My students need 20 Game of Life game boards and a home budgeting plan book.
$665 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
Sometimes financial literacy doesn't mean much to high school students. Well, I have a way to expand on a student's understanding of financial literacy while playing and having fun with hands on instruction!
I am a high school teacher in a low economic community.
We may not have much financially, but we are rich in academics! We work hard as a team to meet both our academic and personal goals. I love teaching, and I want to provide real life opportunities to further my student's education so they will grow to be productive, contributing members in our society with a strong moral fiber. I feel the best way to do this, is to make learning fun and applicable to real life so they are well prepared and able to problem solve for the unknown future.
My Project
Learning seems effortless when your having fun. What better way to learn than to play! Playing is not just good for kindergartners, but all ages as well. I want my students to understand the importance of financial literacy by playing the ever beloved board game,"The Game Of Life."My initial plan is to go over the basic instructions of the game, making sure they understand how to play. Following this, I will let them have at it! No lesson on financial literacy choices, rather just a pre-test seeing what road my students will go down. As the student's play, I will have them document what choices they have made, and have a class discussion when the game has ended. We then will graph the choices the student's have made (college? no college? bigger home?etc.) Finally we will discuss the results and see what choices led to the highest financial security. Why did this student win? What choices seem to make the most money, provide the most security? Lastly, the students will play once more.
I want my students to understand that they do have a choice, (no matter what their background or family financial status currently is), to make good financial decisions now, and in the future.
This game of life will give a foreshadowing of what life can be like with just a few financial and educational decisions. Let's have fun practicing financial literacy now, to have a stronger grasp of financial security in the future.
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