Grades 9-12
Grade 9-12
,
On-Demand Webinar
Financial Fitness for Life, Chapter 8: Managing Your Money
Time: 60 mins,
Presenter: Matthew Gherman
Objective
Teachers will be able to:
• Identify and explain the meaning of key budgeting
terms.
• Identify the elements of a typical monthly
family budget.
Standards
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In this personal finance webinar, see lessons, activities and assessments for teaching the do’s and don’ts of managing money.
Description
An overview of Chapter 8: Managing Your Money.
Apply the concepts of cost and benefit analysis to the budget-making process, while explaining factors such as disposable income, variable expense, fixed expense, balanced budget and net worth.
Resources
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