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Generation XY
Poor Kid's School of Finance (original)
Poor Kid's School of Finance (edited for TV)
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CLASSWORK: take assessment of financial knowledge as a class

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Retiring in Exil
Protecting Your Identity
Wealth of the Poor
Homework: Read Unit One in the NEFE booklet
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CLASSWORK - need vs want activity;  SMART goals, short term vs intermediate term vs long term. 
Homework: finish activity 1-1 if not finished in class
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CLASSWORK - discussion of SMART goals that were done for homework.  Work in lab will be to choose an article from week1 and register for Alison.com (lab not working - continue tomorrow)
Homework: finish reading the article.  Prepare an outline to assist in presentation and poster and  register for Alison.com
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CLASSWORK - Work in lab will be to choose an article from week1 and register for Alison.com .  Outlne the major points of article and illustrate by poster.  Presentation on Friday.
Finish any article work not completed in class. Make sure you register for Alison
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CLASSWORK - Article Presentations. Points for participating in class as a presenter AND listener.

Plans to login to Alison.com aborted. Internet down.  Postponed until Monday

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CLASSWORK: Quiz 1 - Alison sections 1-1 and 1-2
Newly Assigned Work: Alison section 1-3

MoneySkill sections : see barocas for your login and password. If you were out today email teacher for more instructions

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Video 1 and 2 from Financing Your Future

Discussion of Goals and critera - options

 
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Week Three Readings and Posters
 
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OCTOBER

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SOMETIME this ten weeks  =  each student will bring in a current newspaper article that addresses personal finance in someway.  Mount article on poster, read article to class.  Limit two posters a day.  Will choose reverse alphabetically if more than two are ready to present on any one day.
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NEW ASSIGNMENT:

MODULE 2 in Alison -MOD 2 Quiz Wednesday

Upto and including lesson 10 in MoneySkill

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Week Four Article and posters
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QUIZ - Module 1 Alison.org

 

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Presentation of class articles, finish up Alison and Moneyskill.

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Take a break from Alison.

Finish all MoneySkill lessons upto and including 10  today.  

After that, with a partner, research how to buy stocks by clicking on this link

 

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stock selection guide - use form to analyze Nike - tic NKE and one other of the stocks in YOUR portfolio
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stock selection guide - use form to analyze Nike - tic NKE and one other of the stocks in YOUR portfolio = finish yesterday's work

Research company from your own portfolio

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NO CLASS TODAY

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Stock Reports

Week Five Articles

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Presentation of articles

stock portfolios

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Research Financial Scams, do moneySkill 10-15
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Continue Research into Financial Scams and moneySkill 10-15.

Prepare ideas for a poster depicting the financial scam you are investigating.

Friday morning we will go to the ground floor photo lab and have pictures taken to illustrate your scam.  You are the scammer - bring props and what ever you need to be convincing.

 

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Make a mock up poster of your scam,

For details click here.

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Priorities:

1 - Make any props that you need for the photo shoot tomorroe

2 - finish upto and including lesson 15 on moneySkill.org

3 - create an excel document as explained here ( click for info)

4 - read article on PE's available on the G drive.

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Report to Lab 214 for attendance and directions.
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NOVEMBER

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Make a power point presentation of your stock portfolio.  Save it to your H drive

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power points on portfolios due Professional Day - no school 7
Go through power point - The Physics of Personal Finance 2.01
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Quadrilateral Project Due

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JANUARY

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CLASSWORK:

Lesson 1 - Setting Priorities

Lesson 2 - Making a Budget

Lesson3 - Basics of Banking and Saving

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Make sure all moneyskill quizzes have been finished
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Finish Projects:

Cut and Paste Quiz Questions from CNN

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Credit Calculator

Find a big ticket item that you might buy using credit.  Provide 5 or more  different scenarios in which you pay before the interest kicks in, then choose varying amounts of time to pay off as well as varying amounts of money for each payment.  Be sure to include what you would consider the minimum payment.  You can do all of these scenarios on one webpage.  Print the webpage and turn in.  Include your name, the name of the item bought, where purchased (url) and , sale price.

 

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