A high school history and technology lesson exploring the origins of the platform economy through the lens of the first YouTube video, 'Me at the zoo'. Students analyze the shift from professional broadcasting to user-generated content and debate the societal impacts of democratized media.

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Mid-month data analysis. Students review their spending trends and forecast their future balance to ensure they stay on track for their big savings goal.

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A fun and engaging math lesson for 4th graders centered around word problems themed with llamas, covering addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

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A fun and engaging math lesson for 4th graders featuring llama-themed word problems that cover addition, subtraction, multiplication, and multi-step reasoning.

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Navigating financial curveballs. Students adjust their budgets to account for unexpected costs like library fines or gifts while maintaining their savings goals.

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Students analyze potential purchases to determine which items are essential (needs) and which are optional (wants). Through a limited-budget simulation, they practice making difficult spending decisions.

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Exploration of fixed vs. variable expenses. Students categorize potential purchases as needs or wants and record their first week of planned spending.

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Students calculate their final monthly totals, identifying surpluses or deficits and visualizing their spending patterns.

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A culminating project where students create a budget to reach a specific savings goal while managing weekly expenses.

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This lesson introduces business students to the concept of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) through the historical lens of YouTube's first-ever upload, challenging them to prioritize core functionality over perfection.

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Students analyze financial scenarios to identify budget deficits and 'budget busters' that cause overspending.

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Students define income and expenses and practice the foundational skill of recording transactions in a ledger to maintain a running balance.

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Students act as digital archaeologists to analyze 'Me at the zoo,' the first YouTube video, as a primary historical source, exploring how digital artifacts reflect their era and influence the global economy.

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Students learn the mechanical skill of tracking money by maintaining a simple transaction log. They practice data entry and basic arithmetic to keep a running balance of a fictional account.

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Through a 'Life Happens' simulation, students practice adjusting their spending and making trade-offs between needs and wants.

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Introduction to income and expenses. Students set up their personal transaction ledgers and record their starting balances for the four-week simulation.

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Teaches students how to record transactions and maintain a running balance using a simple ledger.

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A 45-minute lesson on ratios and unit rates using a real-world pizza pricing hook. Includes bilingual materials in English and Spanish, tiered guided practice, and visual models to support 6th-grade students of all readiness levels.

Students are introduced to the core concepts of money flow by sorting various financial scenarios into 'money in' (income) and 'money out' (expenses). This foundational lesson ensures students can correctly identify the direction of cash flow.

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Students differentiate between income and expenses and learn to categorize fixed and variable spending using a 'Mystery Wallet' simulation.

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