Consumer Education

Elk Grove High School Summer School
June 21-July 9, 2004
      Mr. Pahl, Instructor

Contents

  • Read this before starting On Your Own in Metro City

FINAL EXTRA CREDIT CHALLENGE

 

Grading of students

% of final grade

Item

Student Notes

10%

Effort and attitude as observed by the teacher

  

40%

30-35% Personal finance project, 
5-10% paper

  

40%

Daily quizzes, FINAL

  

10%

Student teaching grade. Prep. Test. Lecture.

  

 

Grading Scale
Grade Percentage
A 90-100
B 80-89
C 70-79
D 60-69
F 0-59

 

Personal finance project. You will work in pairs, simulating a situation where you are living on your own with an income of about $24,000 each.  From this you must pay for all of the bills you would have if you were actually living in this area. You must keep accurate records of all your finances, attempt to save money and not go into debt, and turn in your financial records in a creative way at the end of the "semester." You will be graded on categories Mr. Pahl will make plain to you as the unit progresses.

Student teaching. You will each teach part of one chapter in the book. You will make a presentation to the class from that chapter. You will give students a quiz from that chapter. You will grade the quiz. 

.Personality-Career Assignment. Do an assessment of your personality, a good career for you to pursue, and make a plan on how to get there from where you are now...

 

Syllabus and Class Timeline

Date 

Assignment of Student Presentation of Chapters from Class Text

Notes, EXAMS, Other Assignments Due

 Computer Lab

Mon. 21

 Class Requirements, Expectations
Chapters 1, 4 Career, Mr. Pahl		 1. Assignment of class textbooks
2. Assignment of personal number for class online grade posting
3. Assignment of student/group chapters  
4. Work on Resume 1
 5. Resume 2
6. Do the TERMS REVIEW on page 43.
7. Tell me about yourself (interest survey)

                                 		 LAB:

8:30-10 am and

11:30-12:30

 

 

 

Tues 22

 Personality and Career Assessments.

Chapter 1,4

 

 1. Quiz on chaps. 1
2. Resumes (and if you are applying for the assistant position, a cover letter...)
3. Do the That's Life software program.  Print out your interest profile page. 
  • If you choose one of the school options, tell how much it will cost, approximately.  If you can, give the cost for tech school, junior college, public university and private college.  Begin one of these education courses.
  • If you choose the work option, list the jobs you applied for, or could apply for
  • Name some of the jobs you liked but were NOT qualified for...

4. Career-Personality Assignment; start...

5. Apply for a job with Mr. Pahl

6. Group advertising assignment

 

Wed. 23

Chapter 4; Career (LINDSAY)

Chapter 11; Budget Essentials
(NAZISH, YESENIA)

 Advertising presentations

Choose roommates.  Keep separate checking accounts.

Quiz on chapters 4 and 11

Thu. 24

Chapters 14 (CHRIS) and 17(JAMES, DAN); Career Choice and Global Economy

 

Deposit your paycheck.  Pay Jan bills

Quizzes on chapters 14,17

Personality and Career Assessment and Plan for Accomplishment DUE

Ebay purchase...go to www.ebay.com
and do a search for "e-poetry", then bid on the book of poetry by Mr. Pahl (I will not make you pay, but you still need to bid...)...or give evidence of buying anything else on E-bay

Mon. 28

Chapters 2 (JASPER, AMY) 
and 3 (NICHOLAS, MAYUR); Buying Technology Products and Consumer Protection

Quizzes on chapters 2, 3

   LINK

9-10:30 am and

11:30-12:30

 

Tues. 29

Chapter 10 (Kristina Streu)

Chapter 12 (AMANDA, MELISSA) Transportation  PowerPoint

Quiz on chapters 12

Wed. 30

Chapter 13 Housing, 
(ELISE, CHRISTINA)

Chap 6 (KRISTA, JESSICA T)

Quiz on chapters 6 and 13

3-mo electronic budget due

E-bay purchase due

Thurs. 1

Chapters 7 Banking (MIKE, MATT)

Chapter 8 Saving (ANSU) PowerPoint

 

 

Quizzes on 7 and 8

Paper Due. 3-7 pages typewritten, double spaced, with title page, bibliography, footnote, minimum 3 sources

Tue 6

Chapter 5 (Amanda C.)

Chapter 9 Investing (COURTNEY, NICK)

Quizzes on 5 and 9

 

 LAB:

8:30-10 am and

11:30-12:30

 

Wed 7

 Chapter 15 Health and Life Insurance Mr. Pahl (DAVID, MIKE STAHL) Quiz on Chapter 15
Thurs. 8

Chapters 16 Choosing Services  (KATY, JESSICA F)

 Personal finance project due
Fri. 9   FINAL EXAM.  Online and paper portions.