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Grade 9-12
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Saving

Time: 90 mins,
Updated: March 24 2021,
Author: David Mushrush
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Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Define saving, savings, income, expenses, taxes, disposable income and budget.
  • Interpret a graph.
  • Explain how saving is advantageous.
  • Calculate a line of best fit when graphing points.
  • Calculate rate of change.

Standards

National Standards in Financial Literacy

State Standards

Common Core State Standards

Concepts

Balance of Payments, Budgeting/Money Managment, Economic Institutions

In this personal finance lesson, students determine their monthly earned income and estimate how much they could be saving.

Resources

Procedure

Click NEARPOD VERSION: SAVING PART 1 and NEARPOD VERSION: SAVING PART 2 to access an interactive version of the lesson powered by Nearpod: students interact and respond to questions on their device, and teachers will see their responses in real time!

Subjects:
Economics,Math,Personal Finance

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