Week 1
1. Complete the reality check website questionnaire http://www.jumpstart.org/reality-check-page1.html
2. Read the results summary and required level of education for your desired lifestyle. This is an interesting task when we compare the 'lifestyle' results to the learning (future) for this term!
3. Write a 2 paragraph comment on your selected lifestyle and the implications of maintaining it. This information is to be added to your showcase of learning.
2. Read the results summary and required level of education for your desired lifestyle. This is an interesting task when we compare the 'lifestyle' results to the learning (future) for this term!
3. Write a 2 paragraph comment on your selected lifestyle and the implications of maintaining it. This information is to be added to your showcase of learning.
Week 2
1. Keep a meal log for your family for the week (Mon-Thurs) and indicate what your family would usually eat on a Fri/Sat/Sun.
2. Consider breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as drinks.
3. Estimate the weekly cost of feeding your family. Work out the average food cost per person per week.
4. Add this information to your showcase of learning.
Week 3
- Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkdfQxgjla4&safe=active
- Develop a Plus/Minus/Interesting (PMI) chart about budgeting.
- Research and write the meanings of the following financial literacy terms:
- Budget
- Gross Income
- Savings
- Expenses
- Balance
Week 4-6
Life Skills Contract: (Three Weeks)
- Students to complete life skills contract, requiring them to complete a range of practical activities (e.g. cooking family meal, cleaning cars, campaign for change, dishes, supervising younger child (school time/buddy class), watch the news, research a topical issue (e.g. news item) to present to the class.
- Students earn “house point dollars” for every activity completed.
Week 7
- How has your increased contribution to the household chores affected your family dynamics?
- Self-assessment (4-6 sentences): How has this contract affected you personally; both positively and negatively?
- Interview family members (3) and ask for feedback on how has this affected them?
- Have your parents/caregivers noticed a change in the household’s daily routines?
- Add this information to your showcase of learning.
Week 8
- Prepare a creative presentation (add to your showcase of learning) to share your experience and your families feedback.
- Based on the feedback, devise a slogan/mantra/proverb/saying/moral for displaying in your bedroom (add to your showcase of learning).