Financial Management

1. List a financial goal that you have for yourself. Explain why this goal is important to you? Devise a plan for reaching this goal. Write up your plan so that your classmates will understand it. Now that you have come up with a plan to achieve this financial goal develop a presentation for the class.		2. Select an article about money from a magazine, newspaper, or the internet. Read the article then put together a presentation summary of the article for the class. Include a copy of the article and its source for your teacher.
3. Choose a cliché about money and research its origin. Explain the country it is from, as well as why people started saying it. Also, explain its meaning to the class. (Hint: Choose your source carefully. Not all internet sites have accurate information on this topic.)		4. Write a skit about a typical money situation that a person your age would find themselves involved in. Solve the situation in the skit. Present the skit to the class. (You are responsible for getting the actors for your skit, rehearsing the skit ahead of time, getting the props that you will need and cleaning up at the end of your skit.)
5. Choose a career that involves money or finance. Research the career. Gather information about: the duties and responsibilities for someone in the career, the type of education and training needed to work in this career how much money a person working in this career can expect to earn. Add any other information you think would be important for the class to know. Present the information to the information to the class.		If you are doing a skit or a song or some other type of presentation that does not require a paper copy then you are to give your teacher a paper copy of your presentation on the day your project is due.

Dimension	4 Manager	3 Associate	2 Beginner	1 Keep Trying	Score
Content	Demonstrates a complete understanding of money management, uses accurate terms, facts and figures.	Demonstrates understanding of money management, most terms, facts and figures are accurate.	Beginning to understand money management, some terms, facts and figures are accurate.	Lacks understanding of money management, very few terms, facts and figures are accurate.
Completion	Student has completed all parts of the assignment.	One part of the assignment is missing,	Two-three parts of the assignment are missing.	Very little of the assignment has been completed.
ELA	Student consistently uses standard written English form. Spelling, grammar, punctuation are all correct.	Student demonstrates the correct use of standard written English form. Spelling, grammar, punctuation are generally correct.	Student has difficulty using standard written English form. There are many spelling, grammar and punctuation errors.	Most of the assignment is difficult to read because standard written English form has not been used correctly.
Presentation	Assignment is fluent, easy to read, neatly typed, and free of errors.	Assignment is fluent, easy to read, neatly typed, and has 1-2 errors.	Assignment is typed, and has 3 or more errors.	Assignment is hand written, difficult to read and has 3 or more errors.
Oral Presentation	Oral presentation was informative, creative, easy to understand and kept the audience’s attention.	Oral presentation was informative, most of it was creative, easy to understand, and kept the audience’s attention most of the time.	Oral presentation had some information, little creativity, was hard to understand and did not hold the audience’s attention.	Oral presentation provided very little information, was not creative, difficult to understand, and was distracting for the audience.
Deadline	Assignment turned in early.	Assignment turned in on time.	Assignment turned in 1 day late.	Assignment turned in 2 days late.
Total Score

	How to achieve financial independence
Vocabulary		Savings Plans
	Financial Management Advice

	Along with completing the assignment for this unit students will be presenting their work to the class. Their presentations may take the following forms:

	For all oral presentations students can prepare a poster, a song, a skit, a power point presentation, etc. Remember to let the teacher know if any special electronics will be needed for the presentation.