Students navigate weeks three and four of the simulation, encountering unexpected costs and learning to prioritize needs over 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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Students analyze pre-filled ledgers to identify deficits and 'spending leaks', acting as budget doctors to fix financial health.

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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.

Students learn to maintain a transaction ledger by recording income, expenses, and calculating a running balance.

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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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Students apply their skills to create a forward-looking plan with a specific savings goal. They learn the 'pay yourself first' principle by intentionally allocating money for savings before spending on non-essentials.

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Challenges students to solve budget emergencies and navigate financial deficits using problem-solving strategies.

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

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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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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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Students create a balanced spending plan to reach a specific savings goal while managing essential costs.

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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 synthesize their learning to create a forward-looking cash flow plan that balances expenses while hitting a specific savings goal.

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Focuses on financial decision-making by distinguishing essential needs from discretionary wants to fix a deficit.

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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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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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Introduces income and expenses through categorization and brainstorming, ending with a personal T-chart.

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Students brainstorm and categorize different ways to earn money, establishing the 'Cash In' side of the financial equation.

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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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