JA Finance Park students build a foundation for making intelligent, lifelong personal finance decisions. Students will use this program online through JA Finance Park virtual.
Try To Complete All Four (4) Sections & Work On Some Of The Level EXTRA!
OBJECTIVES
A student who completes activities on the JA Finance Park Virtual program should be able to:
Identify personal interests, skills, work preferences, and values.
Identify career interests.
Evaluate the risks and benefits of saving and investing.
Evaluate risk and recognize insurance as a way to minimize it.
Define taxes; explain their purpose, and understand how they affect everyone.
Explain the advantages and disadvantages of using credit and debit cards.
Explain who uses a budget and why.
Identify the components of a successful budget.
Create a successful budget using hypothetical life situations.
During this hands-on, computer-based simulation, students are asked to manage a fictitious life situation. The details of their assigned life scenario include marital status, number of children, education background, employment, and income.
Given their career and family situation, students use banking services; pay for housing, transportation, utilities, groceries, and health care; contribute to charities; and budget for education expenses. They work to create and balance a personal family budget.
(❗️) EMAIL ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY
Go to your GMAIL and click COMPOSE. Send an email to Mr. Scribner (harvey.scribner@techfriere.org) with the following information:
Given their career and family situation, students use banking services; pay for housing, transportation, utilities, groceries, and health care; contribute to charities; and budget for education expenses. They work to create and balance a personal family budget.
(❗️) EMAIL ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY
Go to your GMAIL and click COMPOSE. Send an email to Mr. Scribner (harvey.scribner@techfriere.org) with the following information:
TO: harvey.scribner@techfreire.org
SUBJECT: JA Finance Park Activity
Body of Message: Please write a full paragraph to explain what you learned by completing the activities on the JA Finance Park Website. What choices did you have to make, and why did you decide on the choices you made.
C - Cite Evidence, E - Examples / Explanation, S - Summarize your Thoughts
How can data and research help me plan my financial future? How can I manage my personal finances as I graduate, train for a career, and start to enter the workforce?
Academic Standards
ATTACHMENT: SEND A SCREENSHOT OF YOUR JA FINANCE PARK LOGIN SCREEN TO GMAIL FOR VERIFICATION.
How will completing this activity help you as you navigate your personal financial health in the future (3-5 years). Make sure to be specific about the actual major decisions you will face over the next few years, and how you will face them. Good Luck!
ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE
SWBAT to use the link provided above to create an account on the public version of the Junior Achievement Finance Park Simulation. Students will then work through the decision-making process for completing the simulation, at their own pace in class. For more information please click the following link: Junior Achievement Finance Park Academic Standards
PROJECT DETAILS/STEPS
ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE
SWBAT to use the link provided above to create an account on the public version of the Junior Achievement Finance Park Simulation. Students will then work through the decision-making process for completing the simulation, at their own pace in class. For more information please click the following link: Junior Achievement Finance Park Academic Standards
PROJECT DETAILS/STEPS
Students will READ ALL DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY for this activity.
1. Students will go to the Junior Achievement Financial Park Public Simulation Link.
2. Students should creat an account with a password they can remember.
3. Log into the account and begin the simulation.
4. The simulation may take more than one day. Take notes while working on activities.
5. Once complete, students should open their GMail application and complete the
assignment listed above. Make sure to include a screenshot of your login screen
to verify that you created an account properly.
VOCABULARY
QUIZLET LINK - JA FINANCE PARK VOCABULARY DIGITAL FLASHCARDS
Essential QuestionsVOCABULARY
QUIZLET LINK - JA FINANCE PARK VOCABULARY DIGITAL FLASHCARDS
How can data and research help me plan my financial future? How can I manage my personal finances as I graduate, train for a career, and start to enter the workforce?
Academic Standards
PA SAS (BCIT) / ISTE / CSTA / NGSS / PA Career & Work
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.7-Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
PA Career Ed. & Work Standards: Personal Financial Budget / Budgeting for College and Career
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