Description

This financial literacy packet covers a variety of personal finance skills and topics including credit card debt, loans, and creating a budget. It’s a perfect mini-unit for a Civics, Economics, or Financial Literacy class and it’s something that students can work through on their own, making it a great sub activity. To make the lesson as versatile as possible, both print and digital options are included in the download.

Students will
✅get a reality check about how much it costs to live on their own
✅learn about credit card debt
✅learn about car and student loans
✅create a budget
✅learn how to write a check (even in this Venmo world, students need to know how checks work)
✅learn how banks work
✅learn about compounding interest and the Rule of 72

⏰Students will need internet access to complete this part of the packet ⏰

✏️After students complete the first part of the packet, they’ll wrap it all up by completing a spending and earning journal to help them track what they spend and earn. They’ll also answer 10 questions.

What’s included in the download:
✴️Financial Literacy Packet (13 pages, uneditable PDF, in color and b&w)
✴️Spending & Earning Journal w/ Questions (5 pages, uneditable PDF, in color and b&w)
✴️Fillable PDF Financial Literacy Packet (13 pages, uneditable PDF, students type their answers directly into the PDF)
✴️Fillable Spending & Earning Journal w/ Questions(5 pages, uneditable PDF, students type their answers directly into the PDF)
✴️Google Slides Financial Literacy Packet and Spending & Earning Journal (18 pages, not editable in Slides, students type their answers directly into Slides)
✴️Answer Key