Chapter 8 - Money, Banking, and Investing
Essential Question: How should you spend, save and invest your money?
Chapter 8 Points Checklist:
Notebook Guide Questions (Complete all) - 5 points
Financial Planning Advice - 5 points
Summary Financial Advice e-Brochure - 5 points
The Power to Choose - Credit score article paragraph - 5 points
Reading Challenge - 5 points
Chapter 8 Quiz - 10 points
Notebook Guide Questions (Complete all) - 5 points
Financial Planning Advice - 5 points
Summary Financial Advice e-Brochure - 5 points
The Power to Choose - Credit score article paragraph - 5 points
Reading Challenge - 5 points
Chapter 8 Quiz - 10 points
Section 1 - Introduction
What would you do with a $1,000 graduation gift from a relative? Consider your options and write a paragraph describing what you'd do in your interactive student notebook. Then read Section 1, and then consider how you should spend, save, and invest your money?
Section 2 - What makes money... money?
Read Section 2 of chapter 8 and complete the spoke diagram in your student interactive notebook.
Section 3 - How does the banking system work?
Read Section 3 and complete the 7 questions in student interactive notebook.
Student Activity: Financial Planning Advice
You will act a financial planner/adviser for 6 different clients. Analyze all of the information in the client profiles and make a personalized personal advice presentation for each client.
Download the file below and use pages 1 & 2 for directions and to chart the costs and benefits of financial advice options. Pages 3-8 are the profile write-ups and recommendation options for the 6 different clients.
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Click HERE for a template that you can make a copy of in your Google Drive, then add text boxes with your answers in the boxes. Share the link to your presentation in the assignment submission.
After you have given advice to your fourth client (Angela Yoshida), read through and answer the student interactive notebook questions for Sections 4 & 5.
Section 4 - How is saving important to the economy - and to you?
Read Section 4 and complete the 4 student interactive notebook questions.
Section 5 - How do Americans invest their savings?
Read Section 5 and complete the 3 student interactive notebook questions.
Summary
Read the summary and the directions for creating the financial advice e-brochure. Use Google tools, or any other online (free) e-brochure creator. Share it with your instructor for review and credit.
The Power to Choose - How will the choices you make today affect your credit score tomorrow?
Read the power to choose Section. Find a finance news article that discusses the importance and need of maintaining a good credit score, and then provide a link to your instructor via Google Doc with the link to the article and a paragraph write-up of why it is relevant.
Enrichment Essay - Money and the Future: A cashless society?
Read the Section, and answer the two questions in your student interactive notebook.
Assessment
-Complete the Reading Challenge for Chapter 8
-Complete the Chapter 8 Quiz once you have reviewed your notes and completed the Reading Challenge.
-Complete the Chapter 8 Quiz once you have reviewed your notes and completed the Reading Challenge.