Introduction
Welcome to Your Future! High School Seniors, you are about to graduate! You have a newfound freedom, but with freedom comes responsibility, especially when it comes to managing your money! What do you envision your life looking like? This WebQuest will take you on a journey of career exploration, salary negotiations, real-world expenses, and how to begin to budget for creating an emergency fund. Let's see if your dream life is affordable for you!
Task
Your Job is to research and create a monthly budget based off of the salary from the career you selected, desired lifestyle, and living space/location. Then build a Google slide or Canva slide to present your Dream Life!
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Your career choice and salary (must show a dollar amount)
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Where will you live and how much it costs (location and rent must be provided, amount coming in)
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How you’ll budget for rent, transportation, groceries, entertainment, etc. (amount coming in - amount going out = left over money to possibly save)
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What financial compromises did you have to make? (swapping one luxury for another)
Process
Step 1: Selecting a Career
Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Explorer
https://www.bls.gov/k12/students/careers/career-exploration.htm
My Next Move
Glassdoor
https://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm
Choose a career that interests you and record the average entry-level salary.
Step 2: Choose Where You Will Live
Apartments.com
Cost of living comparison - Best Places.com
Explore neighborhoods
Find and document all:
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Rent price
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Utilities
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Transportation (public transit/car costs)
Step 3: Build Your Budget
Use the blank budget template to plug in your findings:
file:///C:/Users/Dynellia/OneDrive/Desktop/Budget%20Tracker%20Finance%20Planner%20(1).pdf
Evaluation
How Money Moves Project Grading Rubric
Students will be graded on all 3 assignments for a total of 100 points
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Name: ________________________________ Date of Evaluation: __________________________
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Mock Teaching 20 pts.
Clear Communication Realistic Accurate Research
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Excellent
20 points |
Good
15 points |
Fair
11 Points |
Needs Improvement 7 points |
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Categories |
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Good |
Fair |
Needs Improvement |
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Booth Set-Up 30 pts.
Creativity Well-designed Presentation
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30 points |
25 points |
19 points |
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Categories |
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Good |
Fair |
Needs Improvement |
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Feedback Paper Categories 50 pts. Reflection Use of Resources Budget Completion |
50 points |
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39 points |
23 points |
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Any items not turned in will result in a 0 |
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Total Score |
Feedback _________________________________________________________________________
Conclusion
In Conclusion answer these questions below in paragraph form
What surprised you?
Did your income cover your expenses?
Did you have to give something up?
How will budgeting help you achieve your long-term goals?
Students will type a 1-paragraph response here (students can use this as an introduction for their paper)
Teacher Page
Students will create a presentation including:
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Career summary & salary
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Budget breakdown
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Housing & transportation choice
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Savings & entertainment allocation
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Reflection paragraph
Suggested Tools for Students:
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Google Slides
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Canva
Considerations for Diverse Learners:
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Provide audio versions of all instructions
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Offer text-to-speech and captioned video resources
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Give extended time for ELL/IEP students
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Allow multiple formats for final project (video, slides, poster)