Budgeting Activity - Financial Literacy - Super Bowl

Students love applying budgeting concepts to the biggest game of the year. Budgeting for a Super Bowl trip in the classroom requires research, a spending plan, and know-how. This is a great activity for students who need an opportunity to practice making and staying inside of a budget. Spending plans are sometimes boring, but the Super Bowl is never boring. Money management skills can secretly be practiced while budgeting for a trip to the Super Bowl. This resource is effective for virtual learning settings and includes a link to share the worksheets in Google Slides, as well as for face to face setting using printable black and white worksheets in PDF format.

This activity can be done individually or in small groups of three to four students. The budget amount is variable, so the teacher will determine the amount of money that can be spent on the trip before giving the assignment. This is an added element that heightens the fun, because if one student/group is given an amount that is much higher than other groups, competition sets in, but it opens the door to great discussions about the nature of a budget and how they are not the same from one person to the other. Essentially, one group or student might end up with a very extravagant trip, while others might end up sleeping on the floor somewhere just to get to the game! Of course, there is always the option for assigning the same budget for the whole class.

Before completing this activity, students should know what a budget is, understand how different categories of spending are part of the plan and know how to calculate percentages.

One thing for teachers to consider when planning for this activity is the TIMING! If you are within weeks of the game, prices will be high!! If you are a few week AFTER the game up to a few months before, budgets can be tighter because the demand hasn't increased yet. For this purpose the resource has been updated to include location information for this year's AND next year's game, so you can choose the tool that fits your needs the best.

This resource is provided in a PDF. This PDF has a link to the URL to access the Google Slides version of the activity. There is also an EASEL ACTIVITY verison included for FREE!

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