Personal Finance 1st Semester 2025-2026
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Week of Monday August 25, 2025
Monday 1/2 Day
Financial Candy Madness
Tuesday
Assignment What is your relationship with money? Draw a picture portraying this relationship.
Pretest PennState Financial Literacy Progress & Efficacy Assessment Link
Wednesday
The Need for Personal Finance
Notes from class today Link
Thursday
VIDEO What Would You Do with $10,000? Investopedia Link
Money Relationship Drawing Presentations
Class Discussion Awkward Money Conversations
Friday
No School
Week of Monday September 1, 2025
Monday Labor Day
No school
Tuesday PD Day
No students
Wednesday
Class Discussion Awkward Money Conversations (con't)
VIDEO Awkward Money Conversations with Strangers George Kamel
NGPF MOVE Your Money Values
Piper Sandler 49th Semi-Annual Taking Stock With Teens® Survey Spring 2025
Thursday
Money and Happiness
Friday
Money and Happiness (con't)
Week of Monday September 8, 2025
Monday
Unit 1 Behavioral Economics
HANDOUT Financial Literacy & The Social Media Generation Link
Tuesday
"Ask a Teacher" Assignment due
Handout The 4 Money Archetypes Link
Handout Five Ways People Are Dumb With Money Link
Wednesday
Handouts Link
Covid Changed How We Spend
How Apple and Nike Branded Your Brain
Cognitive Biases
Thursday
Handout Herd Mentality Link
Friday
Finished Wednesday and Thursdays handouts
Week of Monday September 15, 2025
Monday
TEST Unit 1 Behavioral Economics will be on Thursday
HANDOUT Thinking Money: The Psychology Behind Our Best and Worst Financial Decisions Link
Tuesday
Unit 6 Paying for College
HANDOUT Borrowed Future Link
Wednesday
HANDOUT Paying for College Link
Borrowed Future (con't)
Thursday
TEST Unit 1 Behavioral Economics
Unit 1 Test
HANDOUT Unit 2 Banking Link Due tomorrow
Friday
HANDOUT Unit 2.1 Checking Link
Week of Monday September 29, 2025
Monday
HANDOUT Spent: Looking for Change Link
HANDOUT Strategies to Saving: Pay Yourself First Link
Tuesday
HANDOUT Strategies to Saving: Frugal People Never Do These Things Link
Wednesday
Doordash
Thursday
HANDOUT Strategies to Saving: Play Video Games Link
HANDOUT Strategies to Saving: How to Save Money on Grocery Shopping Link
HANDOUT Strategies to Saving: How Eating Out Keeps You Poor! Link
HANDOUT Challenges to Saving: Obstacles in Saving; Lifestyle Creep
Friday
HANDOUTS The Challenges of Saving:
Why Is It Difficult to Save Money? The Question Heard ‘Round the World Link
Living Paycheck to Paycheck Link
Both handouts due end of class today
Unit 2 Banking Test will be Wednesday
Week of Monday October 6, 2025
Monday
No students - PD Day
Tuesday
Unit 2 Test tomorrow
Notes may be used
Charged Chromebook will be needed
Wednesday
Unit 2 Banking Test
Thursday
Unit 9 Taxes
HANDOUT How to Read a Pay Stub Link
Friday
Handouts Link
Taxes and Your Paystub
2025 Form W-4 (Employee Withholding Certificate)
2023 Form W-4 (provided yesterday in class)
Videos
How to Fill Out an IRS W-4 Form Money Instructor
W-4 Withholding Calculator H&R Block
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