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A Plan for the Future: Making a Budget

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This A Plan for the Future: Making a Budget lesson plan also includes:

From fixed and variable expenses to gross income and net pay, break down the key terms of budgeting with your young adults and help them develop their own plans for spending and saving.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
budgeting, spending habits, saving money, spending money, expenses, income, net income, gross pay, paychecks
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Additional Tags
social studies
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Instructional Ideas
  • Be sure to check out the extension idea on page two, and consider additionally having students maintain a spending log that they must then submit as an assessment 
Classroom Considerations
  • This is the ninth lesson in a series of 22 on developing money management skills for young adults
Pros
  • Excellent life skills lessons
  • Worksheets cover real-world, relevant scenarios
  • Well organized and designed lesson
Cons
  • None