Guntersville High School

Personal and Business Finance

Fall Semester, 2009

 

Instructor:  Mrs. Elishaba Larson

Tentatively Scheduled Assignments

 

Date:

Discussion:

Book Assignments:

Other Assignments:

WEEK 1

Monday

August 10

CELEBRATE LEARNING

(Rules & Procedures)

 

Take home rules and have parents sign

Take home Internet form and have parents sign.

$25 lab fee

Tuesday

August 11

Review Rules & Procedures

 

Parents signature due

$25 lab fee due

Wednesday

August 12

Introductions

All about me

(Will be used later in the semester.)

 

Three Page typed form.

Thursday

August 13

     

Friday

August 14

     

WEEK 2

Monday

August 17

Introductions

Autobiography

 

Three Page typed form.

Tuesday

August 18

Type Autobiography

   

Wednesday

August 19

Stapler

   

Thursday

August 20

Stapler

 

 

Friday

August 21

Stapler

   

WEEK 3

Monday

August 24

Go over Rules and Procedures

Office Safety

Financial Goals

Purpose of Chapter

Skim through Chapter 1

Quiz on Office Safety (Everyone Must make a 100 on the Quiz.)

 

 

Tuesday

August 25

Financial Goals

Key Terms/guessed meaning

Key Terms/ Looked up

 

Standards and Poor Q&A on page 4.

Chapter Key Terms

Student Activity Workbook assignment Reviewing Key terms. Page 1

Wednesday

August 26

Review of Financial Goals

 

 

 

 

Student Activity Workbook assignment attain your Goals. Page 3

Collage of Financial Goals (will be displayed around the room)

 

Thursday

August 27

Financial Goals

Section 1.1 Reference

Continue Collage of Financial Goals

 

Friday

August 28

Your Spending Profile

Careers in Finance

 

 

Pay Yourself First

Savvy Saver

*Influences on Personal Financial Planning

 

Read Section 1.1

What is Your Financial ID?

Page 6

Personal Bankers

Page 10

Pay Yourself First

Page 11

Savvy Saver

Page 13

 

Work Common Cents Problem

Create two additional Financial Tips

(Will be posted around the room)

Student Activity Page 2.

Homework: Contact bank and ask what types of Financial Services offered.

 

WEEK 4

Monday

August 31

Discuss Homework

International Finance

Review of Key terms

Supply and Demand

Influences on Personal Financial Planning

Pages 14-19

Finland

Page 18

Homework due.

Students will research the percentage of US residents use cell phones and what percent are connected to the Internet.

Then research the cost of cell phones and cell phone cell phone services. We will compare and decide which is best.

Students will create a list of toys/games affected by Supply and Demand.

Tuesday

September 1

Federal Reserve System

 

Computer Research

Activity 4 in Student workbook.

Students will research the Federal Reserve system and the role it plays in our economy. The students will report back to the class. They must prepare one substantial paragraph about the FRS.

Wednesday

September 2

Assessment

Section 1.1 Assessment

Student Workbook Assignment Identify Your Financial Values. Pages 4-6

Thursday

September 3

Close of Chapter 1.1

Review Income and Expense.

Introduce Section 1.2

Discuss winning 1 million dollars…with savings and investing.

Skim Section 1.2

Read "What you will learn"

Page 20 aloud.

Students will finish the sentence "If I learn…"

Students will generate a picture of each bold faced word in the chapter based on its definition.

Homework: Student Activity Book: Tracking Income and Expense. Page 7 due on

Friday

September 4

Purpose of Section 1.2

 

Read Section 1.2

Internet Research on the current Interest Rate charged by the Federal Reserve. (We will revisit this each month and graph the changes.)

WEEK 5

Monday

September 7

LABOR DAY -- NO SCHOOL

Tuesday

September 8

Review of Key terms from Section 1.2

Discussion on the past months spending and how what they could have done differently.

Using the eight strategies for achieving financial goals list how each of these will help in your own life now and in the future.

Page 25

Check for Understanding of Key terms.

 

Wednesday

September 9

Assessment

Section 1.2 Assessment

 

*Reminder- Income and Expenses are due tomorrow.

Thursday

September 10

Your Financial Portfolio

Getting your own wheels

Read Your Financial Portfolio

Page 26

Income and Expense Activity Due.

Student Activity book Exercise on page 8. Students are to research a car that they would like to by then go to a car dealership and find out what the price of the car is…they may ask other questions such as down payment, etc. Activity Due Monday.

Friday

September 11

Assessment

Review for Chapter 1 Test - Monday

Chapter 1 Assessment

Pages28-29

Understanding and Using Vocabulary

Review Key Concepts

Apply Key Concepts

WEEK 6

Monday

September 14

Chapter 1 TEST

 

Getting Your Own Wheels Activity due.

Personal Finance crossword Puzzle.

Tuesday

September 15

Chapter 2 – Section 2.1

Career Research

Chapter 2 – Section 2.1

Skim through Chapter.

Read "What you will learn"

Page 31

Key terms

Students will read and discuss each key term.

Discuss the purpose of the chapter.

Progress Reports go home.

Wednesday

September 16

Section 2.1

Read the Standard and Poor’s Q & A.

Page 30

Read the section together as a class.

Students will participate in chapter section readings.

Thursday

September 17

Personality Test

International Finance

GDP

Per Capita GDP

Imports

Financial ID

Page 32

International Finance in Belize

Page 34

Students will take the Keirsey.com

personality test to help determine their personality type.

Homework:

Type one page about what you found out about your personality and what personality type you are.

Internet Research: Students will research the demographics of Belize (jobs available, salary ranges) to determine if they would like to live and work in Belize.

Then the students will research the GDP of the US and the Per Capita GDP and compare this information with that of Belize. The students will find out what products are imported in the US from Belize.

Friday

September 18

Assessment

Deciding on a Career

Career Paths

Chapter 2 Section 2.1 Assessment

Page 41

Homework: Have students ask each of their teachers what types of jobs that they had before they choose education and what made them choose education in the end. Due Tuesday

WEEK 7

Monday

September 21

Career Research

Introduce Kuder.com

   

Tuesday

September 22

   

List of teacher jobs due

Wednesday

September 23

     

Thursday

September 24

     

Friday

September 25

     

WEEK 8

Monday

September 28

     

Tuesday

September 29

     

Wednesday

September 30

     

Thursday

October 1

     

Friday

October 2

Finish chapter 2

   

WEEK 9

Monday

October 5

     

Tuesday

October 6

     

Wednesday

October 7

     

Thursday

October 8

     

Friday

October 9

End of 1st session.

   

WEEK 10

Monday

October 12

Beginning of Second Session.

   

Tuesday

October 13

   

Grades Due.

Wednesday

October 14

     

Thursday

October 15

   

Report Cards sent home.

Friday

October 16

     

WEEK 11

Monday

October 19

FALL BREAK –

NO SCHOOL

Tuesday

October 20

Wednesday

October 21

Thursday

October 22

Friday

October 23

WEEK 12

Monday

October 26

     

Tuesday

October 27

     

Wednesday

October 28

     

Thursday

October 29

     

Friday

October 30

Finish Chapter 3

   

WEEK 13

Monday

November 2

     

Tuesday

November 3

     

Wednesday

November 4

     

Thursday

November 5

     

Friday

November 6

     

WEEK 14

Monday

November 9

     

Tuesday

November 10

Wednesday

November 11

VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY – NO SCHOOL

Thursday

November 12

     

Friday

November 13

     

WEEK 15

Monday

November 16

     

Tuesday

November 17

Finish Chapter 4

 

Progress Reports go home.

Wednesday

November 18

     

Thursday

November 19

     

Friday

November 20

     

WEEK 16

Monday

November 23

     

Tuesday

November 24

     

Wednesday

November 25

THANKSGIVING –

NO SCHOOL

Thursday

November 26

Friday

November 27

WEEK 17

Monday

November 30

     

Tuesday

December 1

     

Wednesday

December 2

     

Thursday

December 3

     

Friday

December 4

     

WEEK 18

Monday

December 7

     

Tuesday

December 8

     

Wednesday

December 9

     

Thursday

December 10

     

Friday

December 11

Finish Chapter 5

   

WEEK 19

Monday

December 14

     

Tuesday

December 15

     

Wednesday

December 16

     

Thursday

December 17

Finish Chapter 6

   

Friday

December 18

Second session Ends.

 

Last day for Students and Staff.

WEEK 20

Monday

December 21

CHRISTMAS BREAK –

NO SCHOOL

Tuesday

December 22

Wednesday

December 23

Thursday

December 24

Friday

December 25

WEEK 21

Monday

December 28

CHRISTMAS BREAK –

NO SCHOOL

Tuesday

December 29

Wednesday

December 30

Thursday

December 31

Friday

January 1

WEEK 22

Monday

January 4

Teacher work day- No students

Tuesday

January 5

Students return to school.

 

Grades Due.

Wednesday

January 6

     

Thursday

January 7

   

Report Cards sent home.

Friday

January 8

     

WEEK 23

Monday

January 11

     

Tuesday

January 12

     

Wednesday

January 13

     

Thursday

January 14

     

Friday

January 15

     

WEEK 24

Monday

January 18

MLK DAY – NO SCHOOL

Tuesday

January 19

     

Wednesday

January 20

     

Thursday

January 21

     

Friday

January 22