Game of Life

Driving Question

What is it really like to earn and manage your own money?

Description

It’s time to keep it real – sort of. What will happen once you leave the safe confines of your school and venture into the Game of Life? Rather than dancing in musicals and playing basketball nine hours a day, you’ll have to go out and get a real job (yuck!) and pay bills (ugh). Oh, the humanity! While it is impossible to give you a completely accurate Game of Life experience that includes all of life’s little intricacies, this project intends to push your financial literacy skills and develop decision-making skills that will be with you -- forever and ever and ever and ever. Can you survive the [simulated] Game of Life?

-- In "Bookkeeping Basics", students analyze the spending of different individuals and determine whether or not they have the available funds necessary to purchase an item they would like.

-- In "Budget Busters", students analyze the budgets and actual spending of different individuals. Are they spending within their budget?

-- In "Monthly Payment 101", students will calculate monthly payments of different loan and choose between them.

-- Student will then take on the multifaceted Game of Life project that requires that they make choices, set budgets, encounter life changes and much more!

Duration

1 week +