Chapter 9

 

Personal Finance

Assignments 12-3-13 (due 12-10-13)

 

1.  Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 9 (in class while watching dvds)

2.  Type vocabulary words (page 136) and definitions from glossary.

3.  Answer Chapter 9 Money In Review section of workbook.  Check your answers with the answer key.  Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 8 Test. 

4.  Do student activity sheet, “Back Then”. 

5.  Do student activity sheet, “Travel Agent.”  You have $1,100 in your vacation fund to plan a family vacation anywhere in the world.  Your family includes two adults and two kids.  Use the internet to calculate your expenses and plan your trip.  Create a visual display of your vacation.

6.  Do Chapter 9 case studies.

7.  Take Chapter 9 Test.  This is NOT an open book test.

8.  Answer Before you Begin Chapter 10 (pg. 142)

9.  Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour each week. Type up a paragraph or two summarizing the caller’s situation, followed by the advice that Dave gave the caller.  What is your opinion about the caller’s situation and the advice Dave gave the caller?  Did you learn anything from the situation?

 

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.

Ms. Diane (708) 275-1726

Dianet64@hotmail.com

Chapter 8

Personal Finance

Assignments 11-19-13 (due 12-3-13)

 

1.  Fill in workbook questions for Chapter 8 (in class while watching dvds)

2.  Type vocabulary words (page 126) and definitions from glossary.

3.  Answer Chapter 8 Money In Review section of workbook.  Check your answers with the answer key.  Use this as a study guide for your Chapter 8 Test. 

4.  Do student activity sheet, “Bargain Shopping”. 

5.  Do student activity sheet, “Double Discounts.”

6.  Do student activity sheet, “Seven Basics of Negotiating”

7.  Do student activity sheet, “Computing Discounts.”

8.  Do student activity sheet, “Food for Thought.”

9.  Do Chapter 8 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 December 3.

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

12.  Answer Before you Begin Chapter 9 (pg. 130)

13.  Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour each week. Type up a paragraph or two summarizing the caller’s situation, followed by the advice that Dave gave the caller.  What is your opinion about the caller’s situation and the advice Dave gave the caller?  Did you learn anything from the situation?

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.

Ms. Diane (708) 275-1726

Dianet64@hotmail.com

Chapter 6

 

Personal Finance

Chapter 6 Assignments 11-5-13 (due 11-12-13)

 

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 December 3.

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 summarizing the caller’s situation, followed by the advice that Dave gave the caller.  What is your opinion about the caller’s situation and the advice Dave gave the caller?  Did you learn anything from the situation

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.

Ms. Diane (708) 275-1726

Dianet64@hotmail.com

Extra Credit Opportunity

The Extra Credit opportunity is to read and do a book report on the book Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris.  This is due by Oct. 29.

Chapter 5

 

Personal Finance

Chapter 5 Assignments 10-15-13 (due 10-29-13)

 

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 December 3.

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 summarizing the caller’s situation, followed by the advice that Dave gave the caller.  What is your opinion about the caller’s situation and the advice Dave gave the caller?  Did you learn anything from the situation? 

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.

Ms. Diane (708) 275-1726

Dianet64@hotmail.com

Chapter 4

 

Personal Finance

Chapter 4 Assignments 10-1-13 (due 10-15-13)

This chapter will take two class periods to finish.

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

2.  Type vocabulary words (page 62) 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 student activity sheet, “Persuasive Writing Assignment.”

10.  Do Chapter 4 case studies.

11.  Continue to track your stocks and mutual funds on the student activity sheet “ Individual Fund Tracker”.  This assignment will take 10 weeks.  Due on December 3.

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

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

14. Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour this week and next week.  Type up a paragraph or two summarizing the caller’s situation, followed by the advice that Dave gave the caller.  What is your opinion about the caller’s situation and the advice Dave gave the caller?  Did you learn anything from the situation?  You will have two weeks of radio papers due on Oct. 15.

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.

Ms. Diane 708-275-1726

Dianet64@hotmail.com

Chapter 3

 

Personal Finance

Chapter 3 Assignments 9-24-13 (Due10-1-13)

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 13.

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 summarizing the caller’s situation, followed by the advice that Dave gave the caller.  What is your opinion about the caller’s situation and the advice Dave gave the caller?  Did you learn anything from the situation? 

 

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.

Ms. Diane

Dianet64@hotmail.com

708-275-1726

Chapter 2

Personal Finance

Chapter 2 Assignments 9-10-13 (Due 9-24-13)

This chapter will take two class periods to finish.  All assignments for this chapter are due Sept. 24.  Please note that you will have 2 weeks of radio papers for this chapter due at that time.

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”.  Use www.finance.yahoo.com, www.money.msn.com, www.morningstar.com, or www.cnnmoney.com to track your funds.  This assignment will take 10 weeks.  Due on Dec 3.

8.  With your partner, complete the “Investments Examined” activity sheet.  Each group will teach the rest of the class about your investment on Sept. 24.  You will have up to 5 minutes to teach the class about your investment.  You may use visual aides or any other creative methods of teaching the class about your investment.

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

10.  Answer Before you Begin Chapter 3

11.  Listen to Dave Ramsey for at least ½ hour this week and next week.  Type up a paragraph or two summarizing the caller’s situation, followed by the advice that Dave gave the caller.  What is your opinion about the caller’s situation and the advice Dave gave the caller?  Did you learn anything from the situation?  You will have two weeks of radio papers due on Sept. 24.

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.

Ms. Diane

Dianet64@hotmail.com

708-275-1726

Chapter 1

Welcome to Personal Finance!  Because you don't have your books yet, the only assignments you can do this week are #4, #5, #6, and #9.  You will have two weeks to turn these assignments in.  We should have your books next week.

Personal Finance

 Chapter 1

Assignments 9-3-13 (Due 9-17-13)

 

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”.  Use the Investment Calculator on the Dave Ramsey website.

 

5.  Do student activity sheet, “Rate of Return”.  Use the Investment Calculator on the Dave Ramsey website.

 

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 summarizing the caller’s situation, followed by the advice that Dave gave the caller.  What is your opinion about the caller’s situation and the advice Dave gave the caller?  Did you learn anything from the situation?  Listen at 1230 AM 1-4 p.m., or listen online at daveramsey.com.  See attached list of stations.

 

If you have any questions or problems, please call or email me.

Ms. Diane

Dianet64@hotmail.com

708-275-1726