?
Tax Basics 2/3 Do I Need to Pay Federal Income Taxes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6mdqqW6Cog&disable_polymer=true
Vocab Terms
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YCaedg1YidCseQveOgqJ3zl1xLe9p5NpnJgObqwtuq0/edit?usp=sharing
The Joys of Adulting
http://thedianebelmont.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-joys-of-adulting.html
Survey
Create your own Google Survey and ask as many adults as you know questions about the joys they find in adulthood.
In your Google Drive, go to New and find Create a new Form
https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
How to do your taxes video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPAODTySduw
New Changes to Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax Changes
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p505.pdf
W4 Form
http://collegiatedirections.org/snagged-a-new-job-how-to-complete-a-w-4-form/
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/w4form.asp
W2 Form
http://www.classroomtools.com/tax_w2.pdf
Tax Returns Made EZ
Tax form http://www.classroomtools.com/tax_ret.htm
Instruction Booklet https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040ez.pdf
How to do your taxes video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPAODTySduw
New Changes to Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax Changes
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p505.pdf
W4 Form
http://collegiatedirections.org/snagged-a-new-job-how-to-complete-a-w-4-form/
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/w4form.asp
W2 Form
http://www.classroomtools.com/tax_w2.pdf
Tax Returns Made EZ
Tax form http://www.classroomtools.com/tax_ret.htm
Instruction Booklet https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040ez.pdf
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Spending Log - What have you spent this morning so far? (go back to previous days if you need to).
Tax Returns Made EZ
Tax form http://www.classroomtools.com/tax_ret.htm
Instruction Booklet https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040ez.pdf
Spending Log - What have you spent this morning so far? (go back to previous days if you need to).
Tax Returns Made EZ
Tax form http://www.classroomtools.com/tax_ret.htm
Instruction Booklet https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040ez.pdf
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Journal: In other places in the world, people are not as dependent as Americans on having cars for transportation. They have quick and efficient public transportation, bike paths and lanes, and they often have the things they need within walking distance. How important to you is learning to drive and having your own car to transport you? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a car?
Spending Log - What have you spent this morning so far? (go back to previous days if you need to).
Credit Cards https://www.moneycrashers.com/best-credit-cards-college-students/
https://www.nerdwallet.com/best/credit-cards/college-student
Getting Credit https://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/help/10-ways-students-get-good-credit-6000.php
Journal: In other places in the world, people are not as dependent as Americans on having cars for transportation. They have quick and efficient public transportation, bike paths and lanes, and they often have the things they need within walking distance. How important to you is learning to drive and having your own car to transport you? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a car?
Spending Log - What have you spent this morning so far? (go back to previous days if you need to).
Credit Cards https://www.moneycrashers.com/best-credit-cards-college-students/
https://www.nerdwallet.com/best/credit-cards/college-student
Getting Credit https://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/help/10-ways-students-get-good-credit-6000.php
Friday, May 11, 2018
All-School Breakfast
All-School Breakfast
Monday, May 14, 2018
Journal: Respond to what I wrote
Spending Log - What did you spend this weekend and this morning so far?
Writing Checks and Paying Bills
https://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Check
Sample Check Register https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iRK_BM9auqLmK-Ii6BTjgYWQ-aofA__l6iTCjo7niUQ/edit?usp=sharing
Journal: Respond to what I wrote
Spending Log - What did you spend this weekend and this morning so far?
Writing Checks and Paying Bills
https://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Check
Sample Check Register https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iRK_BM9auqLmK-Ii6BTjgYWQ-aofA__l6iTCjo7niUQ/edit?usp=sharing
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Journal: Have you ever purchased a car or been with someone who is purchasing a car? What was the experience like? What are some things you know that are important to do to be sure your money is well spent on a car that is in good condition, is reliable and safe? (If you haven't experienced buying a car, what do you imagine it would be like? What have you heard about buying cars?)
Journal: Have you ever purchased a car or been with someone who is purchasing a car? What was the experience like? What are some things you know that are important to do to be sure your money is well spent on a car that is in good condition, is reliable and safe? (If you haven't experienced buying a car, what do you imagine it would be like? What have you heard about buying cars?)
Personal Finance Survey
Answers: http://www.radicalmath.org/docs/FinancialLitSrvy_Answers.pdf
Life Insurance
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timmaurer/2016/01/05/10-things-you-absolutely-need-to-know-about-life-insurance/#2da3c6c8560c
https://www.moneycrashers.com/reasons-buy-life-insurance/
https://www.fidelity.com/growing-managing-wealth/life-insurance-planning/what-is-life-insurance
Health Insurance https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p505.pdf
Answers: http://www.radicalmath.org/docs/FinancialLitSrvy_Answers.pdf
Life Insurance
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timmaurer/2016/01/05/10-things-you-absolutely-need-to-know-about-life-insurance/#2da3c6c8560c
https://www.moneycrashers.com/reasons-buy-life-insurance/
https://www.fidelity.com/growing-managing-wealth/life-insurance-planning/what-is-life-insurance
Health Insurance https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p505.pdf
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Journal: Describe a time when you were very motivated to accomplish something. What were the obstacles? What motivated you to overcome them. How are you a fighter? How are you strong?
Quiz 1: Personal Finance Survey
Journal: Describe a time when you were very motivated to accomplish something. What were the obstacles? What motivated you to overcome them. How are you a fighter? How are you strong?
Quiz 1: Personal Finance Survey
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Journal: This is your last journal entry of the school year. How are you feeling with only 5 more days of school left? How are you feeling about next year? What would you like the new teachers and administrators to know about you and about Long View?
Quiz 2: Personal Finance Survey
Journal: This is your last journal entry of the school year. How are you feeling with only 5 more days of school left? How are you feeling about next year? What would you like the new teachers and administrators to know about you and about Long View?
Quiz 2: Personal Finance Survey
Friday, May 18, 2018
Monday, May 21, 2018
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
7 Pillars of Adulting https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/the-7-pillars-of-adulting-have-you-mastered-them-244751
Personal Finance Course http://www.readingschools.org/olc/folder.aspx?id=7793&c=420&s=227
Consumer: How Stores Trick You https://youtu.be/BMrGDSIRMHQ
Credit Card Facts http://www.themint.org/teens/credit-card-facts.html
Personal Finance Course http://www.readingschools.org/olc/folder.aspx?id=7793&c=420&s=227
- NY Times Article https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/24/your-money/a-high-school-field-trip-to-a-pawn-shop.html?_r=0
- A Walk Down Wrong Street [2014 Field Trip]
- Unit 1: Financial Responsibility and Decision Making
- Unit 2: Planning and Money Management
- Unit 3: Income and Careers
- Unit 4: Investing
- Unit 5: Consumerism
- Unit 6: Credit and Debt
- Unit 7: Risk and Insurance
Consumer: How Stores Trick You https://youtu.be/BMrGDSIRMHQ
Credit Card Facts http://www.themint.org/teens/credit-card-facts.html
School is About More Than Training Kids to be Adults https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/02/school-is-about-more-than-training-kids-to-be-adults/385475/?utm_source=atlfb
30 Practical Things Students Need to Know http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marjorie-hansen-shaevitz/30-practical-things-students-need-to-know_b_3376199.html
Ms. Z's Economics Class (budgeting, meal planning, grocery shopping, taxes, homebuying) https://sites.google.com/a/pleasantonusd.net/zooecon/home/unit-2-files
Economics Personal Finance Unit (Loans, Credit, Buying or Leasing a Car, Budget, Savings, A Place to Live) https://cms.springbranchisd.com/Portals/171/staff/heiserj1/Econ%20Personal%20Finance.pdf?ver=2014-09-29-111125-133
Making Finance Personal: Project-Based Learning for the Personal Finance Classroom (Expense Tracking, Purchasing a Vehicle, Saving and Investing, Insurance) https://www.frbatlanta.org/education/publications/extra-credit/2015/spring/lessons-and-activities/high-school/personal-finance/project-based-learning-for-personal-finance-classroom
It's Your Paycheck Curriculum https://www.stlouisfed.org/education/its-your-paycheck-curriculum-unit
Taxes
How to Calculate What You Owe
Health
Health Insurance
Why Bother With Health Insurance? https://www.healthcare.gov/young-adults/ready-to-apply/
Getting Covered If You're Under 30 https://www.healthcare.gov/young-adults/coverage/
Economics and Personal Finance Curriculum Arlington Public Schools https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/legacy_assets/www/b4b4d71a7d-EPF_Curriculum_Guide.pdf
30 Practical Things Students Need to Know http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marjorie-hansen-shaevitz/30-practical-things-students-need-to-know_b_3376199.html
Ms. Z's Economics Class (budgeting, meal planning, grocery shopping, taxes, homebuying) https://sites.google.com/a/pleasantonusd.net/zooecon/home/unit-2-files
Economics Personal Finance Unit (Loans, Credit, Buying or Leasing a Car, Budget, Savings, A Place to Live) https://cms.springbranchisd.com/Portals/171/staff/heiserj1/Econ%20Personal%20Finance.pdf?ver=2014-09-29-111125-133
Making Finance Personal: Project-Based Learning for the Personal Finance Classroom (Expense Tracking, Purchasing a Vehicle, Saving and Investing, Insurance) https://www.frbatlanta.org/education/publications/extra-credit/2015/spring/lessons-and-activities/high-school/personal-finance/project-based-learning-for-personal-finance-classroom
It's Your Paycheck Curriculum https://www.stlouisfed.org/education/its-your-paycheck-curriculum-unit
Taxes
- An Unapologetic Defense of a Vital Institution http://www.governmentisgood.com/articles.php?aid=17
- A Day in Your Life http://www.governmentisgood.com/articles.php?aid=1
- Doing Good Through Government http://www.governmentisgood.com/articles.php?aid=11
- Government as the Champion of Justice, Equality, Freedom, and Security http://www.governmentisgood.com/articles.php?aid=12
- Video: A Day Without Government http://wonderopolis.org/wonder_video/Vimeo/40474132
- Federal Budget https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/
- Create a Pie Chart of Government Spending https://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx?ID=e3d216ceedba4c5dac6a154df9c9d9d5
- Heritage Foundation Blueprint for Federal Budget http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/02/a-blueprint-for-balance-a-federal-budget-for-2017
How to Calculate What You Owe
- Taxes for Beginners http://www.artofmanliness.com/2012/02/29/taxes-for-beginners/
- IRS Lesson Plans https://apps.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes/teacher/downloads.jsp
- How to fill out a 1040EZ Form http://www.wikihow.com/Fill-Out-a-US-1040EZ-Tax-Return
- Sample W2: http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/docs_lessons/947_2012_Sample_W-2_Completed.pdf
- Sample 1099-INT https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1099int.pdf
- 1040 EZ Completed http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/docs_lessons/947_Completed_12_Sample_1040ez.pdf
- How to File Student Income Tax Returns https://www.efile.com/how-to-file-student-income-tax-return-forms/#file-separately-or-with-parents
Health
Health Insurance
Why Bother With Health Insurance? https://www.healthcare.gov/young-adults/ready-to-apply/
Getting Covered If You're Under 30 https://www.healthcare.gov/young-adults/coverage/
Economics and Personal Finance Curriculum Arlington Public Schools https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/legacy_assets/www/b4b4d71a7d-EPF_Curriculum_Guide.pdf