Budgeting: Mastering Your Money

Empowering high school students with budgeting skills is crucial for their future financial well-being. Our comprehensive course goes beyond theoretical knowledge by employing interactive activities to foster practical skills. Students engage in immersive simulations, hands-on exercises that simulate real-life financial scenarios.

The activities include

1. Introduction to budget and drag-and-drop activities to categorize expenses.
2. Understanding the budget of a person, analyzing pie charts, and answering analytical questions
3. Creating a personal budget, setting short and long-term goals
4. Analyzing American's average monthly expenses data
5. Research activities such as - grocery or restaurant
6. Story of Mr. Money Mustache
7. Budgeting strategies
8. Needs and wants, interactive worksheets on needs & wants
9. Comparison shopping, worksheet to compare and contrast three products in different online retailers
10. Budgeting for Sarah - students will help their friend Sarah to choose a career, analyze pay stubs, set short- and long-term goals, and finally prepare a budget for Sarah
11. Writing a letter to parents explaining the need to budget.

By providing an interactive learning experience, we equip students with the necessary skills to navigate the complexities of personal finance confidently.