Introduces income and expenses through categorization and brainstorming, ending with a personal T-chart.
Students differentiate between income and expenses and learn to categorize fixed and variable spending using a 'Mystery Wallet' simulation.
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Students create a balanced spending plan to reach a specific savings goal while managing essential costs.
A 45-minute lesson on ratios and unit rates using real-world pizza pricing. Students explore concepts through visual models, partner work, and tiered practice in both English and Spanish.
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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.
Students navigate weeks three and four of the simulation, encountering unexpected costs and learning to prioritize needs over wants.
A media literacy lesson where students analyze the evolution of digital media by comparing the first YouTube video, 'Me at the zoo,' to modern content standards. Students explore concepts of user-generated content, monetization, and the commercialization of attention.
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.
Challenges students to solve budget emergencies and navigate financial deficits using problem-solving strategies.
Students calculate their final monthly totals, identifying surpluses or deficits and visualizing their spending patterns.
Students master the skill of recording transactions in a financial ledger, ensuring accuracy in calculating a running balance.
Students differentiate between essential expenses and discretionary spending to prioritize financial health.
A fun, llama-themed math lesson for 4th graders focusing on solving multi-step word problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in the context of a llama ranch.
Final financial reflection. Students balance their ledgers, evaluate their spending choices, and celebrate their savings successes or identify areas for improvement.
Exploration of fixed vs. variable expenses. Students categorize potential purchases as needs or wants and record their first week of planned spending.
Navigating financial curveballs. Students adjust their budgets to account for unexpected costs like library fines or gifts while maintaining their savings goals.
A simulation of the first two weeks of a month where students make spending decisions for a fictional character and record them in real-time.
Students analyze pre-filled ledgers to identify deficits and 'spending leaks', acting as budget doctors to fix financial health.
A 45-minute lesson exploring ratios and unit rates through a pizza delivery lens, featuring bilingual English/Spanish support and tiered activities for diverse learners.
Introduction to income and expenses. Students set up their personal transaction ledgers and record their starting balances for the four-week simulation.
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.
