Budgeting for Income and Expenses

Curriculum Overview (section 1)

Curriculum Orientation (section 2)

Student Activities (Section 3)

Budgeting for Income and expense Activity

Mint Answer Keys

Intro and Logging in to Mint Video

Mint Budgeting Video

Curriculum Overview (section 1)

Curriculum Orientation (section 2)

Student Activities (Section 3)

Budgeting for the Income and Expense

Prior to introducing students to Mint, we recommend teachers read through the Curriculum Overview (Section 1) to get acquainted with each activity and review the Curriculum Orientation (section 2). The Mint simulation is a hands on activity that lets students analyze and create a budget. Use Mint Answer Keys as a teacher guide.

Disclaimer

For students to be able to access Mint successfully, they must use the same computer or device every time they access Mint. Otherwise, they will be forced to re-create a new account. Paid advertisements appear in Intuit Mint. The Council for Economic Education does not endorse or evaluate the advertised product, service, or company, nor any of the claims made by the advertisement.

• Students will complete questions on the Budgeting for Income and expense Activity. Additionally, the following reflection question are given to conclude and asses the students knowledge.
• Budgeting for Income and Expense

Budgeting for Income and Expenses Simulation has been created as a real-world technology simulation to accompany FFFL 9-12, 3rd Edition lesson 8 titled Managing Your Money. If you have not taught this lesson plan, we recommend students are proficient in the net worth concepts.

In this personal Finance Activity students will use Mint, a real-world personal finance app, to follow Isaiah throughout the year and learn about budgeting for income and expenses.