Monday, March 28, 2011

Personal Finance

Personal Finance
Assignments 3-29-11 (due 4-5-11)

1. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 7 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 116) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Chapter 7 Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 7 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “Balancing Your Checkbook”.

5. Do student activity sheet, “Student Budget.”

6. Do student activity sheet, “Consumer Equity”

7. Do student activity sheet, “How to Write a Check.”

8. Do Chapter 7 case studies.

9. Continue to track your stocks and mutual funds on the student activity sheet “ Individual Fund Tracker”. This assignment will take 10 weeks. Due on April 12.

10. Take Chapter 7 Test. This is NOT an open book test.

11. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 8 (pg. 120)

12. Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour each week. Type up a paragraph or two explaining what you learned.

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.
Ms. Diane (708) 275-1726
Dianet64@hotmail.com

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Personal Finance

Personal Finance
Assignments 3-22-11 (due 3-29-11)

1. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 6 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 88) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Chapter 6 Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 6 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “Pro Rata Debts”. You can review how to do this on pages 82 and 83 of your workbook.

5. Do student activity sheet, “Research Project.”

6. Do student activity sheet, “Investigate and Report Scams”

7. Do student activity sheet, “Reading a Credit Report.”

8. Do Chapter 6 case studies.

9. Continue to track your stocks and mutual funds on the student activity sheet “ Individual Fund Tracker”. This assignment will take 10 weeks. Due on April 12.

10. Take Chapter 6 Test. This is NOT an open book test.

11. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 7 (pg. 94)

12. Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour each week. Type up a paragraph or two explaining what you learned.

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.
Ms. Diane (708) 275-1726
Dianet64@hotmail.com

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Assignments 3-8-11

Personal Finance
Assignments 3-8-11 (due 3-22-11)

1. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 5 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 70) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Chapter 5 Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 5 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “Advertising Awareness”.

5. Do student activity sheet, “Marketing Madness.” Prepare an advertisement that will appear in a magazine of your choice for a product you invent. Use a sheet of plain paper for your ad. Use the popular techniques in the “Commercial Viewer” assignment to help you with your ad..

6. Do student activity sheet, “0% for 24 Month, Nothing Down.”

7. Do student activity sheet, “Commercial Viewer.”

8. Do Chapter 5 case studies.

9. Continue to track your stocks and mutual funds on the student activity sheet “ Individual Fund Tracker”. This assignment will take 10 weeks. Due on April 12.

10. Take Chapter 5 Test. This is NOT an open book test.

11. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 6 (pg. 74)

12. Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour each week. Type up a paragraph or two explaining what you learned.

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.
Ms. Diane (708) 275-1726
Dianet64@hotmail.com

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Assignments Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4

Personal Finance
Chapter 1
Assignments 1-18-11

1. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 1 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 18) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 1 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “The Impact of Daily Decisions”.

5. Do student activity sheet, “Rate of Return”.

6. Do Case Studies Chapter 1

7. Take Chapter 1 Test. This is NOT an open book test.

8. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 2

9. Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour this week. Type up a paragraph or two explaining what you learned.

10. Take the financial pre-test. This test will not be graded. You will take the same test at the end of the course to see how much you have learned.

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.
Ms. Diane
Dianet64@hotmail.com
708-275-1726

Personal Finance
Chapter 2
Assignments 1-25-11

1. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 2 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 28) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Chapter 2 Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 2 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “Investments Compared”.

5. Do student activity sheet, “Name That Investment”.

6. Do student activity sheet “Investment Scavenger Hunt”

7. Do student activity sheet “ Individual Fund Tracker”. This assignment will take 10 weeks. Due on April 12.

8. Take Chapter 2 Test. This is NOT an open book test.

9. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 3

10. Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour this week. Type up a paragraph or two explaining what you learned.


If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.
Ms. Diane
Dianet64@hotmail.com
708-275-1726

Personal Finance
Chapter 3
Assignments 2-8-11

1. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 3 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 42) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Chapter 3 Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 3 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “Monthly Retirement Planning”.

5. Do student activity sheet, “401(K) and Roth IRA”.

6. Continue to track your stocks and mutual funds on the student activity sheet “ Individual Fund Tracker”. This assignment will take 10 weeks. Due on April 12.

7. Read the USA Today article, “Can you depend on Social Security?”

8. Take Chapter 3 Test. This is NOT an open book test.

9. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 4 (pg. 48)

10. Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour this week. Type up a paragraph or two explaining what you learned.


If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.
Ms. Diane
Dianet64@hotmail.com
708-275-1726

Personal Finance
Chapter 4
Assignments 2-15-11 (due 3-8-11)

1. Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 4 (in class while watching dvds)

2. Type vocabulary words (page 42) and definitions from glossary.

3. Answer Chapter 4 Money In Review section of workbook. Check your answers with the answer key. Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 4 Test.

4. Do student activity sheet, “Hidden Costs of Credit”.

5. Do student activity sheet, “True Cost of Ownership”

6. Do student activity sheet, “Drive Free”

7. Do student activity sheet, “Making the Minimum.”

8. Do student activity sheet, “The Debt Snowball”

9. Do Chapter 4 case studies.

10. Continue to track your stocks and mutual funds on the student activity sheet “ Individual Fund Tracker”. This assignment will take 10 weeks. Due on April 12.

11. Take Chapter 4 Test. This is NOT an open book test.

12. Answer Before you Begin Chapter 5 (pg. 66)

13. Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour each week. Type up a paragraph or two explaining what you learned. I should have 3 weeks worth when you turn this in on 2-8-11.

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.
Ms. Diane
Dianet64@hotmail.com
708-275-1726