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This course covers budgeting, banking basics, debt management, stock market games, and tax scenarios for a comprehensive personal finance education. Students will learn practical skills including setting financial goals, tracking expenses, and completing tax forms. Through interactive exercises and real-world examples, students will gain a better understanding of managing their finances effectively.
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Personal Finance (Period 4) – Daily Learning Targets Teacher: Will Cain
Wednesday, 8/14/19 (Day 1) Students will: • Understand expectations for the class • Introduce themselves Homework, if available • Bring letter home to parents
Thursday, 8/15/19 (Day 2) Students will: • Take pre-assessment to measure current knowledge of subject matter Homework, if available • Bring letter home to parents
Friday, 8/16/19 (Day 3) Students will: • Understand what SMART goals acronym stands for Homework, if available: • Bring letter home to parents
Monday, 8/19/19 (Day 4) Students will: • Register for JJC and have student ID number • Be able to differentiate goals, based on specific, measurable, achievable, reachable, and timely Homework, if available:
Tuesday, 8/20/19 (Day 5) Students will: • Learn the importance of setting financial goals Homework, if available:
Wednesday, 8/21/19 (Day 6) Students will: • Introduce themselves to budgeting Homework, if available: • Complete “Prom” worksheet
Thursday, 8/22/19 (Day 7) Students will: • Continue learning about budgeting best practices Homework, if available: • Complete “Prom” worksheet
Friday, 8/23/19 (Day 8) Students will: • Take a look at the American debt crisis and how it affects various people Homework, if available: • None
Monday, 8/26/19 (Day 9) Students will: • Gain a better understanding of budgeting best practices • Sign up for the stock market game (howthemarketworks.com) Homework, if available: • Buy and trade stocks on howthemarketworks.com
Tuesday, 8/27/19 (Day 10) Students will: • Calculate their budgets based on certain given incomes Homework, if available: • Complete the budget worksheet
Wednesday, 8/28/19 (Day 11) Students will: • Review terminology and concepts of budgeting and SMART goals for the first exam • Participate in a Kahoot review Homework, if available: • Study for the test
Thursday, 8/29/19 (Day 12) Students will: • Take their first exam about budgeting and SMART goals Homework, if available: • Students will continue the stock market game
Friday, 8/30/19 (Day 13) Students will: • Gain more of an understanding about the American debt crisis Homework, if available: • None
Monday, 9/2/19 (Labor Day) Students will: • Off Homework, if available: • None
Tuesday, 9/3/19 (Day 14) Students will: • Learn the basics about banking Homework, if available:
Wednesday, 9/4/19 (Day 15) Students will: • Learn more about American debt situations (Debt Diet, episode 3) Homework, if available: • None
Thursday, 9/5/19 (Day 16) Students will: Homework, if available:
Friday, 9/6/19 (Day 17) Students will: • Learn how to write check registers Homework, if available: • None
Monday, 9/9/19 (Day 18) Students will: • Continue developing their skills of writing check register entries Homework, if any: • Complete “Check Register Entries” assignment, if not finished in class
Tuesday, 9/10/19 (Day 19) • Students will: • Learn about how banks and financial institutions work • Homework, if any: • none
Wednesday, 9/11/19 (Day 20) • Students will • Learn about bank reconciliation • Homework, if any • Complete bank reconciliation worksheet, if not completed in class
Thursday, 9/12/19 (Day 21) • Students will: • See an example of how important keeping track of a checkbook is (video) • Homework, if any: • None
Friday, 9/13/19 (Day 22) • Students will: • Learn more about basics of the stock market • Homework, if any: • Continue trading on howthemarketworks.com
Monday, 9/16/19 (Day 22) • Students will • Understand the “Rule of 72” • Differentiate between ‘simple interest’ and ‘compound interest’ • Homework • Study for upcoming test
Tuesday, 9/17/19 (Day 23) • Students will • Review the key terms and concepts in banking (checking & savings) via Kahoot • Homework • Study for tomorrow’s test
Wednesday, 9/18/19 (Day 24) • Students will • Take the checking/banking test • No homework
Thursday, 9/19/19 (Day 25) • Students will • Start learning about taxes, specifically about W-4s and allowances • Homework
Friday, 9/20/19 (Day 26) • Students will • Learn terminology and concepts of taxes • Homework • Do an internet research assignment on taxes
Monday, 9/23/19 (Day 27) • Students will • Perform 1040 federal taxes based on the first tax scenario • Homework
Tuesday, 9/24/19 (Day 28) • Students will • Perform 1040 federal taxes based on the second tax scenario • Homework
Wednesday, 9/25/19 (Day 29) • Students will • Perform 1040 federal taxes based on the third tax scenario • Homework
Thursday, 9/26/19 (Day 30) • Students will: • Research and make trades on the stock market game • Homework
Friday, 9/27/19 (Day 31) • Students will: • Continue working on tax scenarios
Monday, 9/30/19 (Day 32) • Students will: • Continue working on tax scenarios • Review for the tax test tomorrow
Tuesday, 10/1/19 (Day 34) • Students will • Take the tax test
Wednesday, 10/2/19 (Day 35) • Students will • Continue researching and trading stocks on the simulation via howthemarketworks.com • Note: There was a substitute this day
Thursday, 10/3/19 (Day 36) • Students will • Take 10-question stock market quiz via Google Forms as a pre-assessment of their current knowledge of the stock market and investing • Continue researching and trading stocks on the simulation via howthemarketworks.com
Friday, 10/4/19 (Day 37) • Students will: • Take notes on the first part of the PowerPoint presentation about investing (which is posted online also)
Monday, 10/7/19 (Day 38) • Students will: • Take notes on the second part of the PowerPoint presentation about investing (which is posted online also)
Tuesday, 10/8/19 (Day 39) • Students will • Learn about financial aid, budgeting, and the college experience from speakers at North Central College in Naperville
Wednesday, 10/9/19 (Day 40) • Students will • Work on a research assignment that involves defining terms and explaining concepts pertaining to investing and the stock market • Homework • Finish this research worksheet if incomplete
Thursday, 10/10/19 (Day 41) • Students will: • Complete worksheet from yesterday, if incomplete • Learn more about stock market • Continue researching and trading stocks on the simulation via howthemarketworks.com • A minimum of 3-5 stocks should have been purchased • Homework: • Complete investing research worksheet
Friday, 10/11/19 (Day 42) • Students will • Take a look at the American debt crisis and how it affects various people (watched Episode 4)
Monday, 10/14/19 • Columbus Day – no class
Tuesday, 10/15/19 (Day 43) • Students will • Learn more about stock market • Continue researching and trading stocks on the simulation via howthemarketworks.com • A minimum of 3-5 stocks should have been purchased • Homework • Study for test, planned for Friday, 10/18
Wednesday, 10/16/19 • All school testing
Thursday, 10/17/19 (Day 43) • Students will: • Review for exam, planned for tomorrow • Homework • Review for exam, planned for tomorrow
Friday, 10/18/19 (Day 44) • Students will: • Take exam about investing
Monday, 10/21/19 (Day 45) • Students will • Begin learning about credit • Meet JJC faculty