11.1+Financial+and+Resource+Management

Below are a listing of projects that teach this standard. Click on the topic you are interested in and it will take you to a new page that outlines the project and its use of technology.

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=Checking Accounts 1= This unit teaches students how to open, maintain, and balance a checking account. It uses teacher based technology (Word and Excel) to create personal checkbooks, practice activities, and a mock town assessment.

=Checking Accounts 2= This project based unit is a self directed unit that lets students work in groups to learn how to open, maintain, and balance a checking account. The project at the end allows the student to use SMART technology, PPT, audacity, and/or MovieMaker to create a project to demonstrate their knowledge.

=Create an Insurance Company Project= This project requires the students to work in small groups, research auto, home, and health insurances on the Internet, and create an insurance company wiki that explains its insurance products to potential customers.

=Insurance Podcasts= These podcasts are created by the teacher for students with reading difficulties. The podcasts are audio versions of information from the Internet.

=History of the Consumer Movement Timeline= This project has the students create a timeline in the Excel program.

(back to top) = = =Introduction to Taxes= This is a PowerPoint lecture that incorporates video clips.

=Alternative Energy Glog= This project combines Internet research and student created glogs.