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Buying a House Simulation
Students will interact in a simulated housing market. There will be several houses to choose from, as students must factor in their annual salary, expenses, credit score, and other financial dynamics. Buyers are to use their net income and the houses’ details to determine their most optimal house. At the end of the simulation, students will justify their housing decision.
This activity is a simulation in my book, "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Wallet." The entire book's .pdf can be purchased at a
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Career Day - Job application and Interview skills, third fourth and fifth grade
Your students will love this activity! Students will start with filling out an elementary school friendly application for the career of their choice, some are provided. Meanwhile other students will pretend to be managers and conduct interviews. This activity works great for a speaking and listening grade/activity as well as great social studies activity for teaching communities. Over the years, I have received feedback from several upper level ESE teachers that said this mock interview helped w
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Life Skills Resources - Real World English Activities Resume Career Exploration
Get your students geared up for life skills and real-world success with this incredible bundle of six comprehensive resources!Here’s what’s included:⭐️ Career Research Project + Mock Career FairDive into the world of different careers with our engaging project and simulate a real-life career fair right in your classroom!⭐️ Mock Job Interview ResourcesEquip your students with the skills they need to ace their job interviews with confidence.⭐️ Resume Writing ResourcesHelp students craft standout r
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Renting an Apartment Simulation
Students will interact in a simulated apartment market. There will be several apartments to choose from, as students must factor in their annual salary, expenses, credit score, and other financial dynamics. Renters will use their job earnings in order to determine which apartment is best suited for their particular financial situation. At the end of the simulation, students will state why they chose the apartment that they chose.
This activity is a simulation in my book, "You're Gonna Need a B
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Financial Fraud/Identity Theft Simulation
Students will read several financial scenarios, including investment opportunities and consumer purchasing methods, and determine whether there is fraud or identity theft taking place for each situation. Students will place the fraudulent scenarios in the jail shoebox, and the non-fraudulent scenarios in the housing shoebox.
This activity is a simulation in my book, "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Wallet." The entire book's .pdf can be purchased at a discount from my TPT store at the following lin
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Financial Literacy & Personal Finance Video Game - HTML5 Distance Learning
Video Game about Personal Finance, Investing, Money Management, & Budgeting. An evidence-based, hand drawn visual-novel personal finance simulation game for High School and Young Adults that teaches financial literacy skills. Learn Asynchronously from home on any Computer, Smartphone, or Tablet:2 different ways to play: on any modern desktop/smartphone/tablet web browser, or install on any Mac, Windows, or Linux computer!Expected Student Learning Outcomes:Learn financial skills & content
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Mock Job Interview Resources - Career Readiness - Partner Activity - Editable
Ready to help your students ace their first job interview? Look no further – this comprehensive resource has got you covered! Get your students job-ready and confident! Here’s what you’ll get:✅ Job Interview Tips: Equip your students with the skills they need to shine in any interview scenario.✅ Using the STAR Method: Master the art of answering interview questions with confidence.✅ Mock Job Listings: Practice makes perfect! Explore realistic job listings to prepare for the real deal.✅ Common Jo
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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MY BEST LIFE - Financial and Life Skills Simulation Game - Complete
This is the COMPLETE version of MY BEST LIFE - Finance and Life Skills Simulation Game. (Supplemental Powerpoint presentations and automated Excel Spreadsheet sold separately)INTRODUCTIONWhat if you could live multiple lives retaining the hindsight and life lessons you learned along the way? Do you think you could come up with a “BEST” model of your life?That’s the power of My Best Life™! Students get the opportunity to live out life scenarios and see what happens. Along the way, they learn the
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Mock Job Interview Simulation
This has been one of the most impactful lessons I have created, namely because I still periodically hear from former students about how this activity helped them secure their coveted jobs.
This activity is a simulation in my book, "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Wallet." The entire book's .pdf can be purchased at a discount from my TPT store at the following link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Book-About-Hands-On-Financial-Literacy-Simulations-for-Teens-Young-Adults-3047053.
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Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Credit Card Debt Simulation
Students will be given a scenario of a young professional who is in serious credit card debt. They will read the explanation about how the young adult got into debt, including how the financial burden has affected his life. Students are placed into groups and are given the young man’s job and income scenario, and must point him in the direction of getting out of debt in the least amount of time.
This activity is a simulation in my book, "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Wallet." The entire book's .p
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reality of Money- A real life simulation!
Looking for an activity to engage students in learning the realities of expenses in their adult life? This activity is filled with real world expense amounts and students must make choices based off the scenarios given to them. Included are student papers, editable Powerpoint or Keynote of activity. You can change the amounts based on your location- cost of living in different places is important! All you need to do is print and you're ready to go!
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Career Readiness Skills Resources Bundle - Exploration Worksheets + Activities
Get your students geared up for the world of career exploration with this fantastic bundle of four comprehensive resources! This bundle has everything you need to prepare your students for their future careers.Here’s what’s included:⭐️ Career Research Project + Mock Career FairDive into the world of different careers with our engaging project and simulate a real-life career fair right in your classroom!⭐️ Mock Job Interview ResourcesEquip your students with the skills they need to ace their job
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Retirement Accounts and Compound Interest Simulation
Students are given a person’s financial scenario and must help that person determine how much money they need to save in order to meet their retirement goals. They are asked to put a certain percentage of their gross monthly income into a 401(k). Then, students will use string to graphically measure the estimated returns that can accrue with Roth IRAs when people begin saving at a young age compared to beginning to save at an older age.
This activity is a simulation in my book, "You're Gon
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Personal Finance Unit BUDGET SIMULATION/ GAME *Realistic *Engaging *Impactful
This budget simulation will ask your students to imagine they are 25-30 years old and are now in the workforce. The difference between THIS unit and others out there is that the Google Spreadsheet and Tools to calculate budget categories are much more realistic.Students will pick a career, housing, transportation options, and much much more. This has been one of my most impactful, engaging units ever! I created it because I couldn't find anything like it on the internet!Multiple worksheets an
Grades:
6th - 12th, Adult Education
Job interview questions with feedback for transition and ESL
Your transition and ESL students will love practicing job interview questions and answers for a coffee shop job interview with this interactive digital resource. They will learn to answer job interview questions, communicate in a workplace, use a great opening greeting and closing during an interview and discover what to say and do during an interview. Great for achieving speech and language outcomes, this digital job interview resources gives instant feedback for answers and shows autistic stu
Grades:
8th - 11th, Adult Education
Also included in: Real world skills bundle for high school special needs and life skills
THE GET A LIFE PROJECT
THE GET A LIFE PROJECT is one I developed for our 8th graders, but it can be used in high school too. It is a series of short research projects designed to prepare students after high school to make some major life choices: COLLEGE, A JOB, A HOUSE OR APARTMENT, A CAR, FURNISHINGS AND A BUDGET, AND A VACATION.
Students learn how to make these decisions based on their interests, abilities, and budget. They use popular web sites such as collegeboard.com, careerbuilder.com, cars.com, mlsonline.co
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Resume + Cover Letter Writing Resources Bundle - Career Readiness Templates
Ready to guide your students through their first job applications with confidence? Look no further – these two comprehensive resources have everything you need to get them writing resumes and cover letters to be prepared and poised for success!Here’s what you’ll get:✅ How to Write a Resume and Cover Letter: Step-by-step guidance to help students craft standout resumes and cover letters that make an impression.✅ Example Resumes and Cover Letters: Inspiring real-life examples to spark creativity a
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Resume Writing Resources Career Readiness Activity - Editable Template - Google
Get ready to help your students nail their first job application with this resume writing all-inclusive resource – everything you need is right here!Here’s what you’ll get:✅ How to Write a Resume: Step-by-step guidance on crafting the perfect resume that showcases their skills and experiences.✅ Skills List: Discover and highlight their unique strengths with our comprehensive skills list.✅ Resume Action Verbs: Power up their resume with dynamic action verbs that grab attention.✅ Example Resumes:
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Dream House Project
CTE LessonThis is a simulated real-world role play for an Architecture Engineering, Design, or Elective class.Project Based LearningMeets CTE Standards for Engineering and Architecture.Teaches Architecture, Engineering Design Process, Teamwork, CAD, sketching, model building, presentation skills, and more.Developed as a complete 6-8 week unit with everything provided.Created by an award winning veteran educator in engineering.
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
Senior Economics/Personal Finance Budget Project
The Senior Economics/Personal Finance Budget Project is designed to assist the student in considering their financial future. The project consists of various “real world” situations/decisions that young adults will be faced with once entering the workforce. They will conduct research and will create a budget that demonstrates what they believe is the best use of the income they hope to have when entering the workforce. All of the activities require them to research information and some may requi
Grades:
10th - 12th, Adult Education
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The True Cost of Insurance Simulation
Students inherit a scenario’s insurance costs, including their person’s premium and deductible. After assessing their person’s insurance premiums, students will learn how life circumstances (i.e. injury, automobile accidents, etc.) can affect their out-of-pocket costs, as well as other insurance charges. They will learn these lessons by playing a board game that allows students to encounter how insurance costs increase when people get sick, hurt, careless, etc. Students are to complete the “Stud
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Living in the Real World - Math Simulation
What if you could live multiple lives retaining the hindsight and life lessons you learned along the way? How do you think you would change your approach? What would you learn? Students in this course get the opportunity to test this concept for themselves by living out different life scenarios while learning a variety of important life skills to apply to their scenarios and seeing what happens once they do so. Students will be able to test careers, spend or save money differently, and go back t
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Cover Letter Writing Resources - Career Readiness Templates and Activities
Ready to help your students ace their first job application? Look no further – this comprehensive cover letter writing resource has everything you need to prepare them for success!Here’s what you’ll get:✅ How to Write a Cover Letter: Step-by-step guidance to craft a standout cover letter that grabs attention.✅ Example Cover Letters: Inspire your students with real-life examples of effective cover letters.✅ Cover Letter Checklist and Rubric: Ensure their cover letters hit all the right notes with
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
2 Career Studies Assessments
2 Career Assessments that take up to two (2) weeks!Builds communication skills, professionalism, application of feedbackAssessments:Career Studies Mock Interview AssignmentCareer Studies Opinion Paragraphs - 3 mini assignments!
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: High School Career Studies Bundle
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