8th+Grade+-+Intro+to+Personal+Finance

= UNIT - Intro to Personal Finance = = Standards =
 * Research and Information Fluency
 * Apply digital tools to gather, evaluate and use information.
 * Acquire the knowledge and economic reasoning skills to make sound financial decisions

Objectives
Students will be able to verbally describe and discuss basic business concepts. Students will build a 'business' vocabulary including definitions that will be published in our word wall. Students will be able to discuss different aspects of personal finance.

Link to directions to @Double-Sided Printing

Link to our word wall Word Wall

Link to Market Watch

Link to Gen i revolution game: genirevolution = = = DO NOWS =
 * April 15, 2013 ** 1. Track your stock and enter the information in your spreadsheet. 2. Print the documents from the entrepreneur project if you haven't already done so. You will get partial credit. DO NOT PRINT THE PRESENTATION. 3. You are going to participate in an online game to learn more about personal finance.
 * Go to this website: Genirevolution
 * Sign up as a student using class code: 46f49d
 * Create a login for yourself. You do NOT need to put in school or your email. Make sure you will remember your login information.
 * Familiarize yourself with how to play the game and then work on the first assignment.