You don't have to be an economist to understand this packet packed with information and exercises about economics and personal finance. Designed for high schoolers, the activities explain why setting short and long terms goals is important and how to use economic worksheets to develop a plan to achieve those goals.

Concepts

personal finance, economics

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Consider coordinating the materials with your school counselors revisiting the materials yearly and having kids update their planning and goal setting

Classroom Considerations

• The exercises are designed to be used in order and may be presented as a unit or sequenced over several weeks or months

Pros

• The 32-page packet covers topics like budgeting, investing, employment and taxes, risk and reward trade-offs, and managing credit

Cons

• None