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Personal Finance Syllabus Daily Agenda 8/21/13 Name Game 3 facts about your summer Deal or No Deal

8/22/13 Deal or No Deal Syllabus - Rules Pride

8/23/13 Course Pre-Test Course Intro Activity

8/26/13 Well-Being Activities **Homework for Friday** (8/30/13): Interview and answer reflective questions

8/27/13 Financial Decisions [|Spent - online decision making game]

8/28/13 Roll Out My Future - [|Click for online dice rolling] **Homework**: If not completed in class complete your "Goal Out" and your "Setting Financial Goals" sheets for tomorrow.

8/29/13 Create a Google drive folder for this class A Collage of My Life What to turn in: Rubric with name and written description stapled together Electronic file uploaded to your Google drive folder Finished? check out the financial games tab

8/30/13 Quiz on Unit 1 Share Collage of My Life with class

9/3/13 Introduction to Depository Institutions [|Nick's Story] [|80 year old man's mistake]

9/4/13 Complete PPT **Classwork/Homework:** Depository Research worksheet - complete 2 sheets (one for credit union and another for a bank) After competing both research sheets answer the following in paragraph form: Which depository institution would you become a customer of? Compare and contrast the two different institutions, and make sure to consider the three items you identified as important factors to consider when choosing a depository institution.

9/5/13 Financial Feud [|Why balance your checkbook]

9/6/13 Partner Quiz **HOMEWORK for TUESDAY (9/10):** [|The Basics of Taxes] - Complete flip-chart with notes

9/9/13 Checking Account Simulation

9/10/13 Check Homework (basics of taxes) Statement of Financial Position Statement of Financial Position Template

9/11/13 [|Why keep track of income and expenses?]

Income and Expense Statement Income and Expense Template

9/12/13 [|Spending] Plans - [|"Budget"] Tracking Systems: [|PearBudget.com] [|Mint.com] [|EEBA]

9/13/13 Checking Account Simulation Review for Quiz

9/16/13 Quiz on the following: Depository Institutions Basics of Taxes Statement of Financial Position Income and Expense Statement Spending Plan Checkbook - Complete January, February, and March by the end of this week

9/17/13 Test Corrections [|PBS - Your Life Your Money] Make it & Keep it  Roommates - Make your $ work for you [|historic savings interest rates]

9/18/13 Ways to save discussion/small group presentations Spoons - ways to save review Which savings tool would you use?

9/19/13 Savings Tools Group Quiz [|PBS - Your Life Your Money]

9/20/13 - 9/24/13 Homework Due Today: Checking Account Simulation - January, February, and March The Fundamentals of Investing [|Click for online dice rolling] [|mortgage calculator] Learn more about a 401K: **Homework: Interview Due October 1st.**

9/25/13 Investment baseball review checkbook register

9/26/13 Quiz on Basic Fundamentals of Investing checkbook register

9/27/13 -9/30/13 Video - fill out reflection sheet __After video__ **Classwork/Homework:** **Read "Credit Reports and Scores"** **and complete the note taking guide**

10/1/13 Credit Reports [|Credit Report Jingle # 1] [|Credit Report Jingle # 2] Watch three video's [|Video # 1 - How Credit Reporting Works] [|Video # 2 - Credit Rating Tips] [|Video # 3 - What is a credit score and why is it important?]

My Fico

Jingle - In Pairs

10/2/13 Complete jingle and share with class Money Square - credit report review

10/3/13 Quiz - Credit Reports JA prep for trip

10/4/13 Trip to Junior Achievement Finance Park =**Remember to bring lunch or $4.00**=


 * 10/7/13**
 * Credit Score/Report Jingle**
 * Finance Park Review**


 * 10/8/13**
 * Period 2 - Pride Reward**
 * Period 3 - Checkbook and Finance Park Review**

[|Green Scarf]
 * 10/9/13 - 10/10/13**
 * [|Sing Along]**
 * [|Credit Cards]**

Read the Understanding Credit Card Information to help complete your note taking guide:

[|Comparison Shopping for Credit Card]

10/15/13 Checkbook Register and Bank Reconciliations due April - August Credit Card Review [|True Life: I'm in debt]

10/16/13 Credit Card Quiz Finish True Life

10/17/13 Buying a home vs Renting PPT [|Mortgage Calculator]

10/18/13 Review Credit Card Quiz Read the following article: [|Buying a house 101] Buy or Rent Maximum house cost based on monthly payment [|calculator] Use a [|rent vs buying calculator] to see at which point it's better to buy or rent.

10/21/13 Complete Buy or Rent It Cost What!

10/22/13 [|Buying vs Lease] [|Advantages/Disadvantages of buying and leases] [|Avoid Tricks] Buying a car assignment [|Extra payment calculator]

10/23/13

10/24/13 Guest - McNamara Financial to discuss insurance.

10/25/13 End of class wrap-up [|video]