Consumerism

My life skills students actually came up with this lesson. This particular class happened to be a class full of guys and they convinced me that simple cooking skills were something that they should learn before they graduate. Of course they also loved to eat...thus the birth of this lesson--cooking with small appliances!
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Entrepreneurship is increasingly becoming popular thanks to all the new TV shows on the subject. There is something attractive about owning your own business but it doesn't come without sacrifice and a lot of hard work. I am a huge proponent of exposing students to many different career possibilities before college so they don't...
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"Many young people fail in the management of their first consumer credit experience, establish bad financial management habits, and stumble through their lives learning by trial and error" states the Jump$tart Coalition. From this reality many programs have emerged all with one goal- to financially educate our young people. On this post I tried...
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Middle School Cash a lesson on to spend the money they earn Great Granny’s Will This lesson is a great way for students to spend money responsibly and gives them some idea about the expenses necessary for living on their own.
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Basically this lesson is a challenge for students to make nutritious meals using the food guide pyramid for $60 a week and to find all their pricing and food choices from local grocery store fliers. The students would cut out what they wanted to purchase and paste them on a food pyramid chart for...
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Students will compare two different brands of the same appliance, choosing one to hypothetically purchase and evaluate their decision.
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