Monday-

Homework due:  Parent interview

Topics:  What is personal finance?

Activities:  Discuss parent interview; measure your progress; answer journal question; watch video 1.1, take notes, then discuss new material; Students will then participate in the “Game of Chance” activity and answer questions. Discuss

Tuesday-

Topics:  Ch. 1 Section 2- Money, The American Way

Activities:  Video, notes, and discussion over new material. Students will then begin “The history of American credit” questions using their online textbook and the Internet.

Wednesday-

Activities:  Students to finish working on “The history of American credit” using their online textbook and Internet. If don’t finish in class, for homework.  Due Thursday.

Thursday-Friday

Homework due:  The History of credit in America/ Discuss

Topics:  Ch. 1 Section 3-  You and Money

Activities:  Video 3.1 and notes. Students to log onto foundationsu.com and take the Money personality quiz. Students to then use their online text to complete the “What is personal finance” worksheets.

 

Monday-

About Money Matters; Getting to know you activities

Tuesday-

Discuss class procedures, acceptable use policies, school supplies, subscribe to blog, Google drive, etc.

Homework:  Get classroom procedures signed by parent and parent subscribed to Money Matters blog by Friday, August 26th (Daily grade).  Also, need to try and have school supplies by Tuesday, August 30.

Wednesday-

Topics:  Accessing the Money Matters textbook; getting familiar with Ch. 1 vocabulary

Activities:  Students will pull up the Money Matters textbook on classroom computers (or on Chromebook), then define the vocabulary for Ch. 1 on a sheet of notebook paper.

**Tomorrow you will need your headphones for part of in class assignment**

Thursday-

Topics:  Course overview; getting started with Dave Ramsey curriculum

Activities:  Clay’s Candy Bar Madness; Course pretest; “Before you begin” out of workbook; Getting started video; journal question; Live from Financial Peace Plaza radio call

Friday-

Homework due:  receipt of class procedures signed by parents and subscribed to Money Matters blog (Daily grade)

Topics:  Parent Interview

Homework:  Students are to complete the Parent Interview.  Due by the first of class Monday.