This lesson expands the concepts of unit sales and percents by teaching students how to design and sell a Marshmallow Shooter. Students will: Research and develop costs of parts for a Marshmallow Shooter. Calculate the waste of material. Determine the sales price and profits for the toy. Math Skills Being Utilized Multiply digits and decimal, […]
Calculating Selling Price
This lesson expands the concepts of unit sales and percents by teaching students how to create a pricing model for a popcorn company. Students will: Research and develop costs of ingredients for popcorn. Calculate serving costs for a bag of popcorn. Determine the sales price of the popcorn and profits. Math Skills Being Utilized Multiply […]
Calculating Staffing Requirements
This lesson teaches how to calculate costs and staffing requirements in a company. Students will: Calculate the number of people required to sufficiently staff a company. Math Skills Being Utilized Using production rates to calculate work. Use rounding and estimating. Calculate salaries from wages. […]
Tax Returns
Students will complete a simple personal tax return form for Federal Taxes using form 1040-EZ. Students will: Complete the form W-4 to estimate withholding’s. Complete a tax return using form 1040-EZ and W-2. Ideas for Teaching Show how much money they can make as a tax preparer each year. Use the W2’s in their project […]
Federal Taxes
Students will learn about reading very large numbers. They will understand progressive and flat taxes and will calculate taxes from the tax brackets. Students will: Describe generally the current US progressive and flat tax arguments. Calculate taxes using the tax brackets. Look up taxes using the tax tables. Ideas for Teaching Use the tax estimator […]
Where is Tax Money Spent
Students will learn the importance the government places on taxes, learn about very large numbers, and will learn where tax money is spent. Students will: Learn how to say large numbers. Learn where tax money is spent. Be able to calculate and show taxes as a percentage. Modify these percentages based on personal preference. Ideas […]
Advertise
This lesson teaches students how to calculate area, balance spatial design, and consider the effects of color on their design. Students will calculate the material and costs of a billboard by calculating areas of different parts of their billboard. Students will: Design a billboard advertisement. Calculate areas of components of the billboard. Find total costs […]
Create and Sell Product
This lesson teaches students how to calculate and estimate weekly payments for specific products their companies are selling. These products are sold to other students and will be billed for and paid weekly by the students. Students will be researching and developing new products to sell, calculating payments, and preparing to receive payment of these […]
Choosing a Company
This lesson will focus on introducing the course material and getting started. You will teach students how to take personality surveys and fill out job applications. They will determine which companies they want to work for and will begin developing products to sell. The Basic Math Skills Test is a good way to evaluate your […]
Business Finance Curriculum Final
During this lesson, you will review some of the most fundamental topics that are needed to survive in life. These items will be on the final exam. […]
The Final: Personal Finance
During this lesson, you will review some of the most fundamental topics covered during this course and prepare for the final exam. Course Downloads Copies of teaching material can be printed for your students, or they can complete the online quizzes for each lesson. […]
Home Party Planning
This lesson is designed to expose students to the complexities and costs of hosting a party or gathering. Students will learn unit costs, estimate attendances, and project needs for items such as chairs, table settings, and food. Students will: Understand all of the items necessary to host a party. Calculate costs from attendance projections. Math […]
Home Improvements
Students will be introduced to drawing home floor plans. Students will design a home floor plan based on certain square footage requirements and will calculate the cost and material requirements for various home remodeling projects. Calculations will include interior and exterior of homes. Students will: Create drawings of home floor plans. Calculate areas, perimeters, surface […]
Buying a House
During this lesson students will be introduced to various aspects of purchasing a home either as a primary residence or as an investment. They will be taught where to find home listings and how to compare different homes. Students will: Know the steps to finding and purchasing a house. Compare houses by various criteria. Math […]
Buying a Car
During this lesson students will be introduced to purchasing a car. They will learn about dealerships pricing, some negotiation strategies, and where to research book values of cars. Students will: Know the definition of, and where to find, the asking price, book value, trade in value, and private party value of a car. Research vehicle […]
The Stock Market
Students will learn about stocks and their role in the Stock Market. They will learn how to calculate the changing value of stock as demand rises and falls. Students will: Know what the stock market is. Describe what stocks are. Know why stock prices change. Know how to research and compare company stock prices. Know […]
Interest
Students will learn how to describe, and be able to calculate, simple and compound interest for an investment or a payment. They will begin to understand the cost of borrowing money on interest. Students will: Explain simple interest. Use simple interest to calculate loan payments. Use simple interest to calculate the value of investments. Explain […]
Auto Insurance
Students will research car insurance to understand how insurance can help to achieve relative financial, liability and vehicle safety in the real world. Students will: Describe automobile insurance. Explain the difference between liability and full coverage. Explain coverage limits. Select an insurance policy based on basic criteria. Math Skills Being Utilized Critical Thinking Comparing cost, […]
Calculating Medical Insurance
Students will research and acquire necessary medical insurance to understand how insurance can help to achieve relative financial and medical safety in the real world. Students will: Know where to research insurance. Know what items to look for when comparing insurance. Compare insurance plans and make a recommendation for which they would purchase based on […]
Calculating a Budget
This lesson prepares you to make a budget by introducing the concept of using a pie chart. Most good household budgets have categories with similar percentages, such as a home loan payment is about 33% of total income. You will explore these different budgets, and learn how to improve your budget. Students will: Calculate percents. […]
